Neil, That would be one of the old long lines sites. Take a look for the site log book should be at the main door on a stand on the wall. It is like a ships log. neat to read. What is the site name? They are listed on the web with some of the history.
Kevin King SCSA BSCIS ARS KC6OVD GMRS KAG0378 EIEIO 2722 Acworth Georgia -----Original Message----- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Neil McKie Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 8:08 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Repeater Funding A local former AT&T site quite near here, I can walk to in five minutes, is currently being scrapped out for recyclable metals. A couple of week ago, I got to talking to the crew manager (title?) asking if I look inside. He said to bring my flashlight as the power to the building had been cut. (the power meter was gone.) A quick walk through said all of the precious metals were long gone, heavy copper wire, large pieces of aluminum anything from the cornucopia horns, copper wave guide, brass fittings ... all of it gone already. I scrounged a pile of HP test equipment, Motorola MSF5000 and Syntor manuals, a few rolls of solid conductor wire, a couple of handfulls of coaxial adapters, some patch cords and other miscellaneous. The crew is supposed to return tomorrow (gone for the holidays) and, hopefully, they'll let me back in for a couple of rack panels of 5 amp magnetic DC circuit breakers - I know of a local model railroad club who could use those on the HO layout. The 20" x 20" x 20" Edison cells are still there as is the three phase standby generator. Otherwise, the rooms are dark and the Farrinon (sp?) SS2000 and SS4000 microwave RF gear is still in place. The scrapper guys don't know it they want those or not. If not, I may add them to my pile of door stops. (Ask Mike Morris, WA6ILQ, about that one.) The external of the building ... and the tower ... are currently being used as as a cellular site. Being that close, I no longer have any dead spots on my cellular phone coverage when I am home. Neil - WA6KLA Mike Morris wrote: > > 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 > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
