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Re: [TowerTalk] tower collapse in MO

To: Wayne Kline <w3ea@hotmail.com>, "sawyered@earthlink.net" <sawyered@earthlink.net>, "towertalk@contesting.com" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] tower collapse in MO
From: DALE LONG <dale.long@prodigy.net>
Reply-to: DALE LONG <dale.long@prodigy.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 21:22:55 +0000 (UTC)
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
They were replacing cross-braces, according to reports. Whether that was 
related to the tower failure is not certain.
Dale - N3BNA

      From: Wayne Kline <w3ea@hotmail.com>
 To: "sawyered@earthlink.net" <sawyered@earthlink.net>; 
"towertalk@contesting.com" <towertalk@contesting.com> 
 Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 5:16 PM
 Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] tower collapse in MO
   
Just looking at the 30 pluss pictures  … and not having a  complete  
information . a Few thing stuck me off…. The crushed Go Go  man Box  and the 
yellow  crane that was laying on it’s side !

Was the failure due to a  job site failure ?



The Big TV tower that went down in TX.  ( if my memory serves me ) was a gin 
pole failure that fell and sheered guy wires on the  way down . killing 7



Wayne W3EA



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From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> on behalf of Ed Sawyer 
<sawyered@earthlink.net>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2018 3:51:50 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] tower collapse in MO

Sad to see and hear about.



Looking at the pictures, one guy attach point is completely clean of guy
wires.  And the guy wires do not look good.  The fall was all in one
direction.  Suggesting that something let go on a guy attach point.  While I
don't have experience in looking at these things, is anyone else surprised
that all 3 guy wire attachments are clean from the connection point with no
obvious evidence of deformation or distortion?



Ed

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