Mine was on the air - but not active at the time the ax was applied to the hard line. You are my coordinator, but I never did let you know it was down - sorry. But back up now, with a new connector and jumper.
73 - Jim W5ZIT (N5SN) 443.9 Paul Finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: They have already stolen coax off working systems. Paul --------------------------------- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:17 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] More on Copper theft 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.
