[TowerTalk] towers/liability/permits/wind speed

[Jim Rhodes]

I think this is more to the point than the liability issue. Try to get a 
wet stamp for a
home brew tower. If you live in a rural area where you don't need a permit 
to put
up a tower more power to you. Just make sure it won't fall on the house, 
etc. And
build it so that you wouldn't be afraid to climb it!


At 06:52 PM 12/13/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>A recent cold front that moved through Northeastern Ohio and Northwestern Pa
>had wind gusts clocked at over 83 mph, sustained at 60+ for several hours.
>Talk on all the local repeaters and mailing lists centered around how much
>damage the local ham population suffered. Other than a local with an old
>Hustler vertical that broke no one that I am aware of suffered any damage to
>their towers, certainly none of them fell over. This in spite of all the
>trees, power poles, tv antennas and even a cement retaining wall that fell
>on a police cruiser ( yes, parked at a donut shop. They were not injured but
>their eyes were "glazed" over :) ) Food for thought next time a zoning
>board, insurance company or homeowners association questions the ability of
>a properly erected amateur tower to sustain heavy winds.
>
>73 Jamie WW3S
>
>
>
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