Topband: K9W

2013-11-13 Thread Gary Smith
Hoping to get K9W on top band tonight. I couldn't hear them last night but see they were on after I went to bed. I snooze, I lose... 73, Gary KA1J --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com _ Topband Re

Re: Topband: Wanted - Hardline connectors

2013-11-13 Thread Bill Wichers
Squirrel chew is the biggest cause for aerial outages for most telecom operators. It's a big deal -- you can even get single and double-armored fiber to help with that. It's less of a problem with underground cables although I know of a large telephone outage in northern Michigan several years a

Re: Topband: Wanted - Hardline connectors

2013-11-13 Thread Charlie Cunningham
Yeah - and squirrels are "tree rats"! Charlie, K4OTV -Original Message- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim GM Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 12:23 PM To: topband Subject: Re: Topband: Wanted - Hardline connectors City has a rat infestation. Diggin

Re: Topband: Wanted - Hardline connectors

2013-11-13 Thread Jim GM
City has a rat infestation. Digging all kinds of holes under peoples wooden decks. They did some construction work in the street and drove them out. They never addresses the problem before it happened. They at through Time Warners under ground main feed for 400 homes, node line, they have to re

Re: Topband: Coax rodent protection

2013-11-13 Thread Bill Cromwell
On 11/13/2013 05:43 AM, W2RU - Bud Hippisley wrote: On Nov 12, 2013, at 10:23 31PM, "Dave Harmon" wrote: Steel pipe works great. I tried that, too, but I wasn't able to swing the pipe around fast enough before the squirrels ran away Bud, W2RU _ Topband Reflector Duh...

Re: Topband: Coax rodent protection

2013-11-13 Thread W2RU - Bud Hippisley
On Nov 12, 2013, at 10:23 31PM, "Dave Harmon" wrote: > Steel pipe works great. I tried that, too, but I wasn't able to swing the pipe around fast enough before the squirrels ran away Bud, W2RU _ Topband Reflector