[TowerTalk] hard hats

[Jack Berry]

Brad,

I know exactly how you feel. After a day of running around the chem plant
where I work (TX Gulf Coaat - 95F is common) I can't wait to shed all the
clutter and feel some breeze. Point is though, day after hot day, I get to
come home with all my parts working and just as handsome as ever, thanks in
part to the equipment that's provided. I don't like the heat, weight &
discomfort but I like the benefits.

My concern on tower work is more for the guys on the ground. Best to not be
under someone working overhead, but if you must, hard hats are cheap
insurance.

Stay safe,

Jack
WE5ST

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of N9EN at VOYAGER.NET
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 7:53 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com; Pete Smith
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] hard hats


Hello Pete & all,

I don't feel the least bit "guilty" when I am at work on a
tower and not wearing a "hard hat." My employer, Alcoa,
forces us to wear these silly plastic hard hats (and meta-
tarsal steel-toe work shoes/boots and eye protection)
in their Beloit, WI factory.

I work in the FOUNDRY,where temps normally run
90 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit; temps being much hotter
if I have to work any appreciable distance off of the
floor or around any of the aluminum-melting natural
gas-fired furnaces.

As far as working on a tower is concerned... if it's cold
outside, I'll wear a baseball-style cap or put on a stock-
ing hat if it's really cold outside. In the summer, I usually
wear a baseball cap to prevent my mostly-bald head
from getting sunburned.

You guys can have your hard hats - I get more than
enough of them at WORK...

Good luck to all!

73 de Brad, N9EN @ Radio Free Roscoe (IL) [tm]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr at contesting.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 1:03 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] hard hats


> I have for years felt vaguely guilty working on a tower without a hard
hat,
> but the standard construction type are just too clumsy -- the suspension
> harness inside makes them wobble around on my head, and I'm forever
hitting
> the front brim on the tower or antenna I'm working on, plus it restricts
my
> upward vision.
>
> There *must* be something better -- recently I saw some "pro" tower guys
> working in what looked vaguely like the "almost no helmets" that some
> Harley guys like.  Someone referred to them as hockey helmets, but they
> looked more stripped down than that, with a pattern of holes over their
> surface (perhaps for cooling?)
>
> Any leads?
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Check out the World HF Contest Station Database
> Updated 9 Jan 04
> www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
>
>
>
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