How come only we enlightened ones see the REAL beauty of a massive
tower/antenna installation?
You would think by now with the increase in popularity of Pop Art, that the
ignoranti would be rushing to view and appreciate these remarkable edifices.
We should be charging them to view our Towers/Antennas!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephanie WX3K" <wx3k@ptd.net>
To: "Donald L Kerouac" <k9nr@juno.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 7:57 PM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Fw: Television Tower Topples Very Heavy Antennas
>
> I had read about this mishap awhile ago.....It always amazes me how they
> continue to push the envelope(height) with guyed towers. What amazes me
even
> more is when you stand underneath a 300 foot self supporting tower and
watch
> how much the top of it whips around on a windy day ! Quite a sight too !
>
> I am just wrapping up installing my antennas on my Rohn 25G......Every
time
> I look up at it, Im amazed by it. The truth....There is nothing like a
well
> installed tower and sundry antenna systems. <gloat><gloat> ;-)
>
>
> Stephanie R. Koles WX3K
> SBE Member
> http://www.qsl.net/wx3k
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
> [mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Donald L Kerouac
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 4:26 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Fw: Television Tower Topples Very Heavy Antennas
>
>
>
>
> --------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Donald L Kerouac <k9nr@juno.com>
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 10:52:27 -0600
> Subject: Television Tower Topples Very Heavy Antennas
>
> Believe it when they say some broadcast antennas weigh many tons...they
> do. I've worked in broadcast engineering many years and there is some
> truly massive steel "up there." However, rarely does a guyed tower fail
> because of the weight of the antennas. Invariably, "natural" failures
> are a result of excessive wind loading. Adding even one inch of radial
> ice will severely compound this problem.
>
> Some years ago, at an SBE convention in Houston, I toured the Senior Road
> Tower complex. A 2,000 ft. behemoth built to accommodate several 100KW
> FM's, a 5MW UHF TV and countless communications antennas. It's built to
> do the job in an area where hurricanes sometimes visit. It's quite
> something to stand at the base and consider the enormous column load
> consisting of the dead weight and the vectored down thrust of the guys.
> The top guys are about 1/2 mile long, weigh many tons each and have
> massive hydraulic dampeners to keep them from galloping in the wind. You
> can imagine the forces such guy assemblies could apply to the structure
> if wildly oscillating in the wind.
> Some of you may recall when this tower was originally erected about 20
> years ago. It collapsed, killing several workers and destroying the
> building underneath. Since the tower was being topped off, a camera crew
> was taping the whole thing for posterity. As memory serves me, the tower
> was at full height and the many ton UHF TV antenna was being hoisted into
> position. As I recall something in the rigging broke and the heavy
> antenna fell, breaking through guy wire assemblies on the way down. I
> believe four men rode the steel to the ground. I may be a bit fuzzy on
> the details. It's been a while since I was down there. It's a chilling
> video to view.
> The site was cleaned up and a new structure was erected and stands today.
> It's an incredible installation to tour but not open to the public.
> Don, K9NR
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