[TowerTalk] Anti-climb measures

[Tower (K8RI)]

My foggy memory is beginning to tell me this was covered in QST some time in
the last few years.  They used boards with eye-bolts so they could not be
unscrewed.  I don't remember how they did it now, but it had them set up as
safeties so it took a padlock to keep away all but the serious trespassers.

It looked as secure as any commercial anti-climb device.  It was relatively
inexpensive, but you made up for that in labor. <:-))

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

> It depends on the tower, but three boards fastened to cover the tower
faces
> up to 10 or 12 feet would work quite well.   If the tower has a broader
face
> than can handily be covered with boards then half or three quarter inch
> exterior plywood should work.
>
>
> Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
> N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
> www.rogerhalstead.com
>
>
> > What, if any, measures are people taking to prevent the neighborhood
> > kids climbing their towers, with possible resulting falls, injuries (or
> > worse), and lawsuits? AN Wireless lists an anti-climb accessory for
> > $450, but I can't see why one needs anything that expensive.
> >
> > This area has plenty of kids and few fences (except around pools), so I
> > do need to take some precautions.
> >
> > Alan AB2OS
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questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
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