ai (if you can beleive it) That part trips a lot of people up because it seems physically impossible to survive. The short answer is they didn't just tank the radiation—*the building's emergency protocol saved them.*
When daredevils Ivan Beerkus and Angela Nikolau scaled the Empire State Building's massive transmission spire, it triggered an immediate security alarm. The moment an unauthorized entry on the live mast was detected, the building executed its standard emergency RF safety protocol: - *Shifting to Auxiliary Sites:* The master antennas on the spire house 15 New York FM stations, multiple TV stations, and backup systems. Following building protocols, engineers immediately ordered the broadcasters to shift their live operations to auxiliary transmitters. - *The Backup Network:* For about an hour while the climbers were on the spire, most NYC FM stations rerouted their live feeds to backup antennas located elsewhere in the city, such as the Conde Nast Building at 4 Times Square. On Wed, Jul 1, 2026 at 3:21 PM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > On omni H pol bat wing antennas, which are right below where they were > standing on the top, if you pick the right corner to climb, both wings will > be in phase. If you pick the wrong two, you will get zapped. Makes me > wonder if they knew where to climb to not die. > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* AF <[email protected]> on behalf of TJ Trout <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 1, 2026 1:55 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Empire state building > > i wondered the same myself, I guess there is 400kw of TX on that building > top > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2026 at 11:36 AM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > How did those two climbers not get cooked by the bat wing tv transmission > antennas they had to climb. Say those were 25kW stations, they would have > over 1kV at the feed points. > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > Thank you, > > TJ Trout > Volt Broadband > 209.480.3122 Cell > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Thank you, TJ Trout Volt Broadband 209.480.3122 Cell
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