[TowerTalk] Base jumping from OH8X

[Pete Smith]

I suppose it's to be expected, but it still gave he heart failure to see 
those guys crawling around through the booms of that antenna without 
safety harnesses or fall arrest of any sort.  There isn't enough margin 
in that sort of jumping to start out upside down, not expecting it, 
having just given yourself a good lick as you fell out of the tower.

73, Pete N4ZR

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On 8/29/2011 12:00 PM, K7LXC at aol.com wrote:
> Howdy, TowerTalkians --
>
>      Ever heard of OH8X? It's one of the biggest ham  radio antenna
> installations in the world. Here's a video of the installation  featuring 3 guys
> base jumping off of the 330 foot 80/160M tower.
>
> _http://www.cqdx.ru/ham/ham_video/oh8x-base-jump/_
> (http://www.cqdx.ru/ham/ham_video/oh8x-base-jump/)
>
> Cheers,
> Steve     K7LXC
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