How does that old saying go? Don't do as I do, do as I say to do!
Reminds me of an older Rohn Catalog cover when they were still
manufacturing BX towers. Inside the BX section of the catalog it said"boom
length 10
feet maximum".
The front of the catalog had a picture of the BX tower installed at Texas
Towers that had a Hygain TH11 installed on it. 10 ft; Hah! That tower was
installed in 1980 and is still there; now with a Cushcraft 7-el tribander
that is about 12 years old.
73,
Gerald K5GW
In a message dated 8/5/2011 9:51:37 A.M. Central Standard Time,
w3yni1@gmail.com writes:
A few years back CQ had a picture on page 2 or 3 of a beautifully dug hole
for a large tower base. Easily 6x6x6' if not more. With a ham standing
at
the bottom of said hole and a ladder to get out with no side support.
Now...what I learned in my trench rescue course was that if that hole caved
in which is not unheard of when there is a "wound" in the Earth such as
that, he'd be dead before his wife could dial 9-1-1 from the crushing
injury. At the very least seriously injured if he's lucky.
Chuck
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 10:41 AM, <k2qmf@juno.com> wrote:
>
> Hi only has cable ties on the first section of
> the tower!!!!
>
> It can be lowered with no problem that I can see...........
>
> 73,
>
>
> On Thu, 4 Aug 2011 16:49:46 -0700 "Mike" <noddy1211@sbcglobal.net>
> writes:
> > Photo op or not, if you notice he has cables ties all the way up the
> > tower
> > and unless he can perform magic he had to climb the tower when
> > cranked up to
> > do that.
> >
> > I get nervous when mine is cranked down when I climb it, I always
> > but angle
> > iron through each section.
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> >
> >
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