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-country-radio-station-tower-steal-100-copper>
Caused $500K (or more) in damage for approximately $100 in copper
Chuck K9LC
On 1/21/2024 12:15 AM, dj7ww@t-online.de wrote:
The inventor calls it Heliflex nowadays, was Flexwell before.
https://www.rfsworld.com/searchengine/3-1
73
Peter, DJ7WW
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Betreff: Re: [TowerTalk] Copper wire thieves destroy 500 ft tower
Datum: 2024-01-21T04:09:33+0100
Von: "Jim W7RY"<jimw7ry@gmail.com>
An:"towertalk@contesting.com" <towertalk@contesting.com>
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 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
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