http://www.dslreports.com/forum/copper-17806702 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:33:58 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:33:58 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17809565 quote:

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Yeah, the copper coax cables are really expensive. I dropped almost $100 for 120 feet of copper coax for a 70cm/440mhz installation for my UHF AR Yagi. I needed 150 feet of coax for my new HF vertical, but I got away with using rg-8x, that is pretty cheap, about 0.30/ft. The higher the frequency, the higher the loss, so I guess it is money well spent...

-Tzale

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For the radio I think it's been worth it to purchase decent cable. Several of my cables have come from here:

»www.cablexperts.com/cfdocs/cat.c···ip=1&c=0

Good stuff there. (Do I want to mention that some 15 year old crapo RG8U from Radio Shack is still working just fine out in the weather? It's not giving me an excuse to replace it.)

-73

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All your base are belong to DSL Reports!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17809565 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 20:29:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17808699 said by Middieman:

Yeah, I'm wondering what someone thinks can be gotten from stealing copper cable. What goes from pole to pole for telephone service should be a little better grade than what goes to the house, but it doesn't appear to be much better than what I use for radio equipment.

Yeah, I use balanced and unbalanced line. The most expensive stuff is probably the unbalanced RG8U. And even that is just a little over a $1 a foot for decent quality cable. *No one looking for good quality cable is going to buy stuff off the street at top price.*

20 feet just isn't very much. Most of my cable runs are about 100 feet long. So I just am not seeing where the real value is for 20 feet of telephone cable. (Still trying to find out exactly what does go from pole to pole.)

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Yeah, the copper coax cables are really expensive. I dropped almost $100 for 120 feet of copper coax for a 70cm/440mhz installation for my UHF AR Yagi. I needed 150 feet of coax for my new HF vertical, but I got away with using rg-8x, that is pretty cheap, about 0.30/ft. The higher the frequency, the higher the loss, so I guess it is money well spent...

-Tzale
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-Virtual Pirate-]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17808699 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:31:23 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17808532 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17808532 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:01:18 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17806969 www.therecorddelta.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17806969 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:34:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17806938 quote:

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There talking about main trunk lines these guys must have a cherry picker and they also know what the hell there doing cause some of those wires above are electical lines.

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And someone also has some iron balls. The thieves need to watch out for each other to make sure nothing of personal importance is stolen. ;)

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All your base are belong to DSL Reports!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17806938 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:28:30 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17806920
"The most recent incident occurred in the Weirton area, where a 20-foot section of Verizon cable that housed 600 telephone lines was stolen on Jan. 27, affecting not only residential customers, but police and fire departments in Colliers as well."

It looks like a problem from the article itself, doesn't it. The article does a bit better job explaining what was stolen.

Someone has an idea what that cable is worth I suppose.

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All your base are belong to DSL Reports!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17806920 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:23:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17806903 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17806903 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:19:34 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17806865 A 20 foot hunk of 600 pair cable does have some weight to it.
I don't think they are talking about the 2 or 4 pairs that run to your home ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17806865 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:13:02 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17806781
Yeah, I use balanced and unbalanced line. The most expensive stuff is probably the unbalanced RG8U. And even that is just a little over a $1 a foot for decent quality cable. *No one looking for good quality cable is going to buy stuff off the street at top price.*

20 feet just isn't very much. Most of my cable runs are about 100 feet long. So I just am not seeing where the real value is for 20 feet of telephone cable. (Still trying to find out exactly what does go from pole to pole.)

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All your base are belong to DSL Reports!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-copper-17806781 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:59:13 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/I-recycle-17806747
I pick up old water heaters, dryers, stoves, and anything made of metal, once a month I`ll take em down to the scrap yard and get some extra spending cash.. I mainly drive around my area on garbage day and see what metals are available.. suprising how many people throw out large chunks of metal, even in a small 40-50 home area.. (start playing the sanford & son muzak now lol)

and no, I dont rip down cables lol, but the assmunch's can take my copper, i`m on fios woot!

-j
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currently on VZ-DSL (good stuff)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/I-recycle-17806747 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:51:45 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/copper-17806702 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/copper-17806702 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:38:59 EDT