[SJRA-Members] Pennsylvania Radio Amateur Dies in Tower Installation Mishap

[John Jones]

Maybe the club can send a condolence card to his club.

http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2019-06-20#toc07

Well-known northeastern Pennsylvania radio amateur Leland L. "Lee" Parsons
III, N3LPJ, lost his life on June 14 during a ham tower installation
project when a tower section he was working on collapsed off State Route
2069 in Gibson Township. Authorities said Parsons, 62, was apparently
attempting to attach a guy wire to the bottom tower section when it went
over. An ARRL member, Parsons was the president of the Susquehanna County
Amateur Radio Club.

*[WNEP TV16 video]*

The online *Wireless Estimator* called the incident a stark reminder of the
dangers present this weekend during Field Day." The article cited a 2009
Field Day tower collapse that claimed the life of 57-year-old Larry Prelog,
KE4PM -- an experienced climber -- while he was installing an antenna. In
that incident, two legs at the base of the tower buckled.
The *Wireless Estimator* article also recalled the death of the Reverend
Paul Bittner, W0AIH, 84, a well-known radio amateur, contester, and Field
Day participant, who lost his life last October when he fell from one of
the towers at his extensive antenna farm in Wisconsin.