On 12/18/20 10:26 PM, Patrick via groups.io wrote:
So do they know why they are attacking towers?
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On Dec 18, 2020, at 8:59 PM, Jay Urish - W5GM <jay@...> wrote:
? ?? ERS folks, This is newsworthy.
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From: Montague Radio <wx5arc@...> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2020 7:03:41 PM To: Montague Radio <wx5arc@...> Subject: Communication Towers attacked in WFT
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All,
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I was alerted that a 500¡¯?communication tower hosting the .140 amateur repeater, the NWS, and other commercial operations had the guy wires cut, felling the tower in a field in Wichita Falls in the early morning hours.?
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As if that was not enough, the perpetrators also attacked one set of guys on the 1500¡¯ KFDX Channel 3 tower but were not successful in that effort - thankfully. A huge loss of life could have resulted in the catastrophic collapse of any of these guyed verticals.
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Consider this an MCARC alert that communications towers in N. Texas are fair game. KFDX will likely air a news report on this at 10 pm CST.