[TowerTalk] KSYZ Tower Collapse

[Ethan]

Michael Hatzakis Jr MD wrote:
> What surprises me is that one guy wire failure could bring down the whole
> tower... isn't there usually some degree of redundancy built into these
> tower systems?
>   
Yes, you could break a guy and not take out the tower, but in this case 
(WNBY) I believe it broke the guy anchor.  There were only three anchors 
for the whole tower, with all the guys for one side of the tower coming 
down to a single anchor.  This is a common configuration for guyed towers.

Ethan KC8HES
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> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 10:21 AM
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> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] KSYZ Tower Collapse
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> Steve London wrote:
>   
>> http://www.ksyz.com/towerpics.html
>>
>> Sorry...don't know any details, other than ice loading and wind.
>>
>> Steve, N2IC
>>   
>>     
> A local radio station in my area (WNBY AM & FM)lost their tower last 
> winter when someone pulling a snowmobile trailer was turning around in 
> their parking lot and caught one of the guy anchors with the trailer... 
> the tower fell right on top of the studio and scared everyone inside 
> half to death, but there were no injuries.  Within a week they were back 
> up and running low power with a rooftop vertical FM antenna and a 
> longwire AM antenna about 20 feet up.  It worked surprisingly well.
>
> Ethan KC8HES
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