ah, i can be glad those days are not yet gone for me hi hi!
Now, if only i had the yard for the tower...
I'm half tempted to test out the termless agreement i have with the property
owner to put up ham antennas in the yard....it didn't say I couldn't put up
a 70 fT tower...except the 2 or 3 yards of contrete might cause some raised
eye brows in my 20 by 15 yard.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brett Winches" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 6:48 AM
Subject: Night vs day antenna work RE: 2nd tower question


> I think my reasons were not related to vision but youthful enthusiasium
> to get a job done.     Typically I was off to classes in the daytime and
> at that time I would think nothing about going out for a cup of coffee
> and food with ham friends at 10:00 pm return home at midnight work on an
> antenna until 2:00 am and than think about sleeping.  Alas no more,=20
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Colin McDonald
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 5:46 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: 2nd tower question
>
> Bret:
> Did you climb at night just to avoid the outpouring of human kindness
> directed your way from loving neighbors concerned about your personal
> safety on the top of a tower?
> Hi hi
> No doubt there are stories of blind hams climbing towers, just to have
> local public safety officials arrive ...I prefer to do most of my minor
> antenna work at night as well to avoid anoying questions or concerns or
> even the stares of those who have too much time on their hands.
> Its just too bad that my sited helpers can't work under the same
> conditions....i suppose its too bad that i can't accomplish what they
> can in the daylight and with vision either hi hi.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brett Winches" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 4:31 PM
> Subject: Re: 2nd tower question
>
>
> > Those tower stories give me the willies just reading them grin.    =
> =3D20
> >
> > I think I can get at least one of them to assist me but I got to teach
> > him not to look down first. =3D20
> >
> > I used to do my work at night and I had a neighbor  who worked with
> the
> > same radio station I did at that time and he was amazed to find new
> > antennas in the mornings.  After about the 4th time he finally got the
> > message that I did not need light to deploy a new antenna whether it
> was
> > a wire or a small beam or something else.  Given these were guyed
> > telescoping masts and yard arm wire support son a larger guyed tower
> but
> > I still got a good chuckle out of the attitude of the sight dependant.
> =3D20
> >
> >
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