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

[Chris Rose]

No, 
I am sorry.  I thought someone was commenting on how
they missed the water line when they built their
tower.   
It was cross posted from the tower list? 

Chris 
KB8UIH

--- Matt Werner <kb0kqa at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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