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Dick Nitelinger
01-31-2004, 08:18 PM
Here are a couple of views of the tower not seen before. How would you like the job the two guys in the second pic have?!


http://www.towerpainter.com/WITI1.htm

http://www.towerpainter.com/WITI2.htm



- Dick

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Joseph S
01-31-2004, 10:05 PM
They even provide $5mil in INS. ;) You couldn't pay me $5mil to do one of those jobs.
John L
02-01-2004, 12:09 AM
Was WITI-TV, Ch. 6 on the air while these guys were working on the antenna?

-John L.
Dick Nitelinger
02-01-2004, 12:47 AM
John,

It's daytime, and in any event the station has been on 24 hours a day for many, many years, so yes it was on the air.

- Dick
John L
02-01-2004, 07:36 AM
Originally posted by Dick Nitelinger
John,

It's daytime, and in any event the station has been on 24 hours a day for many, many years, so yes it was on the air.

- Dick

Obviously with them guys on the antenna they don't feel the electrodes of 100 kW ERP bothering them at all. Course they aren't touching no grounded connections so that would make the difference. If you receive the station OTA you could see a ghosting appear or possibly the signal briefly buzz out.

-John L.
Kevin Arnold
02-01-2004, 08:18 AM
If that's true, then those guys are eunuchs courtesy of a RF vasectomy. Grounded or not, at their normal power they would have had a bit of a problem.:confused:
Gregg Lengling
02-01-2004, 08:42 AM
Although when this picture was taken during the painting of the tower the transmitter was probably on (though at reduced power), this is no longer legal. RF exposure rules are now in force at all transmitting sites and if they were painting the antenna today it would have to be de-energized or reduced so low in power to meet the guidelines, in addition the painters would be wearing RF Protection Suits.

Before I retired I owned 3 towers and when work was done on the tower certain transmitters either had to be turned off, or reduced in power to less than 150 watts. It all depends on the frequency range too, Channel 6 could get away with higher running power during work, whereas a UHF channel would be reduced even further. The problem frequencies for Human Exposure are in the UHF range and beyond.
John L
02-01-2004, 01:58 PM
It is my understanding when they paint a tower they use a helicopter and it flies alongside the tower and spray paint it.

-John L.
jkane
02-02-2004, 09:47 AM
Just throw a bucket of paint out the door and let the blades spray it around? :D
StarvingForHDTV
02-02-2004, 04:17 PM
Cool pics, thanks.

Starving