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2. Radio masts and towers - Wikipedia

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   The terms "mast" and "tower" are often used interchangeably. However, in structural engineering terms, a tower is a self-supporting or cantilevered structure, while a mast is held up by stays or guy-wires. [1] A mast is a guyed mast, a thin structure without the shear strength to stand unsupported, that uses attached guy lines for stability ...

3. List of catastrophic collapses of broadcast masts and towers

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   1078 feet HAAT. Erected in 1981. No definitive cause ever found for collapse. Speculation was that the collapse was directly or indirectly related to the recent installation of their digital television antenna. The collapse destroyed the tower, KLTV's analog and digital antennas, KLTV's digital transmitter, and FM station KVNE's antenna. The ...

4. Blaw-Knox tower - Wikipedia

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   The diamond-shaped tower was patented by Nicholas Gerten and Ralph Jenner for Blaw-Knox July 29, 1930. [5] and was one of the first mast radiators.[1] [6] Previous antennas for medium and longwave broadcasting usually consisted of wires strung between masts, but in the Blaw-Knox antenna, as in modern AM broadcasting mast radiators, the metal mast structure functioned as the antenna. [1]

5. Alabama station in disbelief after 200-foot radio tower stolen

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   A radio station in Alabama was forced to go silent after thieves stole its 200-foot radio tower and other equipment from a building. The station, WJLX, sent a landscaping crew to the site Friday ...

6. KTVO-TV Tower - Wikipedia

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   The KTVO-TV Tower was a 2000 ft (609.6 m) tall television mast (or antenna tower) built near Colony, Missouri that collapsed on June 3, 1988, as workers were replacing structural braces. Three workers were killed in the collapse, which happened in calm weather.

7. Rohn Industries - Wikipedia

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   The first tower he built was for airport use. [1] ROHN first began producing antenna towers for home television reception, and subsequently expanded its product line to include the manufacturing of telecommunication towers and other communication products, including broadcast towers of up to 2,000 feet high. [1]