[TowerTalk] K7NV SK

[Grant Saviers]

Kurt was a very big asset to the ham radio community.  We always chatted 
at hamfests and he did and was doing PP rebuilds for me.  It was always 
a pleasant, positive, and learning experience to work with a top notch 
ME. We talked a few weeks ago, so his passing was quite a surprise.

As Pete states, Kurt's finite element analysis of guyed tower behavior 
is a gem.  What happens is far from intuitive and every ham with such a 
tower should understand it.

His series about prop pitch motor rebuilds is another very valuable 
resource.  All should be preserved.

Grant KZ1W


On 8/28/2022 05:23, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> Just saw on the CWOps reflector that K7NV passed away last week. Back in 
> the mid-1990s, Kurt's work in failure analysis of Rohn towers broke new 
> ground for me (and I suspect, for most of us).  At the time, he had been 
> doing finite element analysis for the masts of America's Cup sailboats, 
> and applied the same sort of methods to towers. If I remember correctly, 
> all of the models failed ultimately close to or at the base, which led 
> to my decision to employ a pier pin base on my one and only big tower. 
> We corresponded just a few weeks ago.  RIP Kurt.
>