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 Message from the Arcala Group, OH8X
by Martti Laine, OH2BH

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 6, 2013
Independence Day of the Republic of Finland


RADIO ARCALA LANDSCAPE IS ONE SHORT

While driving to the Arctic region north of the city of Oulu at 65degrees
North, you will now find the wintry landscape more naked than before.
Something is missing from the landscape, a reflection of the challenges
facing the stormy and icy North. Sorrow has descended on the population of
the village of Arkala.

It was the recent storm Oskari creating gusts of up to 68 knots (78MPH) that
not only knocked down the massive 330ft (100m) 40+ ton 160/80M array but
also left 200.000 homes in Finland without electricity. The mammoth
structure collapsed peacefully, not hitting any of the other six towers, not
hurting people or damaging buildings.

As professional engineering efforts had up to now ensured the survival of
this 5-year old structure, inspectors are busy trying to evaluate the cause
of the failure. It is suspected that automation designed to enable the array
to find its most comfortable position in high winds somehow locked up and
caused the structure to corkscrew. Consequently the giant crumbled down on
its on base just like the WTC building in those other sad years.

But life goes on at Radio Arcala at OH8X and you may soon hear Santa Claus
from the North of Finland bringing you the joy of Christmas in the form of
OF9X, beaming over the North Pole on 20 meters and capitalizing on the
famous Polar Path during the Holiday Season.

Thank you for your interest in Radio Arcala and many of its unforgettable
endeavors.  In summary, we would like to share with you this short poem and
these consoling words of wisdom from the late Professor Hugh Cassidy,
WA6AUD:

"The grief we feel we cannot tell. A sad day it was as our tower fell."

(Please see attached photo)
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