[TowerTalk] Turnbuckles with Rod Sides

[john at kk9a.com]

I was not aware that Tonno's 15m system fell down. This is very sad news. I
suspect that there is more to the failure than just a missing safety wire.
The tower looks as least as big as Rohn 65g and probably even stronger.  It
must have been fun designing, building and operating a 15m antenna system
like that. He was even able to have a QSO with himself via moonbounce.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCP0kisTbME .

John KK9A

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Subject:	Re: [TowerTalk] Turnbuckles with Rod Sides
From:	"Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net>
Date:	Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:55:49 -0400
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Man! 70 meter (227 ft) tower with 8 5L 15 meter monobanders. An installation
like that with no safety wires on the turnbuckles. No matter the planning,
something always gets missed. (I retired as a project manager at the
corporate level for a large multinational corporation) I don't know what
that tower was, (looks larger than 55G) but it makes my 45G look like a toy.
The diagonal braces appear to be rerod. I assume they are the weldable
variety. That tower was strong. Looking at the lift, there was a lot of
tower beyond the lift point and no visible sag!

Impressive video!

73, Roger (K8RI)


On 9/11/2017 Monday 7:34 PM, Wayne Kline wrote:
If my gray matter recalls,  ES5TV  lost his fantastic  8 -  5 element   H
frame 
ARRAY  because he did not use safety wires  on the turnbuckles and lost  the

installation    !    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9fDlbIFhMs&t=7s


  Wayne  W3EA