Most of us with big stations have multiple antennas all the way down their
towers. If the antennas rotate it makes installing a permanent safety
wire from the the top to the ground impossible. You could install short
segments in-between the antennas or a temporary one to the top if you are
doing a lot of climbing.
John KK9A
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Sad news N5IA SK in tower fall
From: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
Reply-to: sawyered@earthlink.net
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:29:42 -0400
I have seen probably 50 different ham tower installations representing well
over 100 towers and worked on probably a dozen of them (in addition to my
own). I have never seen a ham tower with a full length steel safety wire
running on it.
I am not saying it's bad - its better - no argument. But if someone is "not
working" on ham towers without it, then they are not working on ham towers,
end of story.
In any case, I am fully respectful of the choices made by N5IA. Clearly,
they were processed decisions.
We can all learn from tragedies. But jumping from free climbing at any
height and age danger to "won't climb without a full length running safety
cable" serves no practical purpose in the ham community.
Ed N1UR
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