Ok, in my last post I got the tower height (700 ft) wrong, but this time it's correct! https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/copper-thieves-destroy-kitxs-radio-tower -- 73, Jeff KH6O
When I worked at Farinon Electric we supplied microwave radio links to India's Northern Railway, to replace the copper telephone lines that controlled the switches, after copper wire thieves cut them
I recall when I was in my 20s (young and stupid) I worked for LeBlanc & Royle in Canada. We had an overnight job near Kingston Ontario to clean every connector of a 3" copper feedline going up a towe
Its both. https://scmsinc.com/product/andrew-hj8-50b-3-air-cable/ Jim W7RY On 1/20/2024 7:56 PM, Danny K5CG wrote: I recall when I was in my 20s (young and stupid) I worked for LeBlanc & Royle in Can
Author: "J. Hunt via TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 04:02:18 +0000 (UTC)
Hi everyone, The copper thieves that destroyed the 500' radio tower were arrested. Suspects arrested in copper theft that destroyed radio tower Suspects arrested in copper theft that destroyed radio
There it is! 3 inch air Heliax right there in the back of the SUV. They had time to burn it, (it looks burned, maybe they just stripped the jacket off of it. But the jacket is pretty hard to get off)
The inventor calls it Heliflex nowadays, was Flexwell before. https://www.rfsworld.com/searchengine/3-1 73 Peter, DJ7WW Its both. https://scmsinc.com/product/andrew-hj8-50b-3-air-cable/ Jim W7RY On 1
Suspects have been caught. See link https://www.foxnews.com/us/2-oklahoma-accused-toppling-country-radio-station-tower-steal-100-copper <https://www.foxnews.com/us/2-oklahoma-accused-toppling-count