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		<title>Keep Your Copper in the Ground</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clay Freinwald]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[[January 2026] Have you read any reports lately about copper theft from transmitter sites? Likley the weather has kept many of the thiever away for the moment. But you can be sure that as the weather warms up over the next few months, they will be back around. As Clay Frienwald originally wrote, site security [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Critter Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[November 2025] Many stations have mascots, or even station pets – a dog here, a cat there. Beyond that, animals are probably not the best tenants to have. Evicting them can be a pain. Jeff Welton offers some ideas on how to prevent them from coming in the first place. It is that time of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>In Disaster Time, How Will You Fare?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[June 2025] When the storm hits, it is already past time to get ready. Now you get to see if your preparations will carry you through – or leave your station as a silent hole on the dial. Patrick Roberts had just a brush with a tornado. Having a plan kept his station on the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Avoiding Downtime When Disaster Strikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[June 2025] What would you do if you could not reach your transmitter site for an extended period of time? Forest fires can and do isolate mountain sites, sometimes for weeks. Stations that plan ahead are the ones that stay on the air. Those whose sole focus is cutting expenses are the ones that fail to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>My Tower Can Hear!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Minker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[November 2024] Solving intermittent problems can be the most perplexing of engineering tasks. Every engineer who has worked for a while learns some of the tricks that help identify and solve those problems. Gary Minker has seen a few in his time. Here is his story about one such intermittent. In a land far, far [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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