[SBE] WUSA video on antenna install for Washington DC CH24

[Bill Whitt]

I think the chopper pilot is a freakin stud to fly like that. It fascinates
me every time I see one of those drops. It was clean, fast, and probably the
safest way to do that size of antenna removal/installation. I'm all for the
chopper myself. I've used / setup jin-poles for my little antennas - to a
SL-8 from Scala, but anything bigger than that takes some serious rigging
... when you can call the Hawaii Five-O crew and bam done. 

I'm curious ... if you paid for a set number of hours ... why didn't they
load up the crew and joy ride until the time was up - :-)

Bill Whitt

-----Original Message-----
From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Bruce
Doerle
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 11:33 AM
To: SBE National discussion mail list <sbe at sbe.org>
Subject: Re: [SBE] WUSA video on antenna install for Washington DC CH24

Norm Jeweler, US Tower,  likes choppers.  He did the same for the TV antenna
that went on the top of Metropolitan Police Department's tower back in the
early eighties.  It is quick and easy.  Besides how do you mount a gin pole
on a cantilevered section?


>>> "Henry M. Seiden" <info at techworkspro.com> 10/27/2008 2:01 PM >>>

Anybody see this going up?

http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=77572&catid=158 

Curious, why the speedy removal/installation via expensive chopper- 
dropper? Somebody's got some cash, at least.
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