[TowerTalk] Words.

[Jim Chaggaris]

Well said.

Best Regards,

Jim

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> On May 29, 2023, at 3:23 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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."
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> 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."
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>> 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".
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>> Humanity reacted as one would expect.
>> 
>> Kurt
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