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A friend of mine was a tower engineer and was working when an ice storm toppled the 1500' tower next to his building.
I’d have to put my money on “Suicide Bomber” being the most dangerous job. Even if you screw up the job and don’t blow up, you’ll probably end up shot, hanged, or doing life in prison.
No pay is good enough.
OH Heck no!!!!
i got dizzy just watching the video!!!
I spent part of 3 weekends working on a Ham radio installation on a commercial tower in OK. We replaced the heliax from the 650 ft. point to the 1,350 ft. point. There were 4 of us on the tower and a ground crew. It went very smooth, but is hard work. Incredible view, amazing temperature drop as you get higher. Feel very good when the day is safely over.
There are real engineering challenges when you have in this case 1,350 feet of heliax and the accompanied temperature differential from top to bottom. Without inert gas you get condensation and it wreaks havoc with the connectors and conductors. I have seen water drip out of the connectors.
Probably will not climb many more towers, turn 63 next month.
But I may put up another for my self next year. My personal station needs updating.
I got a little queasy just watching it. Half the time the dude doesn’t have his harness hooked up because there is nothing to hook to. Unbelievable.
You would think a harness and a helicopter would be more efficient with all that climbing up and down.
FWIW - Hell of a view from up there.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Whew!
Leni