[TowerTalk] KSYZ Tower Collapse

[David Robbins K1TTT]

Nope.  One wire goes and most of the time the whole thing comes down.  The
imbalance in force is usually enough to pull that layer out of alignment and
then the down force from the other guys and the weight of the tower just
pulls it down.


David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Michael Hatzakis Jr MD
> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 19:19
> To: 'Ethan'; towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] KSYZ Tower Collapse
> 
> 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?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ethan
> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 10:21 AM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] KSYZ Tower Collapse
> 
> 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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