How often do you go to the top of your tower and do maintenance on the antenna, rotator, coax, antennas, etc? Just when something breaks? Or more often? When you get up there, do you have a set routi
The older you are, the less you'll do it! If you're in your 40's (or younger): No problem, you do it just for fun and exercise! You like to go looking for problems and challenges. You are disappointe
I'm certain I saw pictures of Don Wallace, W6AM, on his tower past his 80th birthday. Barry, W5GN The older you are, the less you'll do it! If you're in your 40's (or younger): No problem, you do it
If you're in your 40's (or younger): No problem, you do it just for fun and exercise! You like to go looking for problems and challenges. You are disappointed if everything works perfectly. I NEVER h
Speak for yourself. There are a lot of people on this reflector well past 60 who do their own tower work with relative ease. It is definitely NOT a "fact of life" that everyone's body and will starts
UR correct Dave... the body actually starts to break down after age 21-25... some don't notice it right away...takes decades for some. Some never notice... they just climb well up into their 80s and
Turning 65 in DEC.. I don't free climb any more, so it's one rung at a time, no longer scampering up at a moments notice. We plan the day, the work, thinking through every conceivable problem and the
But Dave,,, Gosh ther are tow way I would love to Go.. One doing tower work @ 80 and the other Doing hummmm not the place for that notion, but I think you can guess ! ;/ Wayne W3EA __________________
On 11/8/2012 11:43 PM, David Jordan wrote: UR correct Dave... the body actually starts to break down after age 21-25... some don't notice it right away...takes decades for some. Some never notice...
Turning 65 in DEC.. I don't free climb any more, so it's one rung at a time, no longer scampering up at a moments notice. We plan the day, the work, thinking through every conceivable problem and the
My friend your facts of life seem to apply to someone who is over weight and out of shape. This summer I rebuilt three towers from the ground up and reinstalled eight antennas. I must have climbed th
I'm pushing 67 but still climbing. Thought I had lost the touch over the summer but climbing in 95 degree heat would sap a 30 year old. The key: keep in decent shape and use common sense. Please note
OMG, There is no question the members of this reflector are an elite group of tower enthusiast...perhaps mostly fit for the cause! However, anyone who has attended Dayton or any other large hamfest w
Hi Bill I can relate to that. Rohn 65 is Varsity tower, the 20" rung step , and climbing over the 1032 tic rings add another challenge to this 64 year old guy. But let's be honest here, if you live a
I've had an artificial shoulder since my early forties. I stilled climbed my 120' Douglas fir to work on the tower top and beam I had mounted there, until about 10 years ago. My surgeon did a routine
antenna, rotator, coax, antennas, etc? Just when something breaks? Or more often? In my UP THE TOWER book, there's a chapter on maintenance. Many commercial sites have annual inspections, sometimes
I do maintenance twice a year to two towers, mainly checking for rust spots and loose nuts and bolts. sanding the rust spots and respraying them with cold galvenize from rustoleum.In the spring and j
Once a year is ok too, whatever you want to do I love climbing, and the ham I do the maintenance for wants it done twice a year so I do it twice a year. I look for anything that could be a problem, L