[TowerTalk] Tower, rotator and antenna maintenance

[K8RI]

On 11/8/2012 11:43 PM, David Jordan wrote:
> UR correct Dave... the body actually starts to break down after age
> 21-25... some don't notice it right away...takes decades for some.  Some
> never notice... they just climb well up into their 80s and just fall to
> their death when they stroke out or have a heart attack ;-)

I was in the best health of my life when in my 50's
I quit work at 47 and earned a 4 year degree (BS in CS) in 3 with Math 
and Art minors..  Graduated at age 50. Did well enough to earn a 
Graduate assistantship for my masters, but a good job offer came along 
before I finished that.  I found learning to be easier at 47-50 than I 
did at 13 to 17. Of course I didn't have hormones fighting for attention 
25 hours a day either. <:-))

The mind AND body are far more dependent on how they are used and fed 
(IE Treated) than any particular age.  The mind may reach a peak earlier 
than the body while different people peak at different ages.  In my 40's 
I could still out run my son for the quarter although I didn't have the 
stamina to do it in the mile which is what he ran.  I never did have the 
stamina for the mile.  At 50 I was still doing full squats with 205# of 
free weights. I could still do well over 300# on the leg press at 68.

BTW I'll never forget the look on my son's face when I passed him and no 
he didn't let me win.

For most, the body is not that of a peak athlete after 30, but there are 
some top athletes out there approaching 40 and quite a few well past the 
age where we'd expect to see them headed down hill.  Much depends on how 
we take care of ourselves and it takes a lot of work to keep the body in 
shape.


73

Roger (K8RI)





>
> 73,
> Dave
> wa3gin
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Gilbert"
> <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower, rotator and antenna maintenance
>
>
>>
>> Speak for yourself.  There are a lot of people on this reflector well
>> past 60 who do their own tower work with relative ease.  It is
>> definitely NOT a "fact of life" that everyone's body and will starts
>> to break down in their 50's.
>>
>> Dave   AB7E
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf
>>> Of K0DAN
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 6:22 PM
>>> To: Rick Kiessig
>>> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower, rotator and antenna maintenance
>>>
>>> The older you are, the less you'll do it!
>>>
>>> If you're in your 40's (or younger): No problem, you do it just for
>>> fun and
>>> exercise! You like to go looking for problems and challenges. You are
>>> disappointed if everything works perfectly. You regret that your
>>> tower is
>>> the only place you are able to do "technical climbing".
>>> If you're in your 50's: You can still do the work but are tired of
>>> it, the
>>> risk, and the unexpected. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If you go
>>> up the
>>> tower, you pray you don't find the unexpected and hope for a miracle.
>>> You
>>> are tempted to ask people for help.
>>> If you're in your 60's: You have a motorized tower and lower it to
>>> the 20'
>>> level and do the work using ladders and safety equipment. You still
>>> don't
>>> enjoy it and it is still a lot more difficult than it used to be. You
>>> occasionally pay the high price to rent a bucket. You hate doing the
>>> work
>>> and hope & pray you can avoid it. You are no longer ashamed to ask other
>>> people for help. You especially hope it is only routine maintenance
>>> and not
>>> something seriously broken.
>>> If you're in your 70's: You hire young guys to do it all, or you have
>>> already moved to a non-ham-friendly condo location. You are probably
>>> happy
>>> with a dipole in your attic and are actively looking into stealth
>>> antennas.
>>> DX is now a 300 mile QSO on HF.
>>> If you're in your 80's: You have made friends with some younger ham
>>> who has
>>> a remote controlled station and you operate his station using Skype +
>>> TeamView.
>>> If you're in your 90's: You mostly read the SK section of QST. You
>>> show off
>>> your WAS certificates made when there were only 48 states. Your DXCC and
>>> other award certificates have two-digit certification numbers. 85% of
>>> DXCC
>>> contacts are on the "deleted" list.
>>>
>>> No disrespect meant towards the young or the old on this
>>> spectrum....it's
>>> just the facts of life!
>>>
>>> 73
>>> K0DAN
>>>
>>
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