It appears they use a couple different towers. The matter has my interest as well. I wouldn't expect a tower to bend at the base. Perhaps it was the crankup portable tower, as the news article discussed different accounts of 30' and 60' towers, and that could possibly do both heights. Those would have a more complicated base than fixed towers, so there might be something to that. We'd have to wait for more field day photos to see which tower they don't use anymore.
25' of old rohn 25, someone else with no safety gear. http://picasaweb.google.com/blossomlandara/FD2008?feat=directlink#5315649388578032802 25-30 feet of old TV tower http://picasaweb.google.com/blossomlandara/FD2009?feat=directlink#5352471737660832322 Decent crankup tower http://picasaweb.google.com/blossomlandara/FD2009?feat=directlink#5352470344375866786 Another old Rohn 25 with the unfortunate fellow climbing it. He does use a belt, but no other safety gear. It's not a business, so OSHA doesn't likely apply. http://picasaweb.google.com/blossomlandara/FD2007?feat=directlink# While hams usually have vast experience in doing what they do, the safety standards are never to the degree that is expected of business. Frequent dissasembly and reassembly of towers might degrade them too. On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 07:10:52AM -0700, Rick Kunze wrote: > On 7/8/2009 5:45 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > Wow, it bent at the base?! > > My thoughts too. There had to be a cause; there's more to the story. > But hamfests are usually run by guys that generally know what they're > doing so that does lead one to ponder. > > Geez, and I climb some pretty old towers sometimes . . . It's the ones > I refuse to climb that scare me. You know, the kind that you can easily > put into motion by leaning on them? The ones that aren't even vertical > anymore? LOL! I recently in fact noticed one of them folded over the > guys house from a windy day. I would appear he didn't take my words of > advice quite as urgently as I was trying to sound. > > Rk > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- /* Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Wireless and DSL KB1IOJ | Broadband Internet Access, Dialup, and Hosting http://f64.nu/ | for Midcoast Maine http://www.midcoast.com/ */ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
