[TowerTalk] Tower collapse in South Dakota

Dick Green dick.green at valley.net
Wed Apr 9 15:29:33 EDT 2003


Did they really mean to say "guide" and not "guyed"?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dxmonger at yahoo.com [mailto:dxmonger at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 9:01 AM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower collapse in South Dakota
> 
> 
> For those folks who track fallen towers...
> 
> http://www.state.sd.us/sdpb.htm
> 
> Here is the article:
> State Radio Communications lost a 180' foot guide
> tower in Mitchell on the morning of March 18. The
> tower had been in service for 12 years and fell due to
> an anchor failure. This tower provides public safety,
> radio and weather services. Public safety mobile
> coverage has been picked up by surrounding towers. 
> 
> South Dakota Public Broadcasting FM radio services
> (90.9) were temporarily lost. The SDPB radio services
> will be back operational on Wednesday March 19, pm. 
> 
> National Weather Service coverage for those with
> weather radios will be unavailable until the new tower
> is installed and operational. The new tower will be
> installed and operational the week of April 1.
> 
> 
> 73, Pat
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