[TowerTalk] Shock-absorbing lanyard arrived

[ersmar at comcast.net]

Bill et al:

     The term <Rebar> is used in conjunction with safety lanyards because the snap hooks at the far end of the lanyards were originally used as positioning systems to clip iron workers onto the rebar cages they are building for large projects, like skyscrapers, commercial towers, etc.  These cages are immense and workers have to climb all over the rebar cages to tie the junctions together with wire.  

     The snap hooks at the ends of my (and others') safety lanyards are these same type, except we Hams typically refer to them as gorilla hooks.  We typically use the gorilla hooks to attach our fall-arrest system to the tower, while using a belt or rope lanyard to attach ourselves to the tower with our positiong systems.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


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From: Bill Turner <dezrat at copper.net>
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> At 10:16 PM 6/18/2006, ersmar at comcast.net wrote:
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> >TT:
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> >      My rebar lanyard
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> May I ask what the term "rebar" means in regards to lanyards? I have 
> seen the term a few times but have not found a definition.
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> Bill, W6WRT
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