[TowerTalk] K2LNS

[Patrick Greenlee]

You mean like when Hans Solo brags about making a specific run in so 
many parsecs as if parsecs (parallax seconds) were a unit of time 
instead of distance.  What a gaff!

Most commercial work is on a tight budget in both both time and money 
domains and getting it right is not always near the top of the 
prioritized to do list. The photographer probably composed the picture 
while the tower was not being climbed.  Safety personnel may not have 
been on scene if no real climbing was scheduled.  OK, girl not 
endangered.  Bad editorial review.  Poor example of how to climb a tower 
safely.  So don't be a jerk and harangue the QST staff.  Instead mention 
to them their demonstrated need for better technical oversight, 
especially in safety related matters.

Patrick        NJ5G


On 2/27/2017 1:03 PM, jimlux wrote:
> On 2/27/17 10:43 AM, Herb Krumich via TowerTalk wrote:
>> Is there anyone that saw the cover, actually going to use the picture 
>> as an instruction manual for how to climb a tower.My immediate 
>> thought,  it was nice to have a young person involved in the greatest 
>> hobby in the world
>>
> nope..
>
> But I think the tenor of some of the comments is "it would have been 
> easy to make it right", and that's sort of true.
>
> It's kind of like science/engineering inaccuracies in TV and movies 
> (so far, I've not seen significant inaccuracies in any stage 
> presentation, but then, there's not much science in Shakespeare).
>
> Most producers/directors will try to get it basically right, but 
> there's always time/money/artistic pressure.  The best you hope for is 
> no extreme gaffes, particularly if it's an incidental detail (like 
> someone in the background sending Morse code with the mode selector on 
> the transceiver set to AM). When they get it right, it's like finding 
> an easter egg in software.
>
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