I concur on the jib breaking. It does not appear to have anything to do
with the strap(s). Either the tower crew underestimated the weight or
something was defective however for a crane that tall, it looked pretty
wimpy. They are lucky that it did not hit a guy wire when it fell.
John KK9A
Jim W7RY wrote:
The entire TOP JIB broke in two.
Jim W7RY
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of
> john at kk9a.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2024 9:25 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower collapses as its built.
>
> The video short linked below from HamRadioClubLuzerneCoPA happened to pop
up
> on my computer today. That installation became very dangerous. I wonder
if
> anyone knows the details? Hopefully there were no injuries.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Gm-bq3ynSuU
>
> John KK9A
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