[TowerTalk] Stolen Tower

[Jim W7RY]

This tower site had clearly not been used for MANY (10-15) years. Look 
at the pictures.

Jim W7RY


On 12/31/2024 11:40 AM, Wilson Lamb via TowerTalk wrote:
> I have worked on a few decrepit AM sites.
> They run on a wing and a prayer and it's hard to understand why owners hang onto the.
> No doubt there is some sentimentality and optimism involved. There are a few small town areas where  people actually listen to weekend high school football, but they are fading, so to speak.
> Yes, there absolutely sites where this could happen, at least the dropping/cutting part.
> I watched three 200 footers dropped in the space of an hour. There were no close neighbors and no one cared. We went in and out at all hours and two pickups could carry 200 feet of small tower.
> Some time would be required to clean up the guys, easily accomplished an a couple of hours.
> I have removed and sold a transmitter, easily carried in a pickup. Gates, 1KW.
> It was sold to a ham who stripped it for the iron and took the rest to a landfill. I got some 833As, want any??
> I would think a canvass of local scrap yards would be a good idea.
> I was also involved at a site where a bush hog cut a guy anchor and brought down a similar tower.
> We put them back on with an end fed wire, up about 30 ft. The coverage was pretty good and caught most of the market.
> Wilson
> W4BOH
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