[K3CAL] Some Retires Get High during the week.

[Richard Terlisner]

but why didn't you install a 2m whip on a hard hat & go up?  just think of
the range you would have gotten!


On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:37 PM, N3AE <n3ae at comcast.net> wrote:

> Fall arrest equipment (yes, I had  the gear with me) is for working while
> ON a tower, not in a basket with solid steel railing up above the waist.
>  In the basket, particularly with two people, the arrest gear and tie-ins
> would just become a movement hazard.
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> But...in retrospect, I did wish the helpers below had some hard hats on.
> With just ball caps below, had to take extra precautions with the tools and
> hardware above.  You can't see it very clearly in the picture, but the beam
> was secured to the basket with multiple slings and carabiners until it was
> bolted to the mast.  We finished the job with not even a cut tie wrap
> falling to the ground.
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> *From: *"Terlisner, Richard" <rterlisner at gmail.com>
> *To: *"Reflector, K3CAL" <k3cal at mailman.qth.net>
> *Sent: *Thursday, July 10, 2014 7:27:56 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [K3CAL] Some Retires Get High during the week.
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> i noticed nobody is wearing proper fall protection equipment........not
> even a lightning arrestor should a bolt come out of the sky & bonk them on
> the head.
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> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 10:31 PM, Jim Tetlow <k3uga at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> Yes, let it be known that some of the CARA members that are now retired
>> from the work force, get HIGH during the week; while others stay on the
>> ground and take pictures! Whatever the call, we all have fun! All those
>> complaints come from smiling faces!
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>> Picture from Antenna party at N3PPH's QTH right before Field Day!
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>> Best Regards,
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>> Jim Tetlow
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>> k3uga at comcast.net <jimtetlow at chesapeake.net>
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