[TowerTalk] High voltage lines

Wes Attaway (N5WA) wesattaway at bellsouth.net
Wed Apr 18 18:23:42 EDT 2007


All kidding aside, it would take a lot of nerve to do that job.  

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Alan NV8A
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 2:23 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Cc: Wes Attaway (N5WA)
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] High voltage lines

You and I know about Faraday cages, but it might have been a hard
sell 
for the first people to try it.

I think I'd be more scared of crawling along those wires.

73

Alan NV8A


On 04/18/07 02:46 pm Wes Attaway (N5WA) wrote:

> What makes you think they were brave?  It's just simple
physics!

>  Imagine how this concept was first proven to work.
> 
> Hey rookie, we've got a great job for you. We're going to fly
you
> over to
> the high voltage lines and have you short them to the
helicopter
> (new pilot
> for this too!). Then you're going to climb onto the lines and
> work on them
> while they are powered. Sure its safe! Put on this suit and it
> will protect
> you!
> 
> Now that first guy and his pilot were the brave ones!!

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