Two years ago someone snipped all but two threads of the cable wire that is
used to tilt/raise my LM470 crankup. Fortunately I noticed the cut before
tilting the tower down. The tower had not yet had an antenna attached.
There were a couple of mischievous teenagers living in a rental within sight
to the towers that I suspect. They have since moved but I now always take a
quick look before operating the tower.
k7puc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis OConnor" <ad4hk2004@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 5:30 AM
What to me wondering eyes should appear but loose turnbuckles, with one of
them (a 120' guy) having turned out until there were only 3 threads left
engaged on each end... Some kind soul had taken the 90' and 120' turn
buckles and un-weaved the ends of the EHS from from the turnbuckle...
Whether he also deliberately unscrewed the buckles almost completely apart
or just left them
> to vibrate, I cannot tell..
> This is annoying... I live in a very rural area back in the woods and a
> quarter mile from the nearest road... To get to my towers one would have
> to walk in a minimum of a half mile across crop fields and then through
> heavy brush and woods... This is the first time in 45 years as a ham I
> have ever found my towers tampered with...
> Now, some kind soul will tell me to clamp the buckles or use a padlock...
> The problem is that if they are up to mischief they will simply bring
> tools... And it wasn't an impulse deal because he went around to all
> three of the 90-120 guy sets... Apparently I have a friend out there...
> grrrr....
>
> denny / k8do
>
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