[BC] WFIN Findlay OH loses tower

[Scott Fybush]

In looking more closely at my photo and at Paul and Fred's aerial pics, 
I think I see 4 levels. I don't see an anchor in the middle of the FM array.

I may have some video around that would show things more clearly; I'll 
see if I can dig that out tonight.

Incidentally, those FM bays were not in active use when the tower came 
down. WKXA 100.5 has a separate, much taller tower of its own a few 
miles away, so those bays were at most an aux, and maybe not even that 
anymore.

s

Bill Smith wrote:
> How about 5 levels?  
> Top looks to anchor about the middle of the FM array.
> Fourth level just above the bottom of the upper white section.
> Third just above the center of the center white band
> Second is the middle of the lower red section
> First is in the lower white across from the ridge of the building's lower
> roof.
> 
> Bill
> 
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>> Subject: Re: [BC] WFIN Findlay OH loses tower
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>> David Reaves wrote:
>>> I can't imagine that we're seeing the whole tower. Not if it's
>>> supposed to be 86 meters tall.
>>>
>>> First, if we use the shed as being 8-10 feet tall as a reference,
>>> that could never be the full 86 meters (282 feet) of tower in the
>>> photo. The other giveaway is that five stripes (three red, two white)
>>> are the minimum painting requirements for FAA compliance at that
>>> height and I only see what appears to be one and a half red stripes.
>>> IOW, it looks to me like half the tower is missing from the photo.
>> If only someone had a photo of the tower when it was still
>> standing...maybe someone who drove through northwest Ohio on a fairly
>> regular basis, stopping along the way to take tower pictures...
>>
>> Oh, wait, I am that someone! :-)
>>
>> This is from 2000, and it's not as sharp as I'd like it to be, but I
>> think I make out three levels of guys here...
>>
>> http://www.fybush.com/wfin.html
>>
>> s
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