[HoustonHam] Working on a 2000ft tower

[Chris Boone]

That was the 1st Sr Road tower in 1982....it was going to be 2000ft to the top.....they were hauling up the last 200 ft of the FM antenna on the top when the pulley and u bolts broke....killed 5 people....the current Sr Road tower with 9 FMs and Channel 20 on it was built on the ORIGINAL base pin of the 1st tower....(it was undamaged so they reused it)

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike (KA5CVH) Urich [mailto:ka5cvh at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:34 PM
To: cboone at earthlink.net; Amateur Radio in Houston TX area
Subject: Re: [HoustonHam] Working on a 2000ft tower

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 21:50,  <cboone at earthlink.net> wrote:

I DON'T think they're at 2000ft……

Mike wrote

There are a number of just under 2000' (1900+) sticks around the
country.  Not all that amazing.  I remember sometime around 1980 when
one being built here in Houston crashed while under construction.

http://ka5cvh.com/fun_stuff/video/ham_radio/collapse.AVI

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Mike Urich, KA5CVH
http://ka5cvh.com