Ugh. Now Im worried for all our La Rue repeaters out there. I will be vigilant as I am on eBay daily. I have taken note of it, and will keep my eyes alert. Thank you!
John Hymes La Rue Communications 10 S. Aurora Street Stockton, CA 95202 http://tinyurl.com/2dtngmn ----- Original Message ----- From: John Gleichweit To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 8:29 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Another stolen repeater (California) Full View This weekend we had a CDF repeater stolen from the Ben Bolte site in El Dorado Hills. It disappeared somewhere between Saturday evening and Sunday morning. >What I would like is for your folks to keep their ears open for any talk about >new equipment, specifically Daniels equipment. This repeater is a Daniels MT-4E >repeater with a Daniels model P11-5EA1-05-004 power amplifier (100 Watt) and 2 >Liberty LS12-100 batteries. > > >The repeater unit has both a Telecom Service Number sticker on it as well as a >CDF Property Number sticker. > > >This had to be someone who had authorized access to this site or someone >disclosed access information to someone. Whoever stole the repeater knew what >they were after and how to access this site. There was no damage to site, the >rack or other equipment in our rack or the rack next to ours. In fact, they >left 2 GE MASTR III radios untouched in the rack next to ours. In our rack, >they left the duplexer (6 cavity), the power supply and the IM panel. Al l this >adds up to someone who knows radio, this site and wanted a repeater, >specifically a Daniels as they probably have programming capabilities. > > >Thanks for keeping your ears open. > A subsequent message puts the actual repeater vault location as an American Towers vault above Ione in Amador County. -- John "Smokey Behr" Gleichweit FF1/EMT, CCNA, MCSE IPN-CAL023 N6FOG UP Fresno Sub MP183.5 ECV1852 List Owner x10, Moderator x9 CalEMA 51-507 http://smokeybehr.blogspot.com http://www.myspace.com/smokeybehr
