It's already a big problem with AM broadcast stations
losing their ground system. Buried uninsulated copper
wire. Find one exposed piece and start pulling it up.
I wonder if amateur equipment insurance covers such
vandalism?
Bob M.
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--- Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Somewhere around 8-9 p.m. December 15, The club I
> belong to (Mountain
> ARC)lost our tower at 2976ft. The area of the site
> received a blast of
> freezing rain, followed by several bursts of very
> high wind. This
> created the dreaded twisting effect that has brought
> so many others
> before it as well.
>
> We were still licking out wounds from this loss of
> 100 Ft Rohn 45, all
> associated guys, a db-224, db-408, my Diamond
> tri-band, and several
> packet beams on several different bands, when I got
> a call from MD
> state police to identify property.
>
> It seems that during a routine PC of the area, they
> caught an
> individual with almost all 200 ft of our 1-1/8"
> Andrews in his truck,
> cut into 3 foot lengths for recycling.
>
> I was afraid that sooner or later, junkie clowns
> like this one would
> figure out that hardline was copper. I wonder how
> long it will be
> until they start cutting the stuff off towers while
> they are on the
> air and disrupt police dispatch or worse, EMS
> network?
>
> At least my personal site has the feedline routed in
> a way that it is
> not exposed, unless they can scale the gym roof
> straight up. (wx3m.info)
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