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1. [TowerTalk] DL6RAI SK (score: 1): Author: <john@kk9a.com>; Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 17:28:19 -0400; Very sad news from Aruba. Ben, DL6RAI was working on a tower at his P49V home this morning when the tower buckled and folded down with Ben attached. He died from his injuries. RIP Ben. John KK9A - P4; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-05/msg00021.html (6,427 bytes)
2. [TowerTalk] DL6RAI SK (score: 1): Author: "jim.thom jim.thom@telus.net" <jim.thom@telus.net>; Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 02:07:32 -0700; <Very sad news from Aruba. Ben, DL6RAI was working on a tower at his P49V <home this morning when the tower buckled and folded down with Ben attached. <He died from his injuries. <RIP Ben. <John KK9A; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-05/msg00029.html (7,314 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] DL6RAI SK (score: 1): Author: Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu@w0mu.com>; Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 10:26:36 -0600; Looking at couple of the pictures where the tower folded I would guess that it was a guy wire failure probably made worse by the incredibly destructive environment. W0MU <Very sad news from Aruba. Be; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-05/msg00035.html (8,136 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] DL6RAI SK (score: 1): Author: David Gilbert <ab7echo@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 10:57:35 -0700; The picture at this link shows severely corroded hollow tower legs that didn't just buckle ... there are multiple jagged breaks. https://dxnews.com/forum/forum/silent-keys/52187-dl6rai-bernard-buettn; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-05/msg00036.html (9,237 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] DL6RAI SK (score: 1): Author: Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu@w0mu.com>; Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 13:37:09 -0600; The post talks about masts but that could be a translation issue. I would love to see pictures and a better write up of what happened so we can all learn from this. It appears that there might have; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-05/msg00038.html (10,377 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] DL6RAI SK (score: 1): Author: Wes Stewart via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 22:59:39 +0000 (UTC); It was guyed; it was a mast. Wes N7WS _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-05/msg00040.html (8,550 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] DL6RAI SK (score: 1): Author: David Gilbert <ab7echo@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 16:20:10 -0700; Did you see the picture? The tower itself, not the mast, broke in multiple places roughly where one set of guys attached to the tower. You can even see the jagged edges of the hollow tower legs. Th; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-05/msg00041.html (9,117 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] DL6RAI SK (score: 1): Author: Wes Stewart via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 23:47:36 +0000 (UTC); Of course I saw the picture. If it's guyed, it's a mast. A tower is freestanding. On Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 04:20:24 PM MST, David Gilbert <ab7echo@gmail.com> wrote: Did you see the picture? The; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-05/msg00042.html (9,762 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] DL6RAI SK (score: 1): Author: David Gilbert <ab7echo@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 17:49:14 -0700; sigh ... Did you see the picture? The tower itself, not the mast, broke in multiple places roughly where one set of guys attached to the tower. You can even see the jagged edges of the hollow tower; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-05/msg00043.html (9,934 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] DL6RAI SK (score: 1): Author: <john@kk9a.com>; Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 22:47:22 -0400; I have heard the terms mast and tower used interchangeably depending on the region but I believe Wes is technically correct that a mast uses guy wires. All of the masts/towers were removed from the r; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-05/msg00044.html (8,195 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] DL6RAI SK (score: 1): Author: Stan Stockton <wa5rtg@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 03:42:30 -0500; Whats that thingy called that sticks up above the 55G mast that has the rotating antenna attachment gizmo (previously thought to be properly called a boom to mast plate)? Is it a tower, since it is f; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-05/msg00045.html (11,513 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] DL6RAI SK (score: 1): Author: Máximo EA1DDO_HK1H <ea1ddo@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 08:56:11 +0000; It was a guyed tower, not freestanding. Of course I saw the picture. If it's guyed, it's a mast. A tower is freestanding. On Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 04:20:24 PM MST, David Gilbert <ab7echo@gmail.co; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-05/msg00046.html (10,664 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] DL6RAI SK (score: 1): Author: Jim W7RY <jimw7ry@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 16:43:30 -0500; 73, Jim W7RY I am saddened that I told someone recently that over the last 50 years I have put up about 20 towers. Turns out Ive never put up a single tower. I guess someone should take the entire ar; /archives//html/Towertalk/2023-05/msg00053.html (11,744 bytes)

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