[TowerTalk] almost made it

Kevin Erickson kevine@capital.net
Fri, 29 May 1998 20:10:32 -0400


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In requards to windloads of force-12 antennas.  I recently had the =
pleasure of using a force-12 C3S on top of a 40' crankup tower.  We =
experienced a severe thunder storm with winds around 50miles per hour.  =
This storm caused the tower to start to buckle at its pivot point.  The =
antenna survived the wind superbly, the only thing is when the tower =
fell the sudden stop sent elements everywhere.  The moral of the story =
is its not the wind that gets you, its the sudden stop.

de kevin km2e




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antennas.&nbsp; I recently had the pleasure of using a force-12 C3S on =
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40' crankup tower.&nbsp; We experienced a severe thunder storm with =
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>de kevin km2e</FONT></DIV>
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