[TowerTalk] Words.

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Frankly, I don't think there's any need - the author of the Wikipedia 
article clearly was European (probably British) and apparently their 
usage and ours are different.  I have added a note to the Wikipedia 
article to clarify this.  I don't know whether these appear immediately, 
but I'm seeing it now.

This is what I added:"(NB: the terminology used in the United States is 
opposite that used in Europe - in the US, structures called masts are 
typically relatively small, un-guyed structures, while larger 
structures, guyed or un-guyed, are referred to as towers. The US Federal 
Communications Commission, for example, uses "tower" to describe such 
structures as radio and television transmission towers, whether guyed or 
un-guyed."

73, Pete N4ZR
On 5/29/2023 1:56 PM, Facility 406 wrote:
> "I guess someone should take the entire archive of Towertalk and swap 
> the word mast with tower and tower with mast in every post. Sorting 
> out who meant what over the last decade or two should keep us busy for 
> another 20 years."
>
> I did that once with a webpage, just a simple word-replace taking a 
> few seconds, changing "vintage" (a year that a wine is made) with "old".
>
> Humanity reacted as one would expect.
>
> Kurt
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