Be sure to investigate sperm banks (and make a deposit) prior to climbing active radio towers.Echo wrote:Any advice on climbing telecom towers? There's a fairly large one on top of a Telstra exchange close to me.
He means his reputation of doing reckless or ill advised thingsBangers wrote:Yes! Really liking that. I know it well.... It's not about reputation though man remember it's more just about the sport. You did well...!
the world could probably do without little Echos, maybe climb a few more towers young fella - at least you won't need to buy frangersAydun wrote:Be sure to investigate sperm banks (and make a deposit) prior to climbing active radio towers.Echo wrote:Any advice on climbing telecom towers? There's a fairly large one on top of a Telstra exchange close to me.
lol I just see it as a joke these days. Just gonna do my own thing no fucks given until it kills me Or that's the game plan anyway.Vicinity wrote:He means his reputation of doing reckless or ill advised thingsBangers wrote:Yes! Really liking that. I know it well.... It's not about reputation though man remember it's more just about the sport. You did well...!
Just for you bro, until death do us partNo+Pro wrote:the world could probably do without little Echos, maybe climb a few more towers young fella - at least you won't need to buy frangersAydun wrote:Be sure to investigate sperm banks (and make a deposit) prior to climbing active radio towers.Echo wrote:Any advice on climbing telecom towers? There's a fairly large one on top of a Telstra exchange close to me.
Yeah, maybe don't go exposing yourself to microwave radiation...Echo wrote: lol I just see it as a joke these days. Just gonna do my own thing no fucks given until it kills me Or that's the game plan anyway.
Everyone dies. Some of us just dont care anymore.timdole wrote:Yeah, maybe don't go exposing yourself to microwave radiation...Echo wrote: lol I just see it as a joke these days. Just gonna do my own thing no fucks given until it kills me Or that's the game plan anyway.
Echo wrote: Everyone dies. Some of us just dont care anymore.
Echo wrote:Everyone dies. Some of us just dont care anymore.timdole wrote:Yeah, maybe don't go exposing yourself to microwave radiation...Echo wrote: lol I just see it as a joke these days. Just gonna do my own thing no fucks given until it kills me Or that's the game plan anyway.
I would strongly suggest that taking on a tv tower is a bad idea, even though they are massive and look like fun, most are combined broadcast sites and have multiple high powered antennas at different levels... You will enter extremely high radiation areas, some things are best left alone...SlowLoris wrote: ↑22 Nov 2017, 11:10 pmNot sure if anyone is paying this thread any attention anymore, but if I have understood correctly you guys have stated that climbing up the middle of a tv tower isn't likely to expose you to dangerous levels of non-ionizing radiation as transmitters will be on the outside of the tower facing outwards?
Thanks!
Yeah, I guess that's probably for the best, I definitely don't wanna get cooked!Bangers wrote: ↑23 Nov 2017, 5:48 pmI would strongly suggest that taking on a tv tower is a bad idea, even though they are massive and look like fun, most are combined broadcast sites and have multiple high powered antennas at different levels... You will enter extremely high radiation areas, some things are best left alone...SlowLoris wrote: ↑22 Nov 2017, 11:10 pmNot sure if anyone is paying this thread any attention anymore, but if I have understood correctly you guys have stated that climbing up the middle of a tv tower isn't likely to expose you to dangerous levels of non-ionizing radiation as transmitters will be on the outside of the tower facing outwards?
Thanks!
PS- welcome to the forums....
Those round ones that look like drums? They're microwave dishes,
A lot of antennas on the side there as you pointed out but it's not extremely dangerous. Those antennas aren't directional so they transmit RF all around. If you pass them quickly it won't be a problem. What we're talking here are a few minutes of strong exposure which honestly won't do much. It might make you feel a little weird but no real long term consequences, those only come after hours, days or even weeks of exposure. If you really want to take safety procautions then might I recommend an RF monitor. It will tell you when you are being exposed to high doses of RFs. Also there is a way to kind of avoid a big chunk of the transmitted radio frequensies. You can wear special clothing (Nomex clothing, Stainless steel clothing) What this can do is act as a sort of Faraday cage. If you don't want to buy this type of clothing then simply wrapping yourself up in aluminum foil could shield you against a lot of the RF. Hope this helped.Camoo wrote: ↑02 Mar 2019, 2:34 pmNever climbed a radio tower before. radiation is my only concern. is this one safe in terms of radiation if I'm careful?
https://www.google.com/maps/@-33.808044 ... 312!8i6656
the antennas going up the tower on the side: (the ones that look like horizontal lines coming off the tower) i think they are FM antennas. I'm not sure which directions they transmit, or what kind of damage they can do. is it fairly safe, with the risk of light of burns, or are we looking at the risk of infertility?
unless someone else knows otherwise, I don't think I need to be worried about the white square looking things on the very top (not sure what they're called), since I will only be underneath them.
any other radiation concerns I should be having? I'm only worried about subsequent effects from the radiation (like infertility). I can deal with any kind of heating, sunburnt, itchy, numbness feelings as long as there are no long term effects.
thanks