Rohn HDBX-48

Fred Hopengarten k1vr@juno.com
Fri, 06 Dec 1996 10:55:23 EST


From:
Fred Hopengarten, K1VR
Six Willarch Road * Lincoln, MA 01773-5105 * 617/259-0088
e-mail:  k1vr@juno.com
Big antennas, high in the sky, are better than small ones, low.


On Thu, 5 Dec 1996 17:56:31 -0500 K7LXC@aol.com writes:
>
>    Climbing the x braces is easy.  The hard part is standing on them 
>all day
>while you're working on the tower.  They are real meat grinders.  My 
>feet
>ache just thinking about it.


K1VR opines:

	When I've worked on X brace towers, I've always worn steel shank
hiking boots with a Vibram (tm) sole.  Helps immensely.  But they are
still painful to work on.

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