[SBE] Tarring Copper

[wilsonbrown46 at yahoo.com]

Gents,

Just to add to the war stories: I spend some time in Iraq working on repairs to the TV transmission infrastructure. You have to admire anybody with the guts to steal two runs of 6-1/2 inch Heliax right off a 1,000 foot tower!

The thieves did this at almost every transmitter site in the entire country!

Best Regards,
Louis Brown
CPBE, PE
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-----Original Message-----
From: dynotherm at earthlink.net

Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:31:31 
To:sbe member discussion mail list <sbe at sbe.org>
Subject: Re: [SBE] Tarring Copper


In several areas the are taking wiring and plumbing from vacant
houses. There have also been reports of attempted theft from
power substations - generally putting the would be thief in the
hospital or as an entrant for the next round of Darwin awards.

Unless some action is taken to bring those who fence hot copper
to justice, or the price of copper declines significantly, this
will continue. Sooner or later they are going to figure out that
all those lines along railroads are copper and the result may be
a tragedy of major proportions.

--------------------------
Phil Alexander, CSRE , AMD
Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology 
(a Div. of Advanced Parts Corporation) 
Ph. (317) 335-2065   FAX (317) 335-9037  



-----Original Message-----

>From: Glenn Williams <engineer at kljc.org>

>Sent: Feb 18, 2008 4:36 PM

>To: 'sbe member discussion mail list' <sbe at sbe.org>

>Subject: Re: [SBE] Tarring Copper

>

>The phone line stopped working last week at our site here in Kansas City.  I

>met with the phone guy on Saturday and he told me that someone stole 400

>feet of a 500 pair cable right off the poles.

>

>Glenn Williams

>Chief Engineer

>Calvary 88.5 KLJC-FM

>15800 Calvary Road

>Kansas City, MO 64147

> 

>816-322-5152  X1371

> 

>engineer at kljc.org

> 

>www.calvary885.org

> 

> 

>

>-----Original Message-----

>From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Tom

>Bosscher

>Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 2:59 PM

>To: sbe member discussion mail list; kkidd at kkbc.com

>Subject: Re: [SBE] Tarring Copper

>

>	Maybe this is where we could have a real simple straw poll 

>as to what a "standard" color could be. Without convening a 

>committee government style, we could , using just the 

>Internet, ask the collective(s), making sure to include 

>people like Kevin Kidd, what the most practical color would 

>be. What could be most noticeable, last quite a while, be 

>reasonably resistant to UV, etc. We pick it right here, and 

>simply announce it. Ergo, a simple defacto standard that 

>could start being used nationwide.

>

>	

>

>	tom bosscher

>

>

>	

>

>Bill Harris wrote:

>> I'm going out to paint all the remaining copper strap at our

>> AM sites with a really

>> durable and bright oddball color so it is obvious that it was ripped

>> off.   

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