An Ohio Valley 100k-watt FM signal is severed in broad daylight
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Re: An Ohio Valley 100k-watt FM signal is severed in broad daylight
#2Oof, that's a bad day. I've had cable stolen from a tower site like that, but it was cable we had spooled out for installation the day before, not in active use.
Re: An Ohio Valley 100k-watt FM signal is severed in broad daylight
#3That’s wild. Radio transmission power is no joke.
I replaced the 100W FM transmitter on our college radio tower and got in front of the emitter beam for like 10 seconds and my head rung for a week. The amps and power aren’t to be messed with.
I can’t even imagine messing with 100K line that’s a solid block of copper
Re: An Ohio Valley 100k-watt FM signal is severed in broad daylight
#4How is this person alive? That’s a terrifying amount of relatively high frequency energy. And pressurized gasses of some sort.
Re: An Ohio Valley 100k-watt FM signal is severed in broad daylight
#5Darwin awards should give this guy an honorable mention.
Re: An Ohio Valley 100k-watt FM signal is severed in broad daylight
#6That’s wild. Radio transmission power is no joke. I replaced the 100W FM transmitter on our college radio tower and got in front of the emitter beam for like 10 seconds and my head rung for a week. The amps and power aren’t to be messed with. I can’t even imagine messing with 100K line that’s a solid block of copper
Very lucky not to have been killed by the high voltages or intense RF energy and or suffer severe burns / blindness ....
Re: An Ohio Valley 100k-watt FM signal is severed in broad daylight
#7The alleged perpetrator — Paul Crisp
Nominative determinism in action.
Re: An Ohio Valley 100k-watt FM signal is severed in broad daylight
#8How is this person alive? That’s a terrifying amount of relatively high frequency energy. And pressurized gasses of some sort.
My first thought also .. possibly pulled a breaker rendering cable inert, or perhaps rigged a remote cutting tool - drop saw poised to cut on a long extension cord ready to be turn on ... (problematic).
I'm leaning toward killed the current first somehow, but very location detail dependant.
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#9Reads like a super-villain origin story. Welp, I guess he doesn't have to worry about getting the electric chair.
Re: An Ohio Valley 100k-watt FM signal is severed in broad daylight
#10The photo shows a cable ( with insulation ) that looks at least 4 inches thick ... (from a distance )