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
I'm leaning toward killed the current first somehow, but very location detail dependant.
Nominative determinism in action.
They say it could cost $70,000 - $100,000 to repair, but I also wonder if they'll have to refund ad buys while they are running at 10 watts and such reduced coverage. Makes me also wonder what kind of insurance broadcasters might have for such incidents when they can't broadcast.
Assuming between 3-1/8″ - 6-1/8″ diameter.
Somewhere between $1,360 - $6,400 of scrap value. $70k-$100k to repair...
Absurd.
If it's a "normal" wire specification that someone else can use it was likely sold for ~50% of retail.
I agree with another commenter here, the overlap of this mindset with tweakers is large.
A few brave thieves went after power substations. For some thieves a lack of knowledge was fatal.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2017...
That thief should be indentured until he pays it back in full.
the broadcast tower of 93.7 WDGG(FM), a 100,000-watt country-formatted
FM station licensed to Ashland, Ky., which goes by the moniker "The Dawg."
Was it clear-channel-esque autotune country? Or was it George Jones and Melba Montgomery? Because if it was the former, we might have a kindness on our hands.
grahamburger•27m ago