All well and good, if you happen to live in an area where professional antenna
service is available. Many of us don't.
73,
Scott K9MA
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Scott Ellington
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> On May 14, 2021, at 12:01 PM, Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>
> I have a LOT of experience both with guys who climb trees and those who
> climb towers. Never the twain should meet. A tower climber knows what to do
> when he gets up a tower, and usually has a lot of experience about what works
> and what doesn't. A tree climber doesn't have a clue, there's no way you can
> tell him enough for it not to be a disaster. Also, the climbing techniques
> and accessories are completely different.
>
> My neighbor, NI6T, long ago topped one of his redwoods and somehow rigged HF
> beams to a section of Rohn 25 strapped to the top of it. When problems
> developed, he hired tree climbers to take one of the antennas down so he
> could repair it. The result was a train wreck.
>
> BTW -- tree climbers ain't cheap. $900 for a 6 hour day is typical.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
>> On 5/13/2021 6:21 PM, K9MA wrote:
>> We all know how hard it is to hire someone to do tower work. I just watched
>> some tree service guys who, will pruning some trees for a ham friend, also
>> installed some pulleys for antennas. Climbing towers is a whole lot easier
>> and safer than climbing trees. There are tree services everywhere there are
>> trees. Has anyone ever tried hiring one to do some non-technical tower work?
>> Equipped with a radio and a helmet camera, I'd thing one could talk one of
>> these guys through a lot of antenna work.
>> 73,
>> Scott K9MA
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