Tower had been up a long time. Would still be there if the guy wire hadn't
been compromised.
It was an old tower - probably as old as the club itself and we're
celebrating our 50th anniversary this year. Whether it was spec'd for that
or not is a mystery. We got almost 50 good years out of it though.
Chuck / W3YNI
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:10 PM, WA3GIN <wa3gin@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hmmm,
>
> Doesn't look like that tower was spec'd to go 100ft, esp. with the number
> of antennas attached.
>
> Better Luck Next Time,
> wa3gin
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Mills" <w3yni1@gmail.com>
> To: "Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:09 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower Collapse - New Kensington, PA @ K3MJW
>
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/11829197@N06/3291969262/
>>
>>
>
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Westmoreland Co. ARES EC
Amateur Radio Callsign W3YNI
Email: w3yni1@gmail.com
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