I have to agree here, I've done more tower climbs alone than I should. Every time I do I'm filled with the feeling that if I fall no one will know until someone comes looking at my remote tower site the next day or so.
We all look at OSHA sometimes and think of them as more revenue officers than safety officers. Coming from the Fire Service I think of the countless lives of Firefighters that were saved once OSHA found us. Sure they seem overly picky and arbitrary but when I hang from my bucket truck without a harness or climb a tower alone I can't help but think they were written after so many people lost their lives. This job isn't worth my life. Forbes -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jp Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 10:24 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Changing cards in Mikrotik You should have someone with you on site when you climb towers. Even if you are self employed and not subject to OSHA rules, it's still a good idea. Most of the tower deaths or falls I read about very likely could have been prevented or lessened with even very modest safety guidelines. Futhermore, if you become some statistic used to calculate insurance rates as a result of unsafe climbing, it will tend make all of our workers comp insurance costs increase collectively. That person on the ground should have a laptop to do the configuring/testing. They can also keep others away from the tower to protect them from falling tools, read off signals while aligning antennas, answer your phone calls, destroy wasp nests, and all the other things you don't want to do. On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:42:35AM -0500, Data Technology wrote: > Yes I know it is easy to just sit down and configure the card but, > I do the tower climbing myself and with even a small 40-60 ft tower, by > the time you get down, get the gear off and get to a computer the > adrenalin is flowing and you may tend to make a mistake. And after a > 160 ft tower you (me) are more tired and you can overlook something that > you would normally catch in an instance. > > I guess there are pros and cons to both ways. > > LaRoy > > > Scott Carullo wrote: > > It takes less than one minute to configure an interface? > > > > Just because you put a like card in there doesn't mean ROS should assume > > its the same freq, same power output etc. I think its actually better it > > lets you set it up instead of assuming a like replacement. My 2 cents > > > > Scott Carullo > > Brevard Wireless > > 321-205-1100 x102 > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > >> From: "Data Technology" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 12:19 PM > >> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > >> Subject: [WISPA] Changing cards in Mikrotik > >> > >> As much as I Love Mikrotik, I HATE the fact that you have to reconfigure > >> > > > > > >> when you change out a card. > >> I don't see why Mikrotik did not design it to work like StarOS. > >> > >> I have 1 StarOS AP still running and I had to change out a CM9 that went > >> > > > > > >> out. > >> This AP has not been touched in probably 4 years. > >> I just took out the old card, put in the new one and the users were > >> passing traffic before I could close the lid. > >> This was one of the few good things I liked about StarOS. > >> > >> Ok, just feels good to rant and rave every now and then. > >> > >> LaRoy McCann > >> Data Technology > >> www.dtisp.com > >> > >> > >> > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- > > ---- > > > >> WISPA Wants You! 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