• Dude works on 1500 foot high TV transmitter
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1BgzIZRfT8[/media]
Imagine if he dropped his phone while he was taking that selfie. This reminds me of Dear Esther.
I'd love to do that but I would probably collapse from exhaustion 1/5 of the way up.
I wanted to puke watching this, these jobs make me nervous just thinking about them.
[QUOTE=Scot;47558306]I'd love to do that but I would probably collapse from exhaustion 1/5 of the way up.[/QUOTE] Climb all the way up to replace a bulb then [I]climb all the way back down.[/I]
[QUOTE=Reagy;47558420]Climb all the way up to replace a bulb then [I]climb all the way back down.[/I][/QUOTE] Once you get used to it, it's easy money. He's all clipped in and safe.
That creepy music can fuck right off. That was very unsettling.
Reminds me of this [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZfBrNtbP2c[/media]
[QUOTE=Scot;47558306]I'd love to do that but I would probably collapse from exhaustion 1/5 of the way up.[/QUOTE] OSHA has described this job as the most deadly in the nation. In 8 years there were around 100 deaths from falling.
Quadcopters are like the spectator cameras of real life.
the man with the adamantium balls
I've climbed this kind of towers to about 200-300 feet. I wanted to go all the way to the top but the radiation would fry my balls. Sadly you can only go to the top if the antenna is turned off.
[QUOTE=Silly Sil;47558756]I've climbed this kind of towers to about 200-300 feet. I wanted to go all the way to the top but the radiation would fry my balls. Sadly you can only go to the top if the antenna is turned off.[/QUOTE] Nobody likes roasted nuts.
What a view up there, Its really amazing just how far you can see in every direction
i'd totally skydive off of that thing after a day at work, i'd be awesome.
[QUOTE=Rajen;47558914]i'd totally skydive off of that thing after a day at work, i'd be awesome.[/QUOTE] And then your parachute fails.
I thought he worked on a 1500 foot TV when I read the title, I am disappointed .
That is a very flat landscape.
our brains are so weird, like you can stand on a plank 1500 foot high, your feet touches just as much area as if you are standing on the ground, yet we get wobbly and unbalanced
[QUOTE=Teddybeer;47559182]So did you make music when climbing up? [video=youtube;6Scm-tKTHls]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Scm-tKTHls[/video][/QUOTE] what the fuck
BASE jumping from that would be fantastic, why isn't that a common attraction in large fields [QUOTE=Teddybeer;47559182]So did you make music when climbing up? [video=youtube;6Scm-tKTHls]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Scm-tKTHls[/video][/QUOTE] Explain.
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;47558767]Nobody likes roasted nuts.[/QUOTE] Oh damn, this brought back some early YouTube memories.
[QUOTE=latin_geek;47559417]BASE jumping from that would be fantastic, why isn't that a common attraction in large fields Explain.[/QUOTE] The tower was broadcasting AM signal. AM is amplitude modulation, lets say you have 500 KHz carrier and you modulate it with soundwaves. Now when blade of grass is touching the antenna, currents at 500 KHz with variable amplitude are induced through it, and you're hearing variations in power of the 500 KHz electric current (while current itself might oscillate at 500 KHz, it's amplitude varies at sound frequencies - so you're the constant 'sparking' noise created by 500 KHz current, but loudness of this sound varies based on how initial wave varies. Combining all effects together, you end up with sound frequencies in audiable range, and many more outside of audiable range). It acts as a silly AM demodulator of sorts.
[QUOTE=KingKombat;47559345]what the fuck[/QUOTE] microwave signal vibrates the water in the plant like a diaphragm
[QUOTE=Foda;47558656]OSHA has described this job as the most deadly in the nation. In 8 years there were around 100 deaths from falling.[/QUOTE] Many many years ago my mom's brother fell from one of these. He was finished working on it and he was on his way down and his foot slipped. The harnesses didn't do their job and a cable snapped, and he went tumbling to the surface. That would be a horrible way to go. [editline]19th April 2015[/editline] I don't know how people can do stuff like this and know that their life is ultimately in the strength of a dinky carabiner.
[QUOTE=Teddybeer;47559182]So did you make music when climbing up? [video=youtube;6Scm-tKTHls]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Scm-tKTHls[/video][/QUOTE] What the fuck? The entire tower has a current? Never seen anything like that. This was in related, basically what I do. [video=youtube;NMpkDkmG_Ik]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMpkDkmG_Ik[/video] [editline]20th April 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=haloguy234;47560115]Many many years ago my mom's brother fell from one of these. He was finished working on it and he was on his way down and his foot slipped. The harnesses didn't do their job and a cable snapped, and he went tumbling to the surface. That would be a horrible way to go. [editline]19th April 2015[/editline] I don't know how people can do stuff like this and know that their life is ultimately in the strength of a dinky carabiner.[/QUOTE] These things can hold like 5000 pounds nowadays. The ones we use for the harness have to be in perfect condition or we simply don't use them. And you always have 2 in case one of them fails. But accidents happen anyway. Sorry about your mom's brother.
They really should get parachutes for these jobs.
This video made my mom's spaghetti. I get a fear of heights standing on a 4th rung of a ladder, this is just ridiculous.
The easy part is climbing up. The hard part is climbing down.
[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;47562134]They really should get parachutes for these jobs.[/QUOTE] Parachutes need a certain speed in order to deploy - so they probably wouldn't work here, because by the time you're falling fast enough for a parachute to work, you've already hit the ground.
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