[TowerTalk] AB-1339 Mast

[AI4WM Bill]

It all depends on what is available and when.  Surplus sales are nothing like they used to be since the DMRO turned everything over to a private contractor back in the 90s.  There are still limited local auctions at several places. You just need to keep watching the websites or get on their mailing list.  

There are items that must be demil'd, and that changes time to time.

73,

Bill

AI4WM

--- On Mon, 2/1/10, K4tmc at aol.com <K4tmc at aol.com> wrote:

From: K4tmc at aol.com <K4tmc at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] AB-1339 Mast
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 2:21 PM

Steve,

Thanks for the the followup information.  No antenna masts are showing up 
as available through the surplus auctions.  I was told that the 
communications gear was automatically declared something like "classified - destroy 
function before allowing scrap".  After talking with a yard person, it is my 
understanding that they have to break/crush the items before allowing the raw 
material to be sold as scrap.  I think I also asked about availability via 
local government agencies.  Anyhow, I got the impression that there was no way 
to obtain the material without a commodity designation change from real high 
up the chain of command.

Luckily, the aluminum sections I get do not have an original communications 
purpose.

73,
Henry - K4TMC


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