[TowerTalk] Tower climbing- and the our great loss of W0AIH

[Jim]

Especially as WE get older. Our grip and coordination is not what it 
used to be! I started climbing (both for ham radio and commercially) 
when I was 16. I'm now 59.

I know that I'm going to step up my safety a notch because of this.


73

Jim W7RY


On 11/1/2018 3:43 PM, rlvz--- via TowerTalk wrote:
> Paul Bittner was an extremely well experienced tower climber.  Very few commercial tower climbers have as much experience as Paul did which is a rather scary thought.  We need to use great safety measures when climbing towers regardless how experienced we are.  I believe that experienced tower climbers, including myself, sometimes skimp on safety measures when we are working on antennas mounted close to ground, which I believe is what Paul was doing as the initial report said he was working on an antenna 60' above ground.  As most of you know, Paul had 35 towers and was used to standing on antenna booms at the 200' level.
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> This tremendous loss of Paul Bittner- W0AIH has me really re-thinking the tower safety measures and precautions I use, and that I better not skimp on tower safety.
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> Let's do our best at being careful with antenna and tower work so we can enjoy our wonderful hobby.
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> 73,
> Dick- K9OM
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> In a message dated 11/1/2018 3:27:04 PM Central Standard Time, xe2fl.kf5mn at gmail.com writes:
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>   The death of W0AIH and others,send us a flag that only experienced tower mounting men should do it! Saludos, Fernando José Muguerza,XE2FL Cel. 81.1589.2930 Email. Fernandojmuguerza at gmail.com Email. xe2fl.kf5mn at gmail.com Enviado desde mi iPhone _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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