One of our repeater sites had all of the copper ground wire stolen from
the tower base and the guy stations. There wasn't much copper and I
don't think there was enough money to be had out of that copper to buy a
case of beer!
Eric,
VA3EAM
n9wys wrote:
Copper thefts are up all over the country... In my area, new
construction sites are being hit hard for both copper wire and copper
tubing (water systems).
One has to wonder about the scrap dealers, though. How can they - in
good conscience - accept *obviously* NEW wire in spools, or tubing in
coils, as scrap??? As long as the idiots have a place to peddle their
stuff, they'll keep stealing it...
Mark - N9WYS
-----Original Message-----
From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> On Behalf Of Ron Wright
Jim,
I wonder where the RG58 went to. Looks like inside the building.
Also noticed the tie-wrap holding your now 2 pieces of the 1/2 inch
together. Was this your doing to secure it or did the RG58 installer
do it. Does not look like anything missing, just modified, hi.
Copper is now going for $2.85 from a scrap dealer, but does not look
like this is the case.
Here in Tampa area we have recently seen 2 large towers, above 1000
ft, loose a major part of their ground wiring due to some wanting it
for the scrap value. Alerts are being posted to tower owners.
73, ron, n9ee/r
73, ron, n9ee/r
>From: Jim Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:w5zit%40yahoo.com>>
>Date: 2008/04/21 Mon AM 03:09:16 CDT
>To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Bad adapter
>
>I finally got a new connector and jumper cable installed last week on
a repeater that has been out of service for several months. The hard
line and jumper had been cut with an ax and removed for scrap copper.
It has taken me this long to find a connector for the hard line. They
climbed a chain link fence with barb wire on top to get to the tower,
and also removed the signaling wires to the switches (railroad) for
the scrap copper value.
>
>But even this vandalism does not touch the RG-58 jumper in the picture -
>
>73 - Jim W5ZIT
>
>Jeff Kincaid <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:jeffk%40lafn.org>> wrote: Here's
a link to a photo I made during a recent service call. Someone<br> has
cut the Heliax to our UHF receive antenna and spliced a piece of<br>
RG-58 to it. Seriously, if you're going to hijack an antenna, at
> least you could spring for a lousy connector!
>
> http://www.lafn.org/~jeffk/CoaxSpliceSm.jpg
<http://www.lafn.org/%7Ejeffk/CoaxSpliceSm.jpg>
>
> Jeff W6JK
>
>
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Ron Wright, N9EE
727-376-6575
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Owner 146.64 repeater Tampa Bay, FL
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