Hey Guys,
Thanks for all of your concern and I agree with FWL, this could have been Fatal!.
Leg is healing very well so my X-ray I had today, tells me.
2-way radio's of any frequency never work that well in our mountainous terrain.
I actually made the call on the VHF Fire Service, to Fire Comms in Christchurch via the Repeater System.
The PoCo UHF system is OK, but depends on Line Of Sight transmissions.
FireCom actually called the Faultsman in the area, only because I knew where he was.
With regards to the pole failing, I spoke to the Line Crew that replaced it.
It snapped 3ft below the ground, so any testing I did on the above ground part, would have been worthless.
11kV on wooden poles, Australian Jarrah timber.
They are being changed out to Concrete now.
Damn!!. [Linked Image]