‘What do you mean, the tower is gone?’: thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station | Alabama::Small radio station forced to go silent after ‘unbelievable’ theft of giant tower, which would cost over $100,000 to replace
‘What do you mean, the tower is gone?’: thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station | Alabama::Small radio station forced to go silent after ‘unbelievable’ theft of giant tower, which would cost over $100,000 to replace
Lucky they didn’t kill themselves. AM works by sending a FUCKton of RF energy into the tower structure. If you’re touching the tower and ground you’re going to conduct it instead and poof.
Typically towers are simple structures to elevate the actual antennas high up in the air. The towers aren’t live wires, they’re ladders with rungs for mounting.
Not AM. They’ve got an insulator at the base, the entire tower is live. There’s so much energy being transmitted you can get sparks off the fence surrounding the tower.
https://youtu.be/Aax-ehkRTnQ
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