FYI
73 de John, N4OWG
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Jackson
To: Heartland DX Association
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 12:35 PM
Subject: [HDXA-NI0DX] KETV Channel 7 Tower Collapse
The KETV Crown Pointe tower collapsed around 11 PM last night. There were no
injuries. The tower was rigged for replacing the existing analog antenna for
upgrading to HDTV.
There was also some damage to the adjacent WOWT tower, but that damage is still
being assessed. Reports from the scene are the the WOWT tower had a noticable
bend near the top of the tower until the debris from the KETV tower was removed
from the guy wires.
This is the second major tower collapse in Nebraska in less than a year.
Earlier, the KDUH tower near Scottsbluff collapsed, killing 2 tower workers who
were replacing steel members to strengthen the tower in preparation for HDTV.
I have uploaded a picture of the collapsed KETV tower in the photos section of
the HDXA Yahoogroups page.
73 de Bill
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