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1. [TowerTalk] tower fatality (score: 1): Author: Jon Zaimes via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>; Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 10:24:08 -0400; Sad news: https://wnep.com/2019/06/14/one-dead-after-tower-collapse-in-susquehanna-cou nty/ 73/Jon Jon P. Zaimes, AA1K Tower climber for hire http://www.aa1k.us/ Reviews of AA1K tower work on eham we; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00086.html (7,667 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] tower fatality (score: 1): Author: Steve Lott <lottsphoto@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 09:30:03 -0500; Saw this yesterday But zero details would love to learn exactly what happen and more importantly the why learning the cause of accidents helps those of us still around from committing the same mistak; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00087.html (9,269 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] tower fatality (score: 1): Author: WW3S <ww3s@zoominternet.net>; Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 10:44:54 -0400; And looks like a hinged base? Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00088.html (9,971 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] tower fatality (score: 1): Author: "Dick Green WC1M" <wc1m73@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 16:00:36 -0400; I don't like to speculate, but it looks more like Rohn 45 or 55 on a pier-pin base. You can see the pier pin hole in the first shots of people gathered around the base. It also looks like there's onl; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00093.html (14,293 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] tower fatality (score: 1): Author: K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>; Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 20:52:46 -0500; On 6/16/2019 15:00, Dick Green WC1M wrote: You put the temporary guys on with the base section on the ground, then with at least one helper you lift the base section onto the pier pin. Then, with at; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00096.html (8,397 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] tower fatality (score: 1): Author: "Bob Shohet, KQ2M" <kq2m@kq2m.com>; Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 22:52:29 -0400; Very tragic indeed and completely avoidable with a little common sense and foresight. Both of my Rohn 45 towers use pier pin bases. The temporary 1/4 EHS guys were put on the top of first section on; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00097.html (11,278 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] tower fatality (score: 1): Author: K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>; Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 21:40:45 -0500; The contractor I hired to take down my old tower, also Rohn 25, just sent a worker up to the top to cut the upper guys. That left the 70 foot tower held up only by the lower guys. They did put some; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00104.html (13,273 bytes)
8. [TowerTalk] Tower Fatality (score: 1): Author: Wilson Lamb <infomet@embarqmail.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 12:14:44 -0400 (EDT); Great story from K9MA! It's hard to imagine a tower contractor not showing up, considering how much they charge. I'm careful, as are my friends, but have become wary of liability issues. The thought; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00105.html (7,982 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Fatality (score: 1): Author: "Ed Earthlink" <sawyered@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:14:17 -0400; Wow, seriously? Like cut 1, then 2, then 3? Did they loosen them on the ground first so they were essentially "flapping"? I have to hope so. And how far above the next set of guys was he up there on; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00106.html (9,077 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Fatality (score: 1): Author: K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>; Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 12:26:48 -0500; They did loosen the guys first. The tower worker was about 30 feet above the lower guys. 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott Ellington -- via iPad _______________________________________________ ________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00107.html (8,382 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Fatality (score: 1): Author: "Ed Earthlink" <sawyered@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:33:10 -0400; Too much "pucker factor" on 25G for my taste and safety. I will stand on top of my tower fine, although I am not big on mast steps (prefer to lower the mast by pulling the rotor the few times there i; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00108.html (8,909 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Fatality (score: 1): Author: K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>; Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 21:33:55 -0500; I have to stand on the top of my 25G, too, but I'm not crazy about it. The 503 insulators in the new guys are so heavy that even fully tensioned there's a bit of sag, so the tower can wobble around a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00110.html (9,875 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Fatality (score: 1): Author: Gary Johnson <gwj@wb9jps.com>; Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 11:03:27 -0700; Now we know who... Saw this today in the ARRL Letter (linked from QRZ.com). -Gary NA6O Well-known northeastern Pennsylvania radio amateur Leland L. Lee Parsons III, N3LPJ, lost his life on June 14 du; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00111.html (8,293 bytes)
14. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Fatality (score: 1): Author: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>; Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 11:18:27 -0600; Shame. Another avoidable tower accident. RIP OM W0MU -Gary NA6O Well-known northeastern Pennsylvania radio amateur Leland L. Lee Parsons III, N3LPJ, lost his life on June 14 during a ham tower inst; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-06/msg00113.html (9,006 bytes)

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