[TowerTalk] March QST cover

[EZ Rhino]

Funny, I wrote a thing about this last week when I received the QST in the mail, and decided not to send it to the TT reflector so I deleted it.  I wanted to see if anyone else noticed it.

Couple points....

I'm pretty sure this is a staged photo.  If you look closely you can see at least one gorilla hook on the tower rung near her right arm.  So the green rope on her harness back isn't the only thing there as a safety device.  Secondly, the green rope appears to be tied with a two half hitches.  Any climber knows this isn't the kind of knot to use on a safety line, and it's improperly tied at that!  A figure eight follow through is the correct knot, and you can secure the tail with a half hitch if you want, or better yet, half of a grapevine knot.  In the time it would take to use three zip ties (as pictured) you could do the proper hook up.

Yeah, they blew it.  Hopefully we can all learn how to do this properly in the future...so it can serve a useful purpose to us.

Chris
KF7P


On Feb 27, 2017, at 6:40 , Patrick Greenlee wrote:

A correction needs to be published to point out unsafe issues illustrated by the cover shot.  There are, however, no facts in evidence that the girl was in danger. This was quite likely a posed shot with her feet within inches of or on the ground, something for the photographer's convenience.

Patrick        NJ5G



On 2/27/2017 6:56 AM, knowkode at verizon.net wrote:
>  
>  Rob,
> 
> Agreed. However, rather than league bashing on this forum, I would encourage every league member to contact their section mgr, division director, and everyone they can think of in Newington. They have done a great disservice to the safety of their members by promoting something like this.
> 
> Safety first,
> Jim, W5QM
> 
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
> To: towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Mon, Feb 27, 2017 5:51 am
> Subject: [TowerTalk] March QST cover
> 
> Has anyone else here seen the totally idiotic QST cover for the March issue?
> 
> If not take a look:
> 
> http://wirelessestimator.com/articles/2017/cover-girl-climber-shot-could-send-high-schoolers-to-their-death/
> 
> It is ridiculous in so many ways.  If I were ARRL executive director
> I'd call in the editors and tell them to start cleaning out their
> desks.   Another example of how QST is run now by completely
> non-technical people.
> 
> 73
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ
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