[TowerTalk] Plenty of Ham Friends who climb towers

[Alan NV8A]

I originally intended to put up a tower I would need to climb, and I 
even bought a safety harness to allow me to do so safely. But then my 
wife (now a ham too) persuaded me that I am too old for this sort of 
thing and that I/we should spring for a tilt-over crank-up.

73

Alan NV8A

On 05/11/07 09:42 am Lee Buller wrote:

> This is more of a Lament that anything.  A subscriber commented in the StepPIR vs any other antenna war....that he has plenty of ham friends to climb a tower.
> 
> Well, try that in Kansas....with all the guys in our club pushing 60 and above with about three guys below the age of 40.  Yes, we try to get young people involved, but most are not interested.  The last class we had were all retirees wanting something to do...or...people interested in Disaster/Terrorist/ParaMilitary operations.  These are the guys who want to have a mobile radio and a handitalkie on their belt.  Not general run of the mill guys interested in radio/electronics/antennas/etc.
> 
> I am sure there are other people out there living in the "hinterlands" that have the same issues....lack of Ham Friends in the immediate locale.  RATS!  If I need tower work done, my good buddies, AB0S and W0NO, have to drive 2 hours.  Well, that is par for the course in Kansas...at least iit is flat and straight roads and you can run 75 MPH.