[TowerTalk] Do you have copper?

[Gene Smar]

Around the year 2000,  I worked on a project to bring cellular phone service to Haiti. Each of our rural cell sites was surrounded by a poured concrete wall. This wall also included a 2-room guard shelter. A guard, along with his scatter gun, was at each shelter to protect against theft of the copper ground mat under the cell tower, and the diesel fuel that ran our 100% duty cycle generators. 
73 de Gene Smar AD3F 

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  On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM, Rob Atkinson<ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:   Here's a story on the high amount of copper theft in one area (Los
Angeles) but copper theft can take place anywhere.  The value of
copper has increased dramatically to over 50% from where it was a few
years ago.  If you are in a vulnerable location with visible copper
you might consider doing something to make it less visible.

https://moneywise.com/news/copper-wire-thieves-target-atts-underground-vault-in-la-1502-incidents-leave-streets-in-dark-folks-without-service-why-does-it-keep-happening

73

Rob
K5UJ

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