Does anyone have a link to any pictures ?
Thanks, Dick, W1KSZ
On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 8:56 AM, KM5VI <km5vi@flukey.cc> wrote:
> I was saddened to hear that 160m tower at OH8X recently collapsed in a
> winter storm.
>
> Matt
> KM5VI
>
> http://dx-world.net/2013/oh8x-tower-collapse/
>
> >> report by Jarmo, OH2BN:
>
> >> While driving to the Arctic region north of the city of Oulu at
> 65degrees
> North, you will now find the wintry landscape more naked than before.
> Something is missing from the landscape, a reflection of the challenges
> facing the stormy and icy North. Sorrow has descended on the population of
> the village of Arkala. It was the recent storm Oskari creating gusts of up
> to 68 knots (78MPH) that not only knocked down the massive 330ft (100m) 40+
> ton 160/80M array but also left 200.000 homes in Finland without
> electricity. The mammoth structure collapsed peacefully, not hitting any of
> the other six towers, not hurting people or damaging buildings. As
> professional engineering efforts had up to now ensured the survival of this
> 5-year old structure, inspectors are busy trying to evaluate the cause of
> the failure. It is suspected that automation designed to enable the array
> to
> find its most comfortable position in high winds somehow locked up and
> caused the structure to corkscrew. Consequently the giant crumbled down on
> its on base just like the WTC building in those other sad years. But life
> goes on at Radio Arcala at OH8X and you may soon hear Santa Claus from the
> North of Finland bringing you the joy of Christmas in the form of OF9X,
> beaming over the North Pole on 20 meters and capitalizing on the famous
> Polar Path ring the Holiday Season. Thank you for your interest in Radio
> Arcala and many of its unforgettable endeavors. In summary, we would like
> to
> share with you this short poem and these consoling words of wisdom from the
> late Professor Hugh Cassidy, WA6AUD: "The grief we feel we cannot tell. A
> sad day it was as our tower fell."
>
>
>
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