[TowerTalk] Power lines, hawks, and fire ignition (slightly off-topic)

[Tower (K8RI)]

OTOH twice the height isn't practical here.
The tower is far enough from the line that no part of it or any antenna even
if turned vertical could come within about 30 feet of the line.

Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
www.rogerhalstead.com


> >Why 'at least twice the height'?
>
> Then there is absolutely no way that you or any part of your
> antenna system can hit the line.
>
> I have friends who have touched the lines.
> Loss of legs, arms, hands, lives.
> You really, really don't want to go there!!
>
> Peter
> VE6YC
>
>
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