Jim, I am very sorry to hear of this event. But please note what I learned my first year in law school Torts class: when something terrible happens to you, it is almost always the fault of someone else who has a good deal of folding money; unless you have good insurance, in which case, no problem -- new towers and antennas are almost always better than old towers and old antennas --except when you need a new building permit and the ordinance has changed, etc. etc. etc.

-----Original Message-----
From: k5ur@aol.com
To: K8JE@ARRL.org; arrl-odv@arrl.org
Sent: Wed, Mar 2, 2011 11:46 pm
Subject: [arrl-odv:19735] Re: Mourning

Sorry to hear the news, Jim. At least you and are safe and it didn't come through the roof!

73,

K5UR

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Weaver K8JE <K8JE@ARRL.org>
To: 'ODV' <arrl-odv@arrl.org>
Sent: Wed, Mar 2, 2011 10:38 pm
Subject: [arrl-odv:19734] Mourning

I thought I would share a bit of bad news with the 'family." I have had a terrible disaster. My 70 ft. tower and an apparently very strong gust of wind got together at about 5 AM a few mornings ago with the result that the top 60 or so ft. of the tower now lays in a fairly straight line pointing (of course) toward Newington. Accompanying the tower are a TH11DXS a 6 M beam, a couple of VHF/UHF Ringos and a 160 M Carolina Windom. It looks as though reconstruction can being as soon as a new TH 11 is received.

The interesting thing is that about 25 ft. away, I slept through the fall even though it woke up my grandson. I guess this means I have a clear conscience.

Enjoy.

Jim

Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director

ARRL Great Lakes Division

5065 Bethany Rd.

Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661

ARRL, The national association for Amateur Radio

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