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[TowerTalk] Fw: Television Tower Topples Very HeavyAntennas

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Fw: Television Tower Topples Very HeavyAntennas
From: ve7hcb@rac.ca (Chris BONDE)
Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2001 10:15:46 -0800
I remember talk about long time ago, that civil engineers when finished 
building a bridge, had to stant under it when it was opened and a lot of 
traffic was one it.  So a ham puts up a tower in his back yard, he asks his 
wife to stand there while he operates the remote telescooping tower.  :-}}

Chris opr VE7HCB


At 12:16 AM 2001-12-07 -0500, alex wrote:

>This is why hams are not allowed to build suspended bridges :):):):)
>Hope somebody learns from this mishap :(
>Alex, N2NNU
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>From: "Mike Gilmer - N2MG" <n2mg@contesting.com>
>To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
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>Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 11:16 AM
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fw: Television Tower Topples Very Heavy Antennas
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> > http://ethics.tamu.edu/ethics/tvtower/tv3.htm
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> > has some stills and video.
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> > Mike N2MG
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