Keep trying if you don't capture a month's prize. Will Beauty win? An
unusual shot? A common shot for whatever reason? Who knows!!
If mailing, send submissions to:
Contest
c/o ComTrain
N3680 Aebly Rd
Monroe WI 53566
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Jan. Photo Winner:
tba soon...
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Jan-Jun 2009 FREE SEAT WINNERS ARE:
Joey Edades for the photo contest,
John Teague for his video
and Kent Mace for his story.
July-Dec 2009 FREE SEAT WINNERS ARE:
2009 Monthly Results
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December Photo Winner
DOUG NOVAK of Illinois
Mapping a 500' guyed tower in Minnesota at a temp of -35.
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November Photo Winner
Andy Drieling, Ohio
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No September or October entries :(
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August Photo Winner
Josh Smith of Missouri
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Craig Sparks of NC
'1400' tower doing a guy wire change out.'
And the Video winner is Robert Geary of MD for his Flag Pole Cell Site film.
Congrats to both winners!
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JUNE Photo Winner
Congrats go again to Matt Fluke of Idaho.
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A brisk Halloween morning atop a 6900' tower site in SE Idaho"
And again, we've decided on a 'runner up'.
This one is special. Sorry, Boss! :)
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MAY Photo Winner
Matt Fluke of Idaho for his entry showing
towers/equipment where he was doing radio work.
Again, this month entries were tough so we're showing
another hot contender. This very unusual cloud formation
was worth mention. Great job on both entries!
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APRIL WINNER
Bob Geary of Maryland for his Rigging Photo
"Ironside" photo is of self-supporter on a beautiful day near La Plata, Maryland."
And although not a prize winner, we would give this
shot of the "Blue Men" an honorable mention. Did they take
time out of their busy Vegas schedule to come & spend
a day learning what it's like being a tower climber, or...?
No entries in the other two categories for April...come on everyone!
No chance to win if you don't enter...
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MARCH WINNERS
John Teague, TN for his Gin Pole Drop Video
(it's a large file, can take awhile to download)
Photo Contest Winner is Joey Edades, AK
This photo was taken from a helicopter of a site in Cordova, AK. A microwave site
on a mountaintop at about 2500'.
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February Winners
Kent Mace, FL Best Story
"When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors!""Last summer my crew was delivering UMTS cabinets to a site in a cow pasture in Florida. There was a Blue sky but far in the distance you could see a thunder cloud in the sky. Far away they thought! A herd of cows were walking towards the trucks as they always do looking for feed. They gathered outside the fence lease area.
As they were un-strapping the load on the truck a lightning strike hit the herd of cows 30 yards away from the crew. It is not known if the lightning hit the tower first and then went to ground or the strike was at the base tower. It never rained nor did the storm ever come any closer.
Two guys were on the truck and one was standing on the ground could not believe how close that was. The man on the ground stated that he “felt his hair stand up”. As they regained their composure the look over by the fence to see three dead cows still smoking and a cow bird with a burn line going from head to tail. The balance of the herd ran away. Lesson learned, even with the 40 mile rule in effect we have adopted a new policy. When thunder roars get off site and indoors!"
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BRIAN SILK of FL. won the Feb. Video Category.
Click on a link to view!
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John Teague, TN Photo Category
"In 2004 Hurricane Ivan made landfall just west of Pensecola FL. In a little town called Robertsdale, AL there was a 1600' tower that received a direct hit from one of the tornados that spawned off of Hurricane Ivan. All that was remaining of the tower was 535' with a 10,000 pound section hanging off of the remaining tower. About 10 days into the repair, the tower was in the clouds and the clouds broke about 490' leaving room for some awesome photography."
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