[TowerTalk] Ham Radio family electrocuted

[AD5VJ Bob]

My guess and of course **only a guess** is that some were planning on a nice surprise for the newly upgraded Ham. Total guess.

Im looking at how it was at night and it doesn't have any mention of the Ham so perhaps they were not present during the event.

To me if this was true it makes it even more tragic.

Of course they probably saw it as a simple construction project and were not aware of the ramifications that might be involved.

Man my heart goes out to all those folks, no matter what the reasons or the true causes.

Bob AD5VJ 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Charles Mills
> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 1:53 PM
> To: Michael Goins; Towertalk
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ham Radio family electrocuted
> 
> The people killed were not hams but someone at that address is:
> 
> KJ4KFF
> 
> Barbara V Tenn
> 
> 778 Alaska Ave Ne
> 
> Palm Bay, FL 32907
> 
> However...your point is well taken.  Most folks in the media 
> wouldn't know the difference.
> 
> CM
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Michael Goins 
> <wmgoins at gmail.com> wrote:
> > As no one can seem to find a call sign, it is also likely it was CB 
> > and not ham related - though the media for the most part 
> doesn't know 
> > the difference. No less tragic, but more often than not, a 
> whole lot 
> > less antenna experience. They should never have been erecting an 
> > antenna in the dark.
> >
> > Michael Goins, k5wmg
> > Pipe Creek, Texas
> > Fast cars, slow boats, big dogs, and summers off to write
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Paul Christensen 
> <w9ac at arrl.net> wrote:
> >> U/G high-voltage utilities have their own latent dangers.  In this 
> >> case, it's clearly an issue of safety, training, awareness, 
> having a 
> >> trained 3rd-party bystander available for emergency dispatch, CPR, 
> >> and recognition of their own safety.  More than likely, 
> it's also a 
> >> situation where a paid professional should have been 
> engaged if three 
> >> people lost their lives during the same event.
> >>
> >> Paul, W9AC
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Alan NV8A" <nv8a at att.net>
> >> To: "towertalk reflector" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 12:23 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ham Radio family electrocuted
> >>
> >>
> >>> Wes Attaway (N5WA) wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> News of a bad accident in Florida:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33288707/ns/us_news-life/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> That's yet another reason to choose a property with 
> underground utilities.
> >>>
> >>> Alan NV8A
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