Hi,
looks like I've been the victim of vandalism for the first time since I put the Beacons on the roof. But the whole situation is pretty confusing.
One of the support poles were down, shattered into pieces. The fragments look like someone had been hitting them with a big, sharp object, like an axe or machete.
I wonder who climbs up to the roof (not that easy) with some big knife to damage one pole? Power cables, antenna wires and everything else was left untouched.
Curious. When someone intended to go all postal he could just damage all Beacon setups in less than 5 minutes to the point beyond repair.
My current guess is, that it were some kids that started with the first pole and ran off when it came down.
As a result one half of the Dipole were down. So far I could bring it up with some quick fix. Still, it won't radiate properly with the current angle.
Therefore this Beacon runs currently with restrictions. If the weather is on my side next weekend I'm gonna install a new support pole. If things are worse than I was able to see in the dark I also need to replace the entire half of the Dipole.
Oh well, could have been worse.
Kind greezings,
Zazzle.