Yup, long lines sites. Name is Long Butte ... outside of Bend Oregon in Deschutes County.
Neil Kevin King wrote: > > 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: [email protected] > [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 > > > > 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/
