[TowerTalk] Rohn Tower Damage Pictures

[Stan or Patricia Griffiths]

Hi Paul,

Yes, Rohn has seen the pictures and sent me 12 replacement tower sections.
Rohn now has the actual damaged sections in their possession for evaluation.

Stan
w7ni@teleport.com

Paul Christensen wrote:

> 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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