[TowerTalk] Re: Two Die in Tower Accident - Followup

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 03/21/2000 11:09:07 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
m2270501@mail.9netave.com writes:

> A group of about eight people, including Deal, had gathered at his house
>  southwest of Morganton on Friday to build the tower as a birthday present.
>  It would have been about 73 feet tall, made of metal poles. The poles were
>  fastened together in a triangular shape about 1 foot wide.
>  The men sunk the tower base in concrete four or five feet in the ground.

      Hmm. Sounds like a straight-sectioned homebrew tower that should've 
been guyed. Or better yet, no installed at all.

Cheers,   Steve    K7LXC
Tower Tech

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