[TowerTalk] Extension Ladder on Tower

[Barry]

Here's another crazy one, done by your's truly.  I needed to work on a 
ceiling fan in our 2 story family room.  Naturally, I didn't have a 14 
or 16 ft A frame ladder, so I lashed these two ladders together:
http://mysite.verizon.net/w2up3/ladder.jpg

My wife was standing on the bottom rung to keep it from tipping (and I'm 
still here to talk about it.)
Barry W2UP

Dick, W1KSZ wrote:
> Is Andrews last name Wallenda ??
>
> (Sorry, couldn't resist).
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
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> john at kk9a.com wrote:
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>> Page 24 of the September / October 2007 issue of NCJ shows Andrew, from 
>> KC1XX towers, using an extension ladder to reach an antenna element.  The 
>> ladder is somehow attached to the tower and it leans against the element and 
>> he is able to climb out to repair the beam, which happens to be 185 feet 
>> high.  I recall many years ago seeing slides in Dayton of someone doing 
>> something similar.  This certainly takes pucker factor to a whole new level. 
>> I wonder how common this is and what safety precautions are used with this 
>> method of antenna repair.
>>
>> John KK9A 
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Barry Kutner, W2UP             Newtown, PA