[BC] Now, THIS is a job!

[RichardBJohnson@comcast.net]

One time Chris Payne (of NAB engineering fame) and I climbed the 
towers at WARE to change some light bulbs that had burned out. I was 
the new "chief" and Chris was the outgoing chief, moving on to build 
WTTT, in Amherst. Anyway, the outside towers were guyed. They were no 
fun. The middle tower, however, was self-supporting. We swung that 
tower back-and-forth by swinging from the top, never even thinking 
that it might be dangerous. Several months later, I noticed that one 
of the base insulators was cracked ;^;) Those were the good old days, 
and yes, changing the tower lights AND painting the towers were part 
of the job. I was, however, able to live at the transmitter site so I 
didn't have to pay rent. It would get pretty cold in the nighttime 
after the Raytheon RA-1000 was shut down. That transmitter was in my "kitchen."
--
Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson


  -------------- Original message ----------------------
 > At 07:41 AM 4/25/2007, Cowboy wrote
 > On Tuesday 24 April 2007 08:40 pm, Kevin C. Kidd, CSRE/AMD
 > wrote:
 >
 >  >  The
 >  > pilots could hold the helo absolutely still for several
 >  > minutes while the crazy inspected or replaced insulators
 >