[TowerTalk] World's toughest fixes - 2000' tower

[Roger White]

We use to often go to the top of the highest building (921 feet, floor 73) 
in downtown Dallas to service our ATV repeater transmitter. This building 
does indeed sway in high winds. If fact, the elevators will slow down under 
high winds as they cannot go as fast in high winds because of the building 
sway.

Roger W5RDW
Murphy, Texas

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From: "RICHARD SOLOMON" <w1ksz at q.com>
To: "TowerTalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] World's toughest fixes - 2000' tower


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> One day, many years ago, I was on the observation deck of the Empire
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> State Building. There was a crowd of schoolgirls there with chaperones.
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> I had a 2" steel Ball Bearing that I placed on the steel floor. Now it was
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> a rather windy day. Shortly the ball started moving back and forth. One
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> of the chaperones asked me why the ball was moving, I told her the ball
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> was not moving. After a bit of thought, they quickly moved the group to
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> the elevators !!
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> IIRC, the Empire State Building is spec'ed to sway in high winds. The 
> exact
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> numbers elude me.
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> 73, Dick, W1KSZ