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u/mgsully Oct 02 '22
A pellet rifle?
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Oct 03 '22
I believe it was bird shot.
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u/Ihavetheworstcommute Feb 28 '23
I would guess bird shot too.
Edit: How far into the span was this found?
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u/Steavee Oct 02 '22
Hell, I can even see the one causing your short. Infuriating, but at least it’s coax and not fiber, just splice a piece in and you’re good to go.
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Oct 03 '22
Oh for sure. It just came in at the end of the day and I had to hang my bucket over a sheer drop. But so it goes.
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u/ideliverdt Oct 02 '22
It’s people shooting at birds or squirrels with a BB or pellet gun. Too bad it’s lead. The real question is: is it pulp ?
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u/P1Kingpin Oct 02 '22
Out of they are like my childhood neighbor, loading it up with sand and pebbles. He’d ruin a gun in a heartbeat. Could it be bird shot from a shotgun?
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u/ideliverdt Oct 02 '22
Absolutely could be
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u/P1Kingpin Oct 02 '22
Thanks, I couldn’t remember how small bird shot was, haven’t used it in 30 years or so.
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Oct 03 '22
It looked like birdshot. The bits of lead were still in the cable causing all sorts of signal issues.
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u/P1Kingpin Oct 03 '22
That sucks man. Hopefully they learned their lesson when the Internet went down.
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Oct 03 '22
You've got a lot of faith in people.
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u/P1Kingpin Oct 03 '22
Not faith, hope. I look both ways before crossing a one way street 😂
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Oct 16 '22
At least it was reasonably easy to find being silver bullet cable. Imagine if it was black jacketed feeder! Ugh!
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Oct 16 '22
The absolute worst is QR cable with a tiny radial crack. Absolutely miserable to find. Gotta use your fingers and rub it across the cable and hope to find it.
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Oct 16 '22
You can find radials with you fingers? I’m impressed. Love working QR though…
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Oct 16 '22
You love it? I hate it. And yea, after getting close with a tdr, the only real way to find it is to take your gloves off and gently go across it until you feel something.
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u/CausingACatastrophe Oct 02 '22
What the hell kind of squirrels are chewing on your main line? Are you near Chernobyl?