n8de@thepoint.net wrote:
> I laughed at 'the transmitter fell'.
> Don
> N8DE
>
I got a chuckle out of the add for low wind resistance ... After all
it's just shy of 100 sq ft wind area, weight over 7 tons, and a moment
of a tad over 190,000#. I think my 45G might have to work just to hold
the thing up.... if it could. At 190,000 # moment it could pick up and
throw my 17,000# guy anchors at, or over the neighbors house. <LOL>
73
Roger (K8RI)
> Quoting "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists@subich.com>:
>
>
>>
>>> "Each antenna weights 7 tons" Yea sure.
>>>
>> That's entirely possible. Many of the big broadcast TV antennas
>> can be at least that heavy ... for example the Dielectric TW12Bx
>> antenna which is what WSPA is listed as using in the FCC database
>> is 14.500 pounds (75' high) but then, don't believe the reporter
>> or me. see: www.dielectric.com/broadcast/brochures/TW.pdf
>>
>> I haven't found the specifications on the Dielectric TFU26GBH
>> that's specified on the license for their DTV license (CH 53)
>> but I have no doubt it is similarly heavy based on years of
>> experience with TV broadcast antennas.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> ... Joe, W4TV
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
>>> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of bill rubin
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 5:33 PM
>>> To: ai4wn@yahoo.com
>>> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] WSPA-TV Tower Collapse
>>>
>>>
>>> Typical news... never reporting the facts correctly ... "Each antenna
>>> weights 7 tons" Yea sure.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 4:24 PM, AI4WN <ai4wn@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here's the latest news video from the WSPA-TV tower collapse----
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> http://www.wspa.com/spa/news/local/article/repairs_continue_on_news_ch
>>>
>>>> annel_7_transmitter/15205/
>>>>
>>>> WSPA-TV is the CBS affilate in the Greenville-Spartanburg, SC.
>>>> market.
>>>>
>>>> 73 Tedd
>>>> 73 de AI4WN
>>>> Tedd Davison
>>>> 116 Mountain Shore Dr.
>>>> Greenwood, SC 29649 (USA)
>>>> Grid: EM84xg
>>>> Email: AI4WN@yahoo.com
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