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Subject: [TowerTalk] Fwd: KYTV, Channel 3 - Springfield, MO - Television tower topples]
From: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch)
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 09:51:54 -0500
> Aren't most TV towers, and particularly the really tall ones, equipped
> with multiple guy anchors in each direction?  Seems to me that doing
> this with amateur towers would virtually eliminate the
> tree-cut-at-bottom scenario by making sure that the tower remains
> tethered on the way down.

You can bet if you see a guyed tower laying over like a "cut tree", 
something was wrong with the guying.

Even a tower guyed at one level will fold and fall, if the guys are 
properly installed and maintained. Improper guying would include 
lack of maintenance, poor or improper installation, and/or poor 
choice of materials.




73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com 

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