MUCH more appropriate than the first try in that "other" thread.... Beautiful, actually. STUNNING countryside! Dave W7UUU
Thank you, Dave. There were interesting patterns of sunshine there on the mountains of the Ozark National Forest, but, wouldn't you know, by the time I got into my tower climbing belt and up 45 feet, it was mostly shaded. I posted them here to compare the sharpness, by clicking on the full-size option.
It's amazing to me Jim that you still climb your tower!!! That's impressive. I'm only 59 and can barely tolerate going 2/3 the way up an 8 foot step ladder Dave W7UUU
When I was about 12, I climbed the tower of a local broadcast station. Even though it was a 250 watter, I knew I had to take care getting across the base insulator. Got about half way up, when the engineer came out of the building yelling at me to get down.
I love NW AR-Kansas. BTW, how are the ticks and chiggers this year? Up here I have not seen one tick or chigger. We have had a drier than usual summer so maybe that had something to do with it. Pheel
Owing to the chemical warfare employed, only had one tick bite (that was before I spread the pellets). But have had about a half dozen chigger bites. I used to use anti-itch creams on them, but they didn't seem to help. Now, I just heat up a coffee mug of water, and roll the side of it over the affected skin. The burn pain goes away, and so does the itch.
I, too, get nervous on a step ladder, Dave. But no problem on an orders of magnitude more stable tower (especially now that instead of a length of 3 #12 conductor Romex, I use a Klein Tools climbing belt).
