Amen.. a choke on a strap broke, it happens all the time, not supposed
to, but did happen. On work being done on a big commercial tower that
most hams only dream of having ....Now we can take the conversation to
the ham bands which need a lot activity and we can beat the horse to
death there....the tower company, the workers, the crane company how
everything went wrong...then we will do complete report all based on a
Youtube video to the insurance company and end of story.
On 12/1/2024 6:31 PM, RONDALL SPENCER wrote:
Why so much wasted time on something that was done wrong Im sure they wish it
never happen. This not the first tower failure thats ever happen and wont be
the last.
Ron
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On Dec 1, 2024, at 5:19 PM, Ken WA8JXM <wa8jxm@gmail.com> wrote:
Which seems to me that the sections did not separate as expected and the
crane tried to lift the entire tower, including the lower anchored and
guyed sections, and failed. Whether they missed removing a bolt or the
sections were jammed, either way, they did not separate until the crane
failed.
Ken WA8JXM
On Sun, Dec 1, 2024 at 4:12 PM <maflukey@gmail.com> wrote:
If the video is advanced frame-by-frame at about 7 to 8 seconds the jib
can be seen to deflect downwards continuously until failure occurs. If
the strap broke first, the jib reaction prior to failure would have been
upwards in the opposite direction due to the instant release of bending
tension. The full counter-reaction of the boom goes off screen at about 9
seconds as the camera follows the fall of the tower section, but reappears
at 11 to 13 seconds when reverse curvature of the boom from the
counter-reaction is visible through the first boom oscillation.
Matt
KM5VI
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Fernando
Semiao
Sent: Sunday, December 1, 2024 4:55 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower collapses as its built.
Sorry you are very wrong, was you there? It was the choke strap that give
away., don,t ask me how i know....Its very sad you ham's keep inventing
crap no wonder hams have a bad name. You and allot of hams folks see shit
on this video.... thats what you seen Oh sorry tomorrow its the hole crane
fell sideways.
On 11/30/2024 3:34 PM, Jim W7RY wrote:
Heck with the strap....
n
The entire TOP JIB broke in two.
Jim W7RY
On 11/30/2024 1:08 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
Looks like the cable was not attached to the tower properly. I think
I could see the strap around the upper section break.
73,
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of
john@kk9a.com
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2024 9:25 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower collapses as its built.
The video short linked below from HamRadioClubLuzerneCoPA happened to
pop up on my computer today. That installation became very
dangerous. I wonder if anyone knows the details? Hopefully there
were no injuries.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Gm-bq3ynSuU
John KK9A
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