[TowerTalk] Tower Tale

[Arthur Moe]

Right on BRO

Larry L Lindblom wrote:
> 
> Tonight I grabbed a can of tuna and some crackers for my evening meal.  I
> turned on the TV and lo and behold there was a piece about a ham radio
> operator on "Stupid Human Behavior Caught on Tape".
> 
> It seemed thing were not working well and a ham radio operator climbed
> his tower ( 50 or 60 ft) to check out his "huge" antenna (a 3 element tri
> bander).  He slipped and was hanging with one leg in the tower and his
> head aimed at the ground.  The fire department  got him down and the
> announcer pointed out he was 83 years old.  His wifes comment in a rather
> crotchety voice was "I've been telling him to take that stupid tower down
> for years!"
> 
> Given his wife, I'll bet the only thing this ham has to live for is his
> radio which gets him away from her!
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