The story was also featured in Radio World Online, which is a newsletter that comes out usually on Fridays, but because of the holiday weekend coming up it was sent out today.
Here's the link: http://www.rwonline.com/article/83246 Don, KD9PT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Morris WA6ILQ" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 1:04 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] IMPORTANT - large amount of stolen equipment recovered - is some yours? > At 03:19 PM 07/01/09, you wrote: >>Not that impressive really. Whats all this crap worth, maybe $20k? > > Well, item 105 is a VHF MTR2000 repeater. Think that might be > worth something ? > > Item 117 on the list is a box of 123 handhelds. Pages 4-7 list them. > There are a number of HT1000s and HT750s and at least one XTS. > > Item 202 is a Sinclair Q3220E UHF duplexer. Tessco catalog > shows $1100 as the price. > > I could go on... > >>Not really that much money. > > You would be of a different opinion if it was your XTS that > disappeared, or your hilltop repeater that evaporated. > > I posted the newsletter fragment so that those that HAVE had > stuff disappear might take a look at the serial number lists and > maybe recover some property. > > This mailing list has over 4500 members, and the published story > specifically encouraged re-mailing it to others. Hopefully the VCSO > detective will get some phone calls or emails stating "you've got > my equipment". > > And stuff HAS disappeared from mountaintop sites over the years. > I've seen photos of buildings that have been broken into - some > were as simple as backing a truck trailer hitch into the door and > driving away with it. Others were broken into by drilling out the > door locks. The perps have gone through the building walls in > several cases. > >>FM broadcast parts pop up in rather strange >>places these days for cheap since theres really not much legitimate >>commercial market for a boat-anchor transmitter. > > A complete 1kw FM broadcast transmitter is unusual enough when it is > recovered in a pile of land mobile radios. Plus the newsletter, while run > by a ham, is oriented towards the broadcast community, and Mr. Gonset > naturally chose to focus on the broadcast equipment. > > And there is plenty of market in rural areas, and in Mexico. > >>You'd think someone smart/slick enough to get away with stealing that >>much gear would likely be smart enough to not get busted by the FCC for >>screwing with mall cops. > > True, and there is no way to tell what goes through some peoples minds... > > Some of the comments on this news page are interesting. > <http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jun/30/to-malls-radio-frequencies-jammed-man-arrested/#comments> > >>Did this guy sell LM radio/programming for a living? > > Don't know. One local gentleman thinks that he works (worked?) for a > local TV station. > > Mike WA6ILQ > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
