[TowerTalk] Tower Fatality

[Ed Earthlink]

Too much "pucker factor" on 25G for my taste and safety.  I will stand on
top of my tower fine, although I am not big on mast steps (prefer to lower
the mast by pulling the rotor the few times there is an unreachable problem
from the top).  But 30 feet of unguyed 25G below me - and on top of that
being 70 - 100 ft in the air?  No thanks.

Ed  N1UR

-----Original Message-----
From: K9MA [mailto:k9ma at sdellington.us] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 1:27 PM
To: Ed Earthlink
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Fatality

They did loosen the guys first. The tower worker was about 30 feet above the
lower guys. 

73,
Scott K9MA 

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Scott Ellington

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> On Jun 18, 2019, at 12:14 PM, Ed Earthlink <sawyered at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Wow, seriously?  Like cut 1, then 2, then 3?  Did they loosen them on 
> the ground first so they were essentially "flapping"?  I have to hope 
> so.  And how far above the next set of guys was he up there on the top?