- 1. [TowerTalk] free CATV (score: 1)
- Author: "Al Williams" <alwilliams@olywa.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:46:37 -0700
- I have read on Towertalk countless times that plenty of low loss CATV is available for free. However, I have yet to read a posting giving advice on how/where to find it. Bill, be the first to tell u
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00572.html (7,965 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] free CATV (score: 1)
- Author: "D. Scott MacKenzie" <kb0fhp@comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:52:50 -0400
- Actually - try your local cable installer - or talk to your cable company. I got a bunch from their dumpster by asking. They often have large remnants available for the asking - they are just going t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00573.html (9,110 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] free CATV (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@verizon.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:03:43 -0700
- Hi Al I'm not Bill, but your local cable company is a good place to start. Sometimes they have some leftovers on a spool that they can't use. One person suggested setting up a 'brown bottle' friendsh
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00577.html (9,494 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] free CATV (score: 1)
- Author: Scott Neader KA9FOX <ka9fox@qth.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:08:19 -0500
- I will share my limited experience, which landed me a 500ft length and a 600ft length. I sent an e-mail to our local ham reflector and asked if anyone knew anyone at any local cable TV companies. I g
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00578.html (10,569 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TowerTalk] free CATV (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Barthelow" <aa6eg@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:38:01 -0700
- Cable TV Companies are good sources..As mentioned, they will often give cable ends away, but recently, the local CATV company has been saving ends for a scrap metals dealer who takes them away. Anoth
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00582.html (12,297 bytes)
- 6. Re: [TowerTalk] free CATV (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael K6BR" <noddy1211@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:01:08 -0700
- Having once been the Hub warehouse manager for Comcast, I was happy to give stuff away, mainly because there was no way to sell it, even to scrap dealers. So, I would find the name and phone number o
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00594.html (13,607 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TowerTalk] free CATV (score: 1)
- Author: wn0x@earthlink.net
- Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:22:06 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
- I have had luck with this as well. A fellow ham who works for a cell phone company turned me on to "scraps" they wanted to get rid off. The net result was 185' of 1-5/8" heliax for free. The stuff wa
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-08/msg00641.html (7,961 bytes)
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