[TowerTalk] Gloves and other items

[Gene Smar]

TT:

     I just got back on the ground from repairing a broken 160M shunt wire on my tower.  (FYI - the shunt feed showed infinite SWR in the shack and out at the tower I found one of the two shunt wires was broken at the top PVC unsulator - of course - probably from wind whipping the insulator up and down over the years.)  

     This was the first climb since I purchased my fingerless gloves http://store.pksafety.net/blst98fi.html .  I don't like them.  The glove material ends at the second knuckle of each finger, just where I tend to grab the angle steel members of my Trylon tower.  I might as well have climbed without 'em.  I would prefer buying a pair of full-finger gloves and cutting off the tips for better dexterity as some of you have done.

     Can anyone comment on the framer's gloves on the above web page?  What's the difference between these and what I already have?

     Thanks and Merry Christmas.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F