A fundamental...........".KEEP MURPHY OUT."
Jos
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Katz" <stevek@jmr.com>
To: "'Kelly Taylor'" <ve4xt@mb.sympatico.ca>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 3:42 PM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Favourite tower tip
> That was a really good story, and sounds too familiar.
>
> One tip I give to everybody, even when installing an antenna on a roof:
> Figure out an escape plan in case all else fails.
>
> I've known two local hams, one who is now a SK, who fell off relatively
low
> rooftops while doing antenna work: One broke both legs when he landed
poorly
> on a cement patio only 15 feet below, the other died when he did a header
> off a 20' or so rooftop. Both accidents completely avoidable.
>
> I always think: If this antenna tries to pull me off of whatever I'm
> standing on, what am I going to do? And have a good answer clearly in
mind
> before starting.
>
> WB2WIK/6
>
> "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
> enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kelly Taylor [SMTP:ve4xt@mb.sympatico.ca]
> > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 8:33 PM
> > To: towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Favourite tower tip
> >
> > My favourite tower tip comes from a near-disaster while working atop a
> > tower
> > in a semi-professional basis:
> >
> > If the tower's owner is not experienced, explain EVERYTHING. Including
the
> > right and wrong ways to assist with hoisting. We were installing the top
> > section of a 72-foot freestander when the knot (improperly tied section)
> > got
> > caught in the gin pole pulley. The owner, a farmer, saw this and
> > immediately
> > came running to our ground guy's aid. One mighty yank and he narrowly
> > missed
> > getting up close and personal with the local coroner. It was graceful,
> > really, the way the top section started to tip over, slowly at first,
like
> > in slow motion, and then accelerating through its arc before coming to
> > rest
> > at the end of my tower-top companion's arm. Instinctively, he grabbed
the
> > bottom brace as it started to tip. He's lucky he didn't dislocate his
> > shoulder or worse.
> >
> > Which is the other tip: hardware can be replaced, limbs can't. If
> > something's falling, just get out of its way.
> >
> > 73, kelly
> > ve4xt
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless
> > Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with
> > any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
> >
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> See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless
Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any
questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
>
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