tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post1454012212711088501..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Speaking Of IdiotsRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-18119745484372147542014-11-02T15:47:45.916-05:002014-11-02T15:47:45.916-05:00Roberta, I was thinking more of protecting the EMS...Roberta, I was thinking more of protecting the EMS responders, not Interfering with Natural Selection.RandyGChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758726126424011542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-43847658070298293502014-11-01T12:10:53.048-04:002014-11-01T12:10:53.048-04:00And decide that the idiot is worth the down time.....And decide that the idiot is worth the down time.....<br /><br />;) I kid...sort of.<br /><br /><br />BGMBGMillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02848795924399360183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-22530151640510495622014-10-31T20:35:00.621-04:002014-10-31T20:35:00.621-04:00...of course, you have to know the base jumper is ......of course, you have to know the base jumper is up there in order to shut things off....Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-83527860555166350502014-10-31T19:43:53.137-04:002014-10-31T19:43:53.137-04:00It's been 30+ years since I worked a board shi...It's been 30+ years since I worked a board shift, but we had multiple means of shutting off the transmitter, beginning with the control console at the studio in town and ending with driving out to the shack and pulling the circuit breaker. Sort of an FCC thingy before they license you to operate one of those things.<br /><br />In my case it was more of a matter of driving out to the shack and cycling the circuit breakers whenever they arced off. Which being a transmitter custom built for Las Vegas, and sold to a station that placed it in a cornfield in Iowa, happened quite regularly during the summer. Bit of a humidity difference don't ya know.RandyGChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758726126424011542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-35098161239913452932014-10-31T16:41:05.998-04:002014-10-31T16:41:05.998-04:00Aside from all of the other ways to seriously inju...Aside from all of the other ways to seriously injure yourself via base-jumping, going blind from radio-frequency exposure because you were base-jumping off a radio tower just seems to cry out for an version of the Darwin Awards. <br /><br />Not to mention putting the first responders into similar danger - or are the procedures for shutting down the towers under those circumstances? <br /><br />I wonder if he would have sued the company that owned/operated the tower if he had been injured.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com