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Old October 12th 07, 08:32 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default CBS' KFWB shuts off IBOC at night

On Oct 11, 10:41 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"Telamon" wrote in message

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That's a good point. I didn't think about flying objects breaking the
tower wires on the extenders. Every engineering solution has its down
side.


- Then you will appreciate this: after one of the major gulf coast
hurricanes,
- in the 70's, an engineer from Miami was hired to settle some tower
- destructions. One, which failed at about 80 feet and collapsed was
examined.
- The measurements on the damaged section that caused the failure
exactly
- matched the shape and mass of a cow which had been picked up and
hurled into
- the tower 80 feet over the ground. You can not designee for the
occasional
- flying cow.

Gives new meaning to "When Cows {Pigs} Fly"

am'er - watch-out for that tower ~ RHF