Kurt was a very big asset to the ham radio community. We always chatted
at hamfests and he did and was doing PP rebuilds for me. It was always
a pleasant, positive, and learning experience to work with a top notch
ME. We talked a few weeks ago, so his passing was quite a surprise.
As Pete states, Kurt's finite element analysis of guyed tower behavior
is a gem. What happens is far from intuitive and every ham with such a
tower should understand it.
His series about prop pitch motor rebuilds is another very valuable
resource. All should be preserved.
Grant KZ1W
On 8/28/2022 05:23, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
Just saw on the CWOps reflector that K7NV passed away last week. Back in
the mid-1990s, Kurt's work in failure analysis of Rohn towers broke new
ground for me (and I suspect, for most of us). At the time, he had been
doing finite element analysis for the masts of America's Cup sailboats,
and applied the same sort of methods to towers. If I remember correctly,
all of the models failed ultimately close to or at the base, which led
to my decision to employ a pier pin base on my one and only big tower.
We corresponded just a few weeks ago. RIP Kurt.
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