News of a bad accident in Florida: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33288707/ns/us_news-life/ -- Wes Attaway (N5WA) -- 1138 Waters Edge Circle - Shreveport, LA 71106 318-797-4972 (office) - 318-393-3289 (
That's yet another reason to choose a property with underground utilities. Alan NV8A _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing
http://cfnews13.com/News/Local/2009/10/12/family_shocked_while_installing_an tenna_1_killed.html Dave n4zkf. That's yet another reason to choose a property with underground utilities. Alan NV8A _____
While it is tragic when anyone is killed. However, when it is a result of stupidity it makes one wonder if it is not a result of Darwinian behavior. A little research indicates that the licensee was
U/G high-voltage utilities have their own latent dangers. In this case, it's clearly an issue of safety, training, awareness, having a trained 3rd-party bystander available for emergency dispatch, CP
And the point is? - M While it is tragic when anyone is killed. However, when it is a result of stupidity it makes one wonder if it is not a result of Darwinian behavior. A little research indicates
As no one can seem to find a call sign, it is also likely it was CB and not ham related - though the media for the most part doesn't know the difference. No less tragic, but more often than not, a wh
The people killed were not hams but someone at that address is: KJ4KFF Barbara V Tenn 778 Alaska Ave Ne Palm Bay, FL 32907 However...your point is well taken. Most folks in the media wouldn't know th
Sounds like a son and daughter-in-law (and grandson) simply trying to help mom with a new antenna after her upgrade. Horrific in so many ways, any way one examines it. Mike, k5wmg Pipe Creek, Texas F
According to one news report, she was the Husbands Mother. 73, Dick, W1KSZ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list Tower
There are a lot of details in a story now up on ARRL: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/10/13/11135/?nc=1 73, David, K2DBK k2dbk.com k2dbk.blogspot.com ___________________________________________
ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/10/13/11135/?nc=1 Ham or not it's 3 lives lost and something that should not have happened, you have to know what you are doing and you have to know
Check out the last two pictures on this page. The coax makes it look more like a support pole for a dipole or something, and the pole itself looks like those 4 ft surplus military interlocking mast s
Author: "David Olga Stein" <elfarocommunications@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:27:30 -0700
Its a shame this happened, if installed properly the AB-577 military crank up tower is safe with its 3 sets of guy wires and very large earth anchors, i did not see the Base section commonly referred
In my book, if there's any way your antenna or mast can fall on a power line (much less a 13 kV line), it is not a safe installation. (Whether it's day or night.) 73 Martin AA6E _____________________
Really sad when someone is killed participating in their hobby. My condolences to the remaining family members, neighbors and friends. I doubt those killed were hams, no names on the FCC database. Th
The deceased were not hams. The man's mother is a ham, KJ4KFF. She was not involved in the antenna work, but they were reportedly doing the work for her. Bad news all around. WB2WIK/6 Really sad when
I put up 60' for AB-577 mast (by myself) 2 weeks ago without issue. Of course all our power is buried in my neighborhood so it's not an issue. The AB-577 is very sturdy (I can't tell from the photos
In my opinion, you should keep any tower/antenna at least twice the height of the antenna from any power line. So, for my 72 foot tower with a 12 foot mast and a ringo ranger 2 at the top, I need to
Of course that's often not possible. We (my crew and I) regularly work on commercial towers that are only 30'-40' feet from 13KV. If the structure is safe and you know what you're doing, the danger i