[TowerTalk] Little things can make a difference

[Roger (K8RI)]

Roger (K8RI) wrote:
> Little things can make a difference but sometimes not in the way expected.
>
> Yesterday afternoon I was headed back into the house from the shop when 
> I noticed a pole standing in the yard about 10' from the tower. Just a 
> rod about 8 to 10' tall and pretty much vertical. But...there shouldn't 
> have been anything there...
> <snip>
Unfortunately as Chris pointed out, I messed up the formula.  The end 
result is that thing was doing about 88 MPH when it hit, not 30. 
>
> The point of all this, is that piece of loose, light weight Aluminum we 
> don't think much about, is dangerous and could do some serious damage 
> under the right conditions and target.
>
>   
And pieces don't necessarily come loose during the high winds, but 
finally give up in fairly benign conditions later.
73

Roger (K8RI)