Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Collapse Re: TowerTalk Digest, Vol 240, Issue 32

[Jim <jimw7ry@gmail.com>]

The tower was held in place by gravity and held to the foundation with a 
single pin keeping it from moving.
It was not bolted down to the foundation. Most guyed towers are not.


Thanks, 73, Jim W7RY

On 12/30/2022 9:06 AM, Steve Davis | Davis RF wrote:
> Unfortunate for the station and listeners, but interesting ref. how far the 
> base of it was moved by the wind, apparently, from the foundation.
> Happy New Year  T-Talkers,  Steve, K1PEK      DAVIS RF Co.  and   Davis Rope, 
> LLC
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>     4.   KDLO towers collapse in Garden City due to ice storm (keloland.com)
> <https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/kdlo-towers-collapse-in-garden-city-due-to-ice-storm/>
> -- Thanks, 73, Jim W7RY
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