[TowerTalk] Do you have copper?

[Ken WA8JXM]

At our campground site I noticed someone had cut about 5 feet of ground
wire from an electric pole.  The wire was Copperweld (copper coated steel,
probably far less than a penny's worth of copper!)

Ken WA8JXM

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Gene Smar
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> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2025 8:23 AM
> To: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>; towertalk <
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> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Do you have copper?
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> 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.
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> 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
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> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
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