[aprssig] Re: [TowerTalk] Re: Oddity in digging a tower base

[Matt Werner]

I'm sorry - I guess I must have missed how this relates at all to
APRS?  There is maybe an APRS digi on the tower?  The water line feeds
a mini-hydroelectric station that powers the digi?  :)

On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 19:09:57 -0800 (PST), Chris Rose
<kb8uih at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hello,
> Where is the water shut off in the yard?  If you know
> where the supply line is and where the shutoff cover
> is and where the water meter is in your house, you can
> make a good guess where the line to your house is.
> Probably too late for that though.
> Here we call Miss Dig, the agent that works with all
> the utilities (Consumers Energy, SBC phone, City,
> Village, etc.) to make this happen.  If you don't see
> about 5 different marks after they are done, then the
> job isn't done.  You may have to call your local
> government for any information the city/village/county
> can provide(drains, sewer, water, etc.)
> I think blue is water, yellow is gas, orange flags on
> white sticks for phone, Orange?? for underground
> power, White?? for drains or sewer.
> 
> 73,
> Chris
> KB8UIH
> 
> --- Chuck Gooden <cgooden at insightbb.com> wrote:
> 
> > That's all they mark!!  Anything else is your
> > responsibility!!
> >
> > I would either move the water line, far away from
> > the tower in case
> > it leaks, and saturates the ground near the tower
> > base.
> >
> > Or you could move the tower, probably not realistic
> > though.  Why
> > did you place the tower on the water line?
> >
> > 73's
> >
> >
> > On 1 Jan 2005 at 17:02, chris wrote:
> >
> > > When I called the folks here (PUP) with the orange
> > paint spray cans, the
> > > water lines were not marked.  They marked power,
> > telephone, cable,
> > > natural gas; but not the water.  These are the
> > ones who officially mark
> > > utilities.
> > > --
> > > Chris, K4AY
> 
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