[TowerTalk] Copper wire thieves destroy 500 ft tower

[Jim W7RY]

There it is!
3 inch air Heliax right there in the back of the SUV.

They had time to burn it, (it looks burned, maybe they just stripped the 
jacket off of it. But the jacket is pretty hard to get off).  to remove 
the plastic jacket, and the center conductor support.

Lots of recyclers will not buy burned copper. Because the perps put all 
of the hydrocarbons into the air when it was burned.
And burned copper is most likely stolen.

Glad they caught them!

Jim W7RY


On 1/20/2024 10:02 PM, J. Hunt wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
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> The copper thieves that destroyed the 500' radio tower were arrested.
>
> Suspects arrested in copper theft that destroyed radio tower 
> <https://www.kxii.com/2024/01/19/suspects-arrested-copper-theft-that-destroyed-radio-tower/>
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>     Suspects arrested in copper theft that destroyed radio tower
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> Two suspects have been arrested in connection with a copper theft that 
> resulted in a radio tower being destroyed.
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> <https://www.kxii.com/2024/01/19/suspects-arrested-copper-theft-that-destroyed-radio-tower/>
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> Yes - I have security cameras around my property, watching/recording.
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> Thanks n 73,
> James
> KI5DQ
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> On Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 09:09:33 PM CST, Jim W7RY 
> <jimw7ry at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Its both.
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> https://scmsinc.com/product/andrew-hj8-50b-3-air-cable/
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> Jim W7RY
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> 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 at gmail.com>
> > To: "towertalk" <towertalk at 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!
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> > 
> https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/copper-thieves-destroy-kitxs-radio-tower
> >
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> -- 
> Thanks and 73, Jim W7RY
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Thanks and 73, Jim W7RY