[BC] Another site vandalized

Ron Youvan ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com
Wed Dec 21 16:46:56 CST 2011


   Jeff Carter wrote:

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> Two things:  How is it that any part of the "ground plane" can be
> ripped out without causing the impedance-matching to go absolutely
> nuts to the point you're knocked off the air, and how is that there's
> enough resale value for the copper or whatever to make it worth what
> has to be an incredible effort to remove it from the earth?  I though
> scrap copper only brought about three bucks a pound or so.

> What am I missing?

   Removing one of 120 wires will not do 100% damage.  I will be proportional.
If scrap copper pays $3.40/pound how many pounds can you pull up in an hour?
How much will 100 pounds pay?

-- 
Ron KA4INM



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