[TowerTalk] Climbing Harness Recommendations needed

[K9MA]

On 8/19/2020 6:58 PM, Tim Duffy wrote:
> Please consider hiring a tower professional to do your work before you purchase all of the needed safety equipment - UNLESS you will also sign up to be professionally trained in tower climbing safety.
>
> 73
> Tim K3L

For those of us not living near major population centers, hiring a tower 
professional is often impractical because of the travel required. While 
that may not be a big obstacle for a major project, it's hardly 
practical to hire a professional from 1,000 miles away to replace a 
rotator. I still do all my own tower work, but the day may come when I 
no longer can. If anyone knows how to find competent professionals in 
the midwest and other less densely populated areas, I'd like to hear 
about them.

BTW, I did hire a local professional tower outfit last year to take down 
my tower, a job that didn't require any knowledge of ham radio antennas. 
They were totally incompetent. One of them admitted that they received 
very little training. They were to put up the new tower, but I fired 
them and did it myself, with help from another ham.

73,

Scott K9MA

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