Thread: Climbing a 1,700 ft Antenna Tower
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Old November 26th 10, 12:57 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.equipment,rec.radio.scanner,rec.radio.shortwave
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Default Climbing a 1,700 ft Antenna Tower
On 25 Nov 2010 20:22:50 GMT, Rob wrote:

With this tower that would require 3,400 ft of rope, which probably
weighs more than the tools and will be very difficult to handle.

9mm static line weighs 57 gm/meter. A 1000 meter loop would weight
57kg or 126 lbs. No thanks. Also, the line has quite a bit of wind
resistance and will probably cause the 30 lb tool bag to sway quite a
bit in the wind. However, since he rode the elevator almost to the
top, he might be able to handle a 50 meter single static line to the
top of the elevator.

Nice video. I wonder what they were repairing on top of the tower?
Replacing the tower light?

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