[TowerTalk] Safety line on tower

[KD0Q-Glenn]

I do as well on my AN Wireless HD-80.  Well worth the investment.

73, Glenn - KD0Q

Small world Kevin, I grew up in Oregon and was licensed as WN9QWW in 
1965 :-)

On 6/16/2016 19:54, Kevin Shea via TowerTalk wrote:
>   blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; }  Ed,I have one. It not just for me but anyone who might climb my tower for me. With what we spend for a tower, radios etc this additional cost is a no brainier. Kevin N9JKP
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> On Tuesday, June 14, 2016, 4:15 PM, towertalk-request at contesting.com <towertalk-request@(john at kk9a.com)
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> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:29:42 -0400
> From: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered at earthlink.net>
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> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Sad news N5IA SK in tower fall
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> I have seen probably 50 different ham tower installations representing well
> over 100 towers and worked on probably a dozen of them (in addition to my
> own).  I have never seen a ham tower with a full length steel safety wire
> running on it.
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> I am not saying it's bad - its better - no argument.  But if someone is "not
> working" on ham towers without it, then they are not working on ham towers,
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> In any case, I am fully respectful of the choices made by N5IA.  Clearly,
> they were processed decisions.
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> We can all learn from tragedies.  But jumping from free climbing at any
> height and age danger to "won't climb without a full length running safety
> cable" serves no practical purpose in the ham community.
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> Ed  N1UR
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