RE current threads: I "engineered/designed" my 7-60 MHz LP for 100 MPH wind
with 1/4" of ice. After watching it go through it's first 85 MPH blow
without a whimper I now have no problem going to sleep when I hear the wind
howling out there at night.
Also, not wearing a belt because you haven't ever fallen reminds me of a
local town official who told me once they were not going to improve the
signing in the area of a nasty intersection because they hadn't had a bad
accident there.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Gilbert" <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
To: "TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Guying a tower....Heresyto follow..... True
statement!
>
> Let me clarify for you ... there is a huge difference between not over
> engineering something and not engineering anything at all. Basing a
> decision solely upon experience falls into the category of not
> engineering anything at all, and that includes ignoring force vector
> formulas because your tower hasn't yet failed and not wearing a climbing
> belt/harness because you haven't yet fallen.
>
> Dave AB7E
>
>
> Doug Renwick wrote:
>> Most can not see any similarity between what I said and what you are
>> saying. Sheesh, why do I dislike spin doctors.
>>
>> Doug
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
>> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Gilbert
>> Sent: January 17, 2010 8:29 PM
>> To: TowerTalk
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Guying a tower....Heresy to follow..... True
>> statement!
>>
>>
>> That statement reminds me of the posting here a year or so ago from the
>> guy who felt that since he had never fallen while climbing his 60 foot
>> tower he didn't think there was any need for him to wear a climbing
>> belt.
>>
>> Dave AB7E
>>
>>
>> Doug Renwick wrote:
>>
>>> Marty, I welcome your true life experience. So here is one of the
>>>
>> many
>>
>>> problems with this reflector ... you get beat up posting your real
>>>
>> life
>>
>>> experience which trumps any theory any day. A lot of these
>>> misinformation specialists believe that you have to over engineer
>>> everything.
>>>
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