[TowerTalk] climbing an antenna mast

[Roger (K8RI)]

John Hudson wrote:
> I spent 22 years on a full time fire dept and have climbed a 80' and 110'
> UNSUPPORTED aerial ladders many times at about 70-80 degree angle.. even
> climbed off the ladder and onto roofs in the snow and ice BUT there is
> something to be said about weighing almost 300#... those skinny ladder masts
> ain't rated for us "normal" size folks, thank goodness!!!!
>   
And here I thought a 90' Hy-Ranger almost straight up was a mite 
"rubbery", or maybe that was my knees up there <:-)) I was one of the 
few in the Maintenance department at work, that was at home on one.  
Then they made it a specific job with required training and my bosses 
didn't want their Instrument techs up there.  This was not long before I 
gave up and went back to college after 26 years.  Should have done that 
long before I did.

73

Roger (K8RI)
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> Be safe
>
> 73
> John
> KO4XJ
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gregg Seidl
> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 10:03 PM
> To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] climbing an antenna mast
>
> I have climbed up my mast about 4 feet. I made my own steps out of some 2
> inch angle. I bolted and welded some bigger plates so I could install 4,yes
> 4, u clamps to bolt onto the mast. It sure feels a little nervous up on the
> mast but after a bit you just get to the task at hand.
>  I welded some bolts to the ends of the angle so my foot wouldn't slip off.
>   Be safe.  Gregg  K9KL
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