[TowerTalk] Copper wire theft

[Leslie Hooe]

I remember a time several years ago of a story of someone cutting and
stealing a line across a bridge in Portland Or. The funny thing was, the
line they stole was fiber, not the copper they thought.

Les
K7LES

On Tue, Dec 26, 2023, 16:39 Courtney Judd <k4wi at k4wi.net> wrote:

> A couple of years ago one early Monday morning I took my Huskie for a
> walk down my 1/4 mile driveway and when I got out to the county road I
> noticed three wires about 2 ft long sticking out from the power pole
> across from my driveway. I was looking at them and scratching my head as
> I have never seen them before.... That's when I realized there was no
> bottom power line going North, going South or back up the driveway....
> someone during the night had cut about a mile's worth of lower power
> line. I called my Power Company and they said they were having problems
> all over the County.  About 3 weeks later they caught them.... had their
> own bucket truck... cutting down the bottom ground line and selling it
> over in GA somewhere. oh well takes all kinds! lol 73's Cort K4WI
>
> Herschel Hall wrote on 12/26/2023 3:28 PM:
> > I completely repiped a rental house with PEX and it is freeze proof, at
> > least with temps we get in the Midwest.
> > Herschel
> > WA9KIA
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 7:08 AM Charles Gallo <charlie at thegallos.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Despite the advertising that it is “better”, I believe this is the
> reason
> >> we are seeing PEX used for plumbing.
> >> --
> >> 73 de KG2V
> >> Charlie
> >>
> >>> On Dec 25, 2023, at 9:33 PM, kq2m at kq2m.com wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>> There was a big problem in 2011 when Copper futures first approached $5
> >> / lb and retail prices approached $10/ lb.  Thefts of copper plumbing
> from
> >> commercial buildings and vacant apartment buildings all over the US
> became
> >> rampant.  In other countries it was far worse.
> >>> In early 2022, widespread theft of Copper became commonplace again as
> >> Copper futures spiked to $4.68 / lb.
> >>> https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/copper
> >>>
> >>> It is predicted that copper shortages will develop and become more
> >> frequent in the future as worldwide demand grows and the approval of and
> >> supply from new mines continues to lag increases in demand.  You can
> >> imagine what might happen to Copper prices in the future and the
> resultant
> >> increase in theft.
> >>> Bob, KQ2M
> >>>
> >>>> On 2023-12-25 15:43, Steve Maki wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> In India they are taking the whole cell site, including the tower.
> >>>>
> >>
> https://wirelessestimator.com/articles/2023/thieves-find-it-more-profitable-in-india-to-steal-the-entire-cell-site-instead-of-stripping-cable/
> >>>> -Steve K8LX
> >>>>> On 12/25/23 2:37 PM, Radio KH6O wrote:
> >>>>> Your tower might be an invitation to copper wire thieves:
> >>>>> https://insidetowers.com/copper-is-being-ripped-out-coast-to-coast/
> >>>>> We had an incident in Honolulu where someone tried to steal LIVE
> >>>>> high-voltage wiring; the guy ended up being a charred pile of ash.
> >> Bummer
> >>>>> for him.
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