At 03:51 AM 1/7/06, you wrote:
>I'll add to my comment --
>
>Often times I hear of hams who end up with all kinds of free heliax
>"scraps" from cellular tower installs. Not around here. every little
>piece goes away with the install crew. Been there, done that.
>
>Chuck
Local crews are told by their boss to pick up all the scrap and
to leave a clean site. Last time I saw a crew at a site I walked
up and talked to the foreman. They were adding a new GPS
antenna and associated cabling, so they had no heliax on
that trip, but the foreman said that if the job had been feedline
replacement or new install a case of Bud would be the "price"
for any scrap.
This was in Los Angeles, but he commented that a while
they were pulling down "several runs" of 7/8 and replacing it
with new and they just cut it up into easy-to-handle chunks
with a sawzall and tossed it into the truck for recycling, but
if a ham wanted it the "cost" for the extra effort for pulling it
down in full lengths would have been a case or two.
I've not been lucky enough to catch a crew before it was
cut up (60 chunks of 7/8 each about 5' to 6' long aren't
worth much except in scrap) but there's always next time.
So keep an eye on the cell sites as you drive by, and if
you see a truck there pull in and strike up a conversation.
It might be a service man, or it might be the planner for
a construction crew.
If you see several trucks there make sure that you
pull in.
Mike WA6ILQ
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