World's largest amateur radio antenna collapses.

[Captain Kilowatt]

No details yet but it has been reported and confirmed on the ARRL contest letter that the MASSIVE 80/160m rotatable yagi at OH8X aka Radio Arcala has collapsed in a storm. A quote says "The Radio Arcala team is preparing a report that will be available in a few days."


This is it before the collapse.

 

[wavrider]

Is this the same antenna they base jump off of?

I have seen a few you tube video of it. Big honking antenna.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

They did allow three base jumpers to do it once.

 

[w9cll]

Shame

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Shame

Understatement of the year. LOL

 

[Mudfoot]

Wonder if LLoyds insured it?

 

[Robb]

Good riddance, it was a real eyesore and an accident waiting to happen.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Good riddance, it was a real eyesore and an accident waiting to happen.

Pfffffftt.....and you call yourself a ham.

The antenna was located in Finland. One quote I saw on qrz.com said "Sweeet Jeebus! I wonder which way it fell. Into Norway or Russia? "

 

[Robb]

http://www.smeter.net/7j4aal/antennas.php

That one is probably next, since Japan is earthquake prone, lol.

Think this guy has a better grip:

http://www.ulio.com/ants.html

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

I am sure that 7J4AAL's yagi came down a few years ago in a storm. Pretty sure I read that somewhere.

That W7CY yagi is only for 80m. The OH8X yagis were for 80m and 160m.

 

[2RT307]

Just an FYI to you guys... don't watch the YouTube video of the OH8X antenna rotating around. I caught a nasty malware from it... tough to kill it but I finally got it done. See what I get for being curious about this post? :blink:

In case I'm too late, here's how to kill it:
3 Easy Ways to Remove "Antivirus Security Pro" virus

Malwarebytes has a free program to remove it. Not pushing the program, but it did work. There are a couple other ways to get rid of it as described on the site listed above.

73,
Brett

 

[TonyV225]

Pfffffftt.....and you call yourself a ham.

The antenna was located in Finland. One quote I saw on qrz.com said "Sweeet Jeebus! I wonder which way it fell. Into Norway or Russia? "

C.K. You b@$+ard!! I literally choked on the damn gummy sweetarts I was eating when I read this reply and laughed!! LMA!!! Now that I didnt choke to death!!!

 

[w2ibc]

Just an FYI to you guys... don't watch the YouTube video of the OH8X antenna rotating around. I caught a nasty malware from it... tough to kill it but I finally got it done. See what I get for being curious about this post? :blink:

In case I'm too late, here's how to kill it:
3 Easy Ways to Remove "Antivirus Security Pro" virus

Malwarebytes has a free program to remove it. Not pushing the program, but it did work. There are a couple other ways to get rid of it as described on the site listed above.

73,
Brett

malware? use linux and it wont be a problem

 

[2RT307]

malware? use linux and it wont be a problem

Or even an Apple laptop, for that matter. Sadly, it's my work laptop, using Windows 7. Didn't mean to throw the subject off either... just thought others might look the subject up and watch the same stupid infected video that I did! It really is/was an impressive setup.

73,
Brett

 

[vkrules]

Reminds me of what an old ham said years ago,when asked how high you should go, "build it if it stays up it's not high enough, if it falls down it was to high".