- 1. [TowerTalk] Suspension trauma (score: 1)
- Author: Paul_group <paul_group@greenrover.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:07:58 +0000
- Would anyone who has personal experience of rescuing a casualty suffering from suspension trauma contact me off list please? Im interested in the mannerism / demeanour / apparent symptoms during the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-10/msg00265.html (6,804 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] FIRST TOWER UP AND LOOKING GORGEOUS (score: 1)
- Author: Paul_group <paul_group@greenrover.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:15:04 +0100
- <in response to some concerns about climbing a new un guyed tower> I agree its not really a big deal is it? My only concern is when a fat rigger (like me) is hanging off one side of the tower it's a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-06/msg00189.html (11,491 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] Moving big rocks (score: 1)
- Author: Paul_group <paul_group@greenrover.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:12:33 +0100
- For several thousand years man has cracked rock by fire setting. There is a copper mine here where man was working at -100 feet and carbon dating shows circa -4000 years. The technique was to dig dow
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-04/msg00044.html (10,112 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] Used Fall Harnesses (score: 1)
- Author: Paul_group <paul_group@greenrover.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:57:00 +0100
- UK perspective as an employer of riggers: Currently the position for PPE is, fabrics / plastics / mylon parts (such as harnesses / work position belts / slings) = Life 5 Years Metal components = Life
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-08/msg00230.html (9,868 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Fwd: Upside down rotor (score: 1)
- Author: Paul_group <paul_group@greenrover.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:23:18 +0000
- Also most of the rotators I've worked on rely on being the right way up to prevent water ingress. HTH -- 73 de Paul GW8IZR IO73TI http://www.gw8izr.com _______________________________________________
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-11/msg00248.html (8,678 bytes)
- 6. Re: [TowerTalk] Cushcraft Parts from MFJ (score: 1)
- Author: Paul_group <paul_group@greenrover.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:47:44 +0000
- A few years ago I needed to identify a surface mount transistor on an MFJ device. I had the schematic but it wasn't 100% clear. I called them, they confirmed it was a simple cheap BJT that I had in s
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-11/msg00369.html (9,453 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TowerTalk] Breaking all the tower climbing rules at an amazingheight... (score: 1)
- Author: Paul_group <paul_group@greenrover.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:38:01 +0000
- Agreed! Someone earlier asked how much people got paid for working like this, let me answer that simply: If an employee or contractor of mine worked like that, he would not get paid.. and would never
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-12/msg00049.html (9,979 bytes)
- 8. Re: [TowerTalk] New Tower Old Base (score: 1)
- Author: Paul_group <paul_group@greenrover.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:31:26 +0000
- Been using them for years, holding up masts on top of buildings, railway overhead line gantries and all manner of structures. Take professional advice on the correct type to use - hilti are a very go
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-02/msg00212.html (10,116 bytes)
- 9. Re: [TowerTalk] Rotatorplate (score: 1)
- Author: Paul_group <paul_group@greenrover.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:17:35 +0000
- Not so Roger, if the unit is on its side water can and will get into the top bearing, Like most rotors they are only intended to shed water. Water can also get through the mild steel plate / rotor ho
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00413.html (9,310 bytes)
- 10. Re: [TowerTalk] Rotatorplate (score: 1)
- Author: Paul_group <paul_group@greenrover.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:06:38 +0000
- Well Roger I have repaired a couple of these, maybe being in an exposed coastal area where masts do tend to be laid over for fairly extended periods makes a difference, YMMV but I advise an additiona
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00417.html (9,210 bytes)
- 11. Re: [TowerTalk] Rotatorplate (score: 1)
- Author: Paul_group <paul_group@greenrover.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:32:51 +0000
- Yes agreed that would be worthwhile - its impossible to get enough grease in there to stop it washing out eventually. There is a dead patch of grass in the field under mine ;-) yes they are very repa
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00419.html (9,909 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] Fw: 80M Ideas (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul GW8IZR" <paul_group@greenrover.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 21:47:22 +0000
- The Versatower is a crank up tower , there are no flanges bolted together. -- Paul Higginson GW8IZR IO73TI http://www.greenrover.demon.Co.uk Good point, Bill. OTOH, it depends on HOW they are painted
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2012-12/msg00176.html (9,322 bytes)
- 13. Re: [TowerTalk] Smart Phone Compass (score: 1)
- Author: "" <paul_group@greenrover.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 21:50:36 +0100
- Without any trial or tribulation you can set true north in IOS7 onward Settings -) compass 73 de Paul LA/GW8IZR OK I do not want this to morph into the many proven ways to find TRUE north. The compas
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00310.html (8,138 bytes)
- 14. Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Now THIS is a tower climb! (score: 1)
- Author: "" <paul_group@greenrover.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 23:56:12 +0100
- There already are, very bright LED strobes in use on aircraft. All the exterior lights on mine were solid state, except for the landing light. There are LEDs that could have replaced that, but I neve
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2015-01/msg00235.html (9,929 bytes)
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