Easy to explain, "Lead Poisoning". _____
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry C' Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] More on Copper theft Personally I wonder how much exception the local Magistrate would take if the thief happened to start leaking a little being mistaken for some kinda bird n all :) _____ To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:02:52 -0700 Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] More on Copper theft 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. ====== --- Terry <HYPERLINK "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[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) ____________-_________-_________-_________-_________-_________-_ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. HYPERLINK "http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ"; \nhttp://mobile.-yahoo.com/-;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR-8HDtDypao8Wcj9tA-cJ _____ at CarPoint.com.-au HYPERLINK "http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fsecure%2Dau%2Eimrworldwide% 2Ecom%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Fa%2Fci%5F450304%2Fet%5F2%2Fcg%5F801459%2Fpi%5F1004813%2F ai%5F859641&_t=762955845&_r=tig_OCT07&_m=EXT"It's simple! Sell your car for just $30 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.3/1390 - Release Date: 4/21/2008 4:23 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.3/1390 - Release Date: 4/21/2008 4:23 PM
