Given the large investment necessary to bring up these large towers, I all
ways wondered why they do not incorporate de-icing facilities into them.!?
What is an other $100K when you already spend millions on it ?:)
Alex, N2NNU
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----- Original Message -----
From: "john" <[email protected]>
To: "antipode" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: KYTV, Channel 3 - Springfield, MO - Television
tower top...
>
>
> There are three 1500 ft towers within 10 miles of here. As I remember
> one collapsed some time ago (on film), when an ice storm coated
> the structures with tons of ice, and a warming sun melted ONE SIDE
> of it, and not the other. The resulting imbalance pulled it over
> to the heavy side.
>
> I'm sure it must have been quite spectacular to see!
>
> John
>
>
>
> At 06:11 PM 12/6/01 -0800, antipode wrote:
> >
> >While I'm not a tower engineer, I do remember visiting the Cedar Hill
> >tower complex southwest of Dallas around 1963/64. On the property they
> >had an old TV transmitting antenna with its associated support mast
> >sitting horizontal on some massive wooden support "horses" (RR ties
> >probably). I can assure all of the doubting Thomases here on the
> >reflector that these assemblies do indeed weigh many TONS. The mast
> >alone was about 100 feet long, about 15 inches in diameter, with a wall
> >thickness of about an inch! TV transmitting antennas/towers are massive
> >structures rivaling any large skyscraper in size and complexity.
> >
> >Bill Sievers
> >W5IQJ
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >[email protected] wrote:
> >>
> >> In a message dated 12/5/01 10:17:07 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> >> [email protected] writes:
> >>
> >> > I didn't think anyone would believe the ten or twenty tons.
> >>
> >> Really? Ever been around one? Climbed one? Our local TV stations
have
> >> 500' towers with 100' antennas on the top and they're all industrial
> >> strength.
> >>
> >> > One thing is for sure, there is always someone out there trying to
> one up
> >> a comment.
> >>
> >> Always? I see clarifications and additional information presented -
> >> no one-upmanship there.
> >>
> >> TowerTalk is not an ego-driven reflector (like some are - i.e. the
Amps
> >> reflector). The only thing you get is answers to your questions. (Well,
> >> mostly anyway - hi.)
> >>
> >> > It's no wonder that the guys who really know their stuff stay away
from
> >> > these reflectors.
> >>
> >> Huh? Gary, the poster, is a commercial broadcast engineer. Others
of us
> >> that "really know their stuff" as professionals in our particular
fields
> many
> >> times add the specific information that most hams don't know about when
it
> >> comes to TowerTalk topics. Structural and electrical engineers,
> electricians,
> >> antenna designers, and professional tower riggers are some of the most
> >> valuable TowerTalkians and they add perspective and credibility to
tower
> and
> >> HF antenna construction discussions.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Steve K7LXC
> >> Professional tower guy
> >> Tower Tech
> >>
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