[ADXA] Fwd: Towers Down in EU

[Leonard Mendel]

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 Storm Takes Down Amateur Radio Contest Club Towers in Northern Europe
*TAGS:* Denmark <http://www.arrl.org/news/search/Tag.name:Denmark>,
HAM<http://www.arrl.org/news/search/Tag.name:HAM>,
high winds <http://www.arrl.org/news/search/Tag.name:high%20winds>, meter
yagi <http://www.arrl.org/news/search/Tag.name:meter%20yagi>,
power<http://www.arrl.org/news/search/Tag.name:power>,
Radio Arcala <http://www.arrl.org/news/search/Tag.name:Radio%20Arcala>,
weekend <http://www.arrl.org/news/search/Tag.name:weekend>
12/09/2013

Stormy weather over the weekend took down two major ham radio antenna
towers in Finland and in Denmark. On December 6, *Radio
Arcala*<http://www.radioarcala.com>(OH8X) reported that its 330 foot
tall tower near the village of Arkala
that supported 160 meter and 80 meter Yagis literally fell victim to high
winds that also took out power to some 200,000 homes in Finland.

“The mammoth structure collapsed peacefully, not hitting any of the other
six towers, not hurting people or damaging buildings,” a report from Jarmo
J. Jaakola, OH2BN, described. “As professional engineering efforts had up
to now ensured the survival of this 5 year old structure, inspectors are
busy trying to evaluate the cause of the failure. It is suspected that
automation designed to enable the array to find its most comfortable
position in high winds somehow locked up and caused the structure to
corkscrew.”

In Denmark, the same storm bent over the top of the OZ5E tower supporting a 20
meter OptiBeam and 3 element 40 meter Yagi — “a total loss,” the Danish
Contest Academy *reports* <http://oz5e.dk/> on its website.
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