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Re: [TowerTalk] Copper wire thieves destroy 500 ft tower

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Copper wire thieves destroy 500 ft tower
From: Danny K5CG <k5cg@hamoperator.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 17:56:15 -0800 (PST)
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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 tower. We would remove the flange 
bolts, winch up the section above enough to get the "bullet" out of the center 
conductor, clean it, and reassemble. Then up to the next segment. It took all 
night, but we had a great view from the top at sunup.

3" copper is real hardline, not this flexible stuff called Heliax.

73 
Danny, K5CG 
HH 550-000-0609 
SKCC 14257

----- Original Message -----
From: "Radio KH6O" <radio.kh6o@gmail.com>
To: "towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2024 10:46:26 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Copper wire thieves destroy 500 ft tower

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
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