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Subject: [TowerTalk] Feeling Sad
From: swallow@cartoon.bt.co.uk (Chris Swallow)
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 14:13:12 +0100
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In the storms over central UK last night I loast my 10/15 tower! It was =
a 5 section crank-up type. The failure point was the top lifting rope =
which must have had extra load put on it as the guys were tensionioned =
on the windward side due to 80MPH gusts.

So does anyone know who supplies fixed tower to the UK and are rotatable =
types really very expensive?

For anyone feeling sympathetic I will be doing a 20M single band effort =
as M8Z all be it with the remaining tower only at 60fot (It looks like =
we are in for a repeat of the storms tommorow)

Chris G3VHB (M8Z)

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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>In the storms over central UK last =
night I loast=20
my 10/15 tower! It was a 5 section crank-up type. The failure point was =
the top=20
lifting rope which must have had extra load put on it as the guys were=20
tensionioned on the windward side due to 80MPH gusts.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>So does anyone know who supplies =
fixed tower to=20
the UK and are rotatable types really very expensive?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>For anyone feeling sympathetic I =
will be doing a=20
20M single band effort as M8Z all be it with the remaining tower only at =
60fot=20
(It looks like we are in for a repeat of the storms =
tommorow)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Chris G3VHB =
(M8Z)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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