[BC] Transmission line being stolen from towers

[Mike McCarthy <Towers@mre.com>]

If you want to really drive your GM nuts about security at the 
transmitter site, show him this article from a local paper here.

http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/2005/11/19/news/news05.txt

A friend in the cellular business told me this becoming more common 
and they have been hit a couple times at some of their more remote 
locations.  And the article points out the thieves were doing this 
during the DAY. So it's not limited to night security.

Your non-mission critical lines are most at risk...such as RPU and 
back-up STL antenna systems in broadcast. If they started cutting a 
FM TX line, I think they might get a rude awakening with the 
pressurized air rushing out followed by the flash of the arc-over. 
But with solid state TX's super fast foldbacks, I wonder just how 
much of a flash they would get....

Cheers....

MM