Yawn.......
Bill KC9CS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim White, K4OJ" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Bill Otten" <res0958z@verizon.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 2:21 am
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] CRANK UP TOWERS - Not a panacea
> I am waiting for the professionals to reply...
>
> I see you have never witnessed a foldover/nested tower
collapse...something
> which can never happen with a fixed tower...period!
Check again Jim.....fixed towers can't collapse.... period?
http://www.eteamradio.com/klor_tower_collapse.htm
http://www.cnn.com/US/9610/12/briefs.pm/tower/tower.html
> Again I think you are really selling yourself that you have some sort of
> control over what Mother Nature is going to do in times of a
> Hurricane
No, I'm not. As a nearly 40 year resident of Florida (both coasts) I've seen
my share of Hurricanes. And that's what drove me to consider a
crankup/tiltover tower.
> As far as what is safer...I would rather work aloft on a fixed tower than
> stand on a step ladder putting boom to mast bolts on a beam going on a
> tiltover tower....
Convince me a fall from a fixed tower is 'safer' than a step ladder.
> If the weather is strong enough to do damage it will do damage...again, if
> you like to feel that damage will be less by your lowering the antenna
> great...but just don't be surprised when the storm ends up picking it up
and
> depositing it in another county...
>
> Don't mess with Mother nature - accept it.
>
> 73,
>
> Jim, K4OJ
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