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Old January 18th 14, 02:22 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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On 1/18/2014 6:05 AM, gareth wrote:
"Jerry Stuckle" wrote in message
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On 1/17/2014 6:37 PM, Channel Jumper wrote:
The towers do not always have to be lighted above 200' nor painted.
WVIR's tower is neither!
https://stations.fcc.gov/station-profile/wvir-tv



And how do you know how tall it is? Did you get out your trust ruler and
measure it?


Cue the old one about how to measure the height of a building with a
barometer, ISTR about 23 ways at the last count!

eg, apart from the obvious one, to time its descent from the top when
dropped under the acceleration of gravity, and finally to go to the
maintenance engineer and offer him the present of a lovely barometer if he'd
let you
look at the architect's drawings!




I guess you landed on your head when you timed how long it took you to
dive off the top of the tower.

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