[TowerTalk] COAX on CRANKUP-how to hang

[Patrick Greenlee]

My #1 tower location is not visible from my shack.   It is located well away 
from the edge of my lot (1/2 mile by 1/2 mile or 25 or so city blocks of 
space) The base of the triangular section of the tower in question is 7 ft 
in the air. The real base is a 1/2 inch wall pipe going 15 ft above ground. 
I suppose kids could hike to the tower carrying a tall ladder, climb up to 
the lattice in the base of the triangular section, jam an arm or leg through 
the inner and outer lattice sections and wait for me to raise the tower so 
they could have grounds for suing me for negligence. If they are truly 
athletic maybe they can climb the 4 inch pipe and skip the ladder.

The tower section is almost ready to be pinned to the pipe section.  I will 
put a barbed wire fence around the tower base but an intruder would already 
have climbed through one of those to get to the tower so another is not much 
use for people but it will keep the cattle from eating the coax.  (serious 
comment)  I have already had them eat a few feet of coax so now I have to be 
sure to keep them away from all coax.

My #2 tower will be more of an attractive nuisance as it will have steps 
leading up to an observation deck at the 40 ft level. I'm still thinking 
about how to make it liability friendly.  Electric fence?

Patrick AF5CK

-----Original Message----- 
From: Alan NV8A
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 7:25 AM
To: TowerTalk
Cc: kr2q at optimum.net
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] COAX on CRANKUP-how to hang

Because the tower is not visible from the shack, I do not have remote
control of my tower, BUT, based on the "attractive nuisance" legal
concept, I have tried to make sure nobody can get up close to the tower
either: 6ft fence with locked gates (which, when open, allow the tower
to  be tilted over.

73

Alan NV8A


On 10/31/13 06:39 am, kr2q at optimum.net wrote:
> Larry:
>
> Interesting.  Thanks for adding your perspective.
>
> I would never raise/lower the tower remotely.  I would not be so concerned 
> about coax as I would be about kids (mine are grown, but you never know 
> who from the neighborhood is going to explore).
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