[TowerTalk] Fwd: Advice on tower restrictions possible new

[Rob Atkinson]

>I have climbed a lot of ham towers and seen many more. I can't ever recall
>seeing an anti-climb device being used. Texas, Michigan, all the New
>England States.

If the ham tower is on a large open area of land or there is a fence
around either the entire property, or guy anchors and the tower base,
you probably won't see anti-climb panels.  You probably won't see them
in rural areas.   You'll be more likely to find them in densely
populated areas where there is a culture of safety hand wringing and a
lawsuit mentality.

Let's be clear on the true purpose of anti-climb panels.   Like a lot
of anti-nuisance measures, they can be defeated by anyone determined
to get around them.  That's the point--to force someone to exhibit a
highly deliberate action to become endangered, and also discourage and
weed out the casual adventurers.  At trial, the panels are material
evidence that you made a serious effort to save people from
themselves.  Assuming your tower meets all local codes, you have a
right to a tower and clearly tried to make it safe.  That makes it
harder for a judgement against you to be made.


73

Rob
K5UJ