[TowerTalk] Copper wire thieves destroy 500 ft tower

[Chuck Gooden]

Suspects have been caught.  See link

  https://www.foxnews.com/us/2-oklahoma-accused-toppling-country-radio-station-tower-steal-100-copper <https://www.foxnews.com/us/2-oklahoma-accused-toppling-country-radio-station-tower-steal-100-copper>

Caused $500K (or more) in damage for approximately $100 in copper

Chuck K9LC


On 1/21/2024 12:15 AM, dj7ww at t-online.de wrote:
> The inventor calls it Heliflex nowadays, was Flexwell before.
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> https://www.rfsworld.com/searchengine/3-1
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> 73
> Peter, DJ7WW
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> -----Original-Nachricht-----
> Betreff: Re: [TowerTalk] Copper wire thieves destroy 500 ft tower
> Datum: 2024-01-21T04:09:33+0100
> Von: "Jim W7RY"<jimw7ry at gmail.com>
> An:"towertalk at contesting.com"  <towertalk at contesting.com>
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> Its both.
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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.
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>> 3" copper is real hardline, not this flexible stuff called Heliax.
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>> 73
>> Danny, K5CG
>> HH 550-000-0609
>> SKCC 14257
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>> ----- 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
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>> 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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