to All;
A Fellow ham asked me to drop by here and tell you all my story, you see I
am in a wheel chair,
because I was on a tower that collapsed,
My Names Joey, My Call is W5TFW, I live just outside of Baton Rouge
Louisiana, On April 1st
I was disassembling a 100' tower with a mosley tri bander and a 2 meter
Yagi, etc,....
The owner whos is now a silent key, told me the tower was in fine shape, 3
sets of guy wires no rust,
seemed strong enough to me upon inspection, so up I went, I first removed
the antennas, rotor, top section, then 6 10' sections, now at 40' the tower
legs just BROKE, it snaped the guy wires and down I came, I broke my left
ankle, My Pelvis, my Back, my Ribs, and I almost bleed to death,
I hope this helps you all not to make the mistakes I made.
ps: the OWNER of the tower, Came to the hospital, He had a Heart attack and
died.
Regards, Joey
Richard Joey Fiero II
W5TFW EM-40
QSL Manager USS KIDD W5KID
Director 6 Club www.6mt.com
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