I think it would be easier to steal wire above ground rather than in the ground? Charles Harpole k4vud@hotmail.com _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contestin
<<<I think it would be easier to steal wire above ground rather than in the ground?>>> Maybe, but there are a few factors that make this arrangement less appealing to the crack heads (the thing that
Author: "Jim Brown K9YC" <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:30:26 -0700
Don't blame crack heads -- blam4e the economy. This problem is at least 55 years old. When I was growing up in WV, one of my buddies, W8NJL, was chief of a station on 1470. He replaced his ground sys
My brother in-law was a detective on the railroad caught guys cutting down what was thought to be abandoned telegraph wire but were temperture monitoring data lines for sensing hot rail car wheels. I
I'm on several railfan lists as well, and this is a huge problem for the railroads right now. Thieves are stealing wire that runs to the signals along the route, creating a potentially dangerous situ
Author: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@storm.weather.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:24:23 -0600
Copper clad has low junk value once the buyer has been burned and found there's no way to separate the copper from the steel core. 73, Jerry, K0CQ _______________________________________________ TenT