ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/10/13/11135/?nc=1
Ham or not it's 3 lives lost and something that should not have happened,
you have to know what you are doing and you have to know WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
73
John
KO4XJ
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of RICHARD SOLOMON
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 1:56 PM
To: TowerTalk
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ham Radio family electrocuted
According to one news report, she was the Husbands Mother.
73, Dick, W1KSZ
> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:52:46 -0400
> From: w3yni1@gmail.com
> To: wmgoins@gmail.com; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ham Radio family electrocuted
>
> The people killed were not hams but someone at that address is:
>
> KJ4KFF
>
> Barbara V Tenn
>
> 778 Alaska Ave Ne
>
> Palm Bay, FL 32907
>
> However...your point is well taken. Most folks in the media wouldn't
> know the difference.
>
> CM
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Michael Goins <wmgoins@gmail.com> wrote:
> > As no one can seem to find a call sign, it is also likely it was CB
> > and not ham related - though the media for the most part doesn't know
> > the difference. No less tragic, but more often than not, a whole lot
> > less antenna experience. They should never have been erecting an
> > antenna in the dark.
> >
> > Michael Goins, k5wmg
> > Pipe Creek, Texas
> > Fast cars, slow boats, big dogs, and summers off to write
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Paul Christensen <w9ac@arrl.net> wrote:
> >> U/G high-voltage utilities have their own latent dangers. In this
case,
> >> it'sclearly an issue of safety, training, awareness, having a trained
> >> 3rd-party bystander available for emergency dispatch, CPR, and
recognition
> >> of their own safety. More than likely, it's also a situation where a
paid
> >> professional should have been engaged if three people lost their lives
> >> during the same event.
> >>
> >> Paul, W9AC
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Alan NV8A" <nv8a@att.net>
> >> To: "towertalk reflector" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 12:23 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ham Radio family electrocuted
> >>
> >>
> >>> Wes Attaway (N5WA) wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> News of a bad accident in Florida:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33288707/ns/us_news-life/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> That's yet another reason to choose a property with underground
utilities.
> >>>
> >>> Alan NV8A
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