[TowerTalk] Rohn Tower Damage Pictures

[Stan or Patricia Griffiths]

Hi Frank,

Yes, the weld fillets look pretty good from the outside of the tower.  Take a
look at the other side of the weld . . . inside the tower.  This is where I
found what appeared to be fractured welds.

Stan
w7ni@teleport.com

Frank Ayers wrote:

> >I looked at the pictures and quite frankly, the welds themself look
> >pretty flaky to me.  Not a lot of penetration there in my opinion.
> >
> >73
> >Jim
> >WB6YAW
> >
> I have 25G sections from 3 different vintages - some from 1974, some from
> about 1988, and the rest are from 1998. They all have serious fillets where
> they are welded. The ones in the pictures look like the braces are held on
> by the galvanizing.
>
> Frank
> W2FCA
>
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