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1. [TowerTalk] RE: K8DX Tower Collapse--Conv. wisdom ain't so! (score: 1): Author: n6cr@ix.netcom.com (Dr. Richard W. Musicer); Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 16:11:13 -0500 (CDT); It didn't happen this way at my qth. The 90 feet of Rohn 25 with 205BA/155BA/4 el 10m/G7 was layed out straight for the full length of the tower. Two-thirds of the 90 feet in my yard, and the other t; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00214.html (8,576 bytes)
2. [TowerTalk] RE: K8DX Tower Collapse--Conv. wisdom ain't so! (score: 1): Author: k3gp@bigfoot.com (George K3GP); Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 20:11:23 -0400; Rick's point is well taken. I submit that once guy wires are broken, all bets are off regarding "convention wisdom". From what I could see on the ground at Scott's (K8DX) location, it appeared that n; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00216.html (10,675 bytes)
3. [TowerTalk] Re: K8DX Tower Collapse--Conv. wisdom ain't so! (score: 1): Author: n4kg@juno.com (T A RUSSELL); Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 21:28:54 -0600; WARNING: Don't delude yourself into believing ALL towers will fall within some smaller radius than their height. Note that this scenario usually occurs with VERY TALL towers which have MULTIPLE guy; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00222.html (9,534 bytes)
4. [TowerTalk] RE: K8DX Tower Collapse--Conv. wisdom ain't so! (score: 1): Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith); Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 02:14:56; To me, this seems pretty straight-forward. If the failure involves the failure of a guy anchor which, in turn, holds all of the guys in one axis, there's nothing to prevent the tower's falling full-l; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00224.html (8,370 bytes)
5. [TowerTalk] RE: K8DX Tower Collapse--Conv. wisdom ain't so! (score: 1): Author: k0sd@juno.com (k0sd@juno.com); Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 11:49:14 -0400; Worse case senario of this I've encountered in my work is a broadcast tower close to Shelby, NC that was lifted off the ground, (twisted off by a tornado), uprooting or breaking all guy wires, and th; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00236.html (11,994 bytes)
6. [TowerTalk] Re: K8DX Tower Collapse--Conv. wisdom ain't so! (score: 1): Author: kd4wiw@ipass.net (Stephen Vinson); Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 21:40:20 -0700; Tom is right. I dare say all single guy point towers with one guy point failure will fall straight out or nearly so. Its the physics of the tension on the guys and gravity. This points out that NO t; /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-07/msg00245.html (9,952 bytes)

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