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Re: [TowerTalk] hard hats

To: <towertalk@contesting.com>, "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] hard hats
From: "on4kj" <on4kj@skynet.be>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 21:47:04 +0100
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  Could'nt that be a bicycle helmet Jim.
  Yes there are holes in it for cooling.
  Have a look at some fotographs from Lens Armstrong.
  Not those from the tour de france. Wearing a helmet in the tour is not a
must.

  Jos


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
  To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
  Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 8:03 PM
  Subject: [TowerTalk] hard hats


  > I have for years felt vaguely guilty working on a tower without a hard
hat,
  > but the standard construction type are just too clumsy -- the suspension
  > harness inside makes them wobble around on my head, and I'm forever
hitting
  > the front brim on the tower or antenna I'm working on, plus it restricts
my
  > upward vision.
  >
  > There *must* be something better -- recently I saw some "pro" tower guys
  > working in what looked vaguely like the "almost no helmets" that some
  > Harley guys like.  Someone referred to them as hockey helmets, but they
  > looked more stripped down than that, with a pattern of holes over their
  > surface (perhaps for cooling?)
  >
  > Any leads?
  >
  > 73, Pete N4ZR
  > Check out the World HF Contest Station Database
  > Updated 9 Jan 04
  > www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
  >
  >
  >
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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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