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- čas přidán 28. 10. 2011
- The view of Bakersfield, CA from about 220' feet up off a AM radio tower south east of town. Had to change two tower lights to keep in complaiance with the FCC. The tower is 330' tall and needs to be climbed about once every five years. At this height you can hear the cows and chickens from the next door farm.
Man, that makes my feet tingle!
I love this job, usually. Now I'm in Northern BC, Canada. The towers here are getting covered in ice and snow. I hate working in wet snow and blizzard conditions when we're hundereds of feet up.
very true on both accounts. I imagine that the view is great too!
Good Job, Stay Safe!
I love to rock climb and mountianeer.
I only wish I could get a job climbing towers like you.
That would be the best job ever.
thewhistler you ever get a job climbing?
I would love to climb a 1700 or even 2000 foot tall radio tower!
With this site there are multiple transmitters that can be powered down for the climb. As a rull I try not to have to climb towers that require me to have an RF suite. I don't climb very often anymore so it's hard to justify the expense for the extra gear. I just have them schedule them an off time for the climb.
The AM tower is probably off. It would be WAY too dangerous to climb it when on as the entire tower is used as an antenna.
The towers get the power turned way down but not off. You have to kind of jump on and off the tower so as to not get zapped.
@@Onthelambretta Ok
It's not too bad. I've been doing it now for about 10 years. The first few times is the worse but you always have a death grip on the tower, always.
330' up at about a 60 deg slope. It would be fun for about 5 seconds then splat!
Actually they don't move around too much. There are guide wires on each leg and every 20' or so. Once you get to the top it moves a few inches. Nothing wrong with some safety rules to let you live to work another day but I agree they can be a lot to deal with sometimes.
Mike, that probably takes some getting used to.
Planned obsolescence. For me its a quick couple of bucks and a good work out!
I saw a baseball field on the left and what sounded like people cheering. But I didn’t hear and cows or chickens.
Yeah that cell phone didn’t pick up the chickens very well. Much better in person.
If it is AM I hope the transmitter if OFF! It is really not a good idea to jump on and off of a hot tower to work on it but I know it used to be done.
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In an AM broadcast tower, the WHOLE tower IS the antenna!
I hope it's not KFBK. They use a Franklin antenna- a vertical dipole fed at or near the center.
Halfway up the climb, he would be a hot dog in a 50kW hotdog cooker!
@curtgh1981
I got in to it by accident. I think it went something like (TX engineer) "are you afraid of heights?, (me) Nope. (TX Engineer) Want to make some money?"
Right place, right time.
those towers must really move side to side on a windy day , and in WINTER , I know someone has got to do it , you guys are alright in my book , I do elevator construction , to many safety rules now , its ALMOST UNSAFE..........
I have to do it too, and because of that my arms get fatigued easily. Did you have to take a few brakes? Some times coming down I am so exhausted that I just wrap my arms around the bars to hold on. Ugg. I found that dropping my arm and shaking it helps.
Too cold for me. I've been around towers covered in ice (that likes to fall off!), no thank you.
I hope I don't ever get to the point of doing it every day! It's just a once in a while thing helping out a local Engineer friend of mine.
THIS is an argument for light bulb technology where they last for 20 years!!!!
try one of the 2500 foot towers
I believe they are "guy wires," not "guide wires." No big deal, just in the interest of accuracy. In any event, you would never find me up there!!!!!!
Nothing that tall here. I'd do it if the money was right though.