[TowerTalk] Rohn Tower Damage Pictures

[Paul Christensen]

I am sure Rohn would be very interested in seeing these photos in order to
establish causation.  From what I've seen, this is a significant
risk-management issue.

-Paul, W9AC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan or Patricia Griffiths" <w7ni@teleport.com>
To: "Frank Ayers" <w2fca@qsl.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 2:52 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn Tower Damage Pictures


>
> 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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