I suppose it's to be expected, but it still gave he heart failure to see
those guys crawling around through the booms of that antenna without
safety harnesses or fall arrest of any sort. There isn't enough margin
in that sort of jumping to start out upside down, not expecting it,
having just given yourself a good lick as you fell out of the tower.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 8/29/2011 12:00 PM, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
> Howdy, TowerTalkians --
>
> Ever heard of OH8X? It's one of the biggest ham radio antenna
> installations in the world. Here's a video of the installation featuring 3
> guys
> base jumping off of the 330 foot 80/160M tower.
>
> _http://www.cqdx.ru/ham/ham_video/oh8x-base-jump/_
> (http://www.cqdx.ru/ham/ham_video/oh8x-base-jump/)
>
> Cheers,
> Steve K7LXC
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