[TowerTalk] Turnbuckles

[Al Williams]

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 at 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
>