[TowerTalk] Fall Zone

[Mac]

I got a smile on this last sentence,  "The guy giving out S-meter 
reports " listening to the repeater"  oh lord i remember those guys from 
the early 70s when repeaters were popping up all over the place,  thanx 
for making me smile  ..  mac/mc  w5mc

On 7/9/2019 4:38 PM, RCM wrote:
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>> On Jul 9, 2019, at 12:16, JVarney <jvarn359 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I see the "fall zone" issue as more of a political or social issue.
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>> A properly engineered and constructed ham tower can be made just as safe as
>> any other vertical structure.  There is no logical reason to single them
>> out for "fall zone" concerns.
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>> 73 Jim K6OK
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> There’s the problem, “properly engineered”.
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> We hope percentage of stupid in ham radio is less the the rest of society, but…..
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> The local with a tribander on 50’ of Rohn 25, with no guys. It would have done his neighbor’s house and car. He did take it down, after two years.
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> “You have to use an antenna tuner, on six meters, to get the SWR out of the antenna."
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> The guy giving s-meter reports to everyone he works… on the repeater.
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> Sorry for starting the list.
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