"Wiring Problem"

**jippy** · 17-02-09, 03:30 PM

Having some problems, any idea which wire is to blame?

lol

**iwacelect** · 17-02-09, 04:44 PM

didn't know telstra had techs in thailand!

wonder if they get crossed lines? LOL.

**watchdog** · 17-02-09, 04:49 PM

Definitly the orange coloured one up near the brick balcony. It is up far too high. It should be down near the other orange ones. The orange-wave prpogation is not effective at that height.

**rob916** · 17-02-09, 05:17 PM

Holy shit, that's awesome.
Is that flying fox chairs at bottom right( looks like something from the lethal weapon at movieworld)? Maybe for the techs to sit on as I think you would be there for a few weeks trying to find what you need up there.

You will need to post a schematic before we can help.

**machine** · 17-02-09, 05:26 PM

As per watchdog, those orange coloured wires are definately dodgey.

**ericdog** · 17-02-09, 07:03 PM

AM radio wouldn't work near that monster!

**SystemRat** · 17-02-09, 09:06 PM

I can remember sitting in the very flash boardroom of a Taiwanese electronics firm having had a tour of their factory that was state of the art super clean etc and looking out the window to see something much like the photo. A mixture of power and telephone cable tied off a various points to stop it dropping to the ground. That was in the 1990’s its improved since.

**rob916** · 17-02-09, 10:03 PM

This is a town of no HF Amateur Radio operators.

**trash** · 18-02-09, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by iwacelect

didn't know telstra had techs in thailand!

wonder if they get crossed lines? LOL.

Actually they did. But they were mobiles techs.
That isn't Thai power wiring, it's Indian. Though some Thai phone cabling is a bit like that.
You can also tell it's India from the colonial english building in the picture.

**pieces** · 18-02-09, 04:40 PM

More like Optus . Has any one noticed all the Optus leadins wrapped around power poles.They should be fined.

**Godzilla** · 18-02-09, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by trash

That isn't Thai power wiring, it's Indian.

Ok so that answers everything, it aint the techs, its more like everyone trying to tap into free power. LOL.

A little like the yanks chasing free cable tv.

Ive seen heaps of this in Vietnam albeit not as bad as the above pic but not that far away from it either.

**BCNZ** · 19-02-09, 12:38 AM

Originally Posted by rob916

This is a town of no HF Amateur Radio operators.

I believe the only person allowed to use HF in Thailand is the King.
Civilians are allowed to use 2m but you are not allowed to carry a handheld in public or wear it attached to your belt.
The only people who can wear handhelds on their side are Police and Govt officials.

Well, that's how it used to be maybe 10 years ago - it's possibly changed now.

**Uncle Fester** · 21-02-09, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by trash

That isn't Thai power wiring, it's Indian. Though some Thai phone cabling is a bit like that.
You can also tell it's India from the colonial english building in the picture.

Well it is does not seem to be Filipino.
I think I can barely see a transformer underneath all that professional wiring.

In the Philipinnes they nick the transformers (and water meters) and sell them back to the utility companies.

**SystemRat** · 21-02-09, 07:49 PM

You are all being very racist sayings it’s some Asian country.

It is probably Sydney’s South Western Suburbs. All the original wiring got nicked and sent to Lebanon for scrap value.

**iwacelect** · 21-02-09, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by SystemRat

You are all being very racist sayings it’s some Asian country.

It is probably Sydney’s South Western Suburbs. All the original wiring got nicked and sent to Lebanon for scrap value.

HIJACK, HIJACK... hang on a sec....isn't it the... OTHERS who do that

**annoydestroy** · 06-03-09, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by nomeat

Well it is does not seem to be Filipino.
I think I can barely see a transformer underneath all that professional wiring.

In the Philipinnes they nick the transformers (and water meters) and sell them back to the utility companies.

possible security system?

**nifty** · 06-03-09, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by trash

Actually they did. But they were mobiles techs.
That isn't Thai power wiring, it's Indian. Though some Thai phone cabling is a bit like that.
You can also tell it's India from the colonial english building in the picture.

Yep plus the Hercules Cycle Shop and the UP = Uttar Pradesh - Probably Lucknow or Kanpur.

I met a techo from Parsons Turbines (UK) who was in India. He stated that the all the electricity from the massive power station that he just commissioned was already consumed...... About 20% loss through setups like the photo, another 20+ percent stolen and the remainder only made up for the shortfall in demand.

**HoochDaTank** · 06-03-09, 08:11 PM

Fark just imagine trying to sort that shit out

**trash** · 06-03-09, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by Studio1

I believe the only person allowed to use HF in Thailand is the King.
Civilians are allowed to use 2m but you are not allowed to carry a handheld in public or wear it attached to your belt.

No, these aren't true. I worked a Thai station during JOTA. I've seen them using FRS style hand helds in places. But I don't see hams walking the streets of Australia let alone most other places around the world I've been to.

Racist ? Not at all.
The quote that I made was based on the building styles and the possible location based on that. There isn't a person in the picture so I cannot base my conclusion on race.

I have not see that style of wiring anywhere in Australia, I have however seen it in a few different countries in South East Asia and India.
So based on my observations I can consider it a supportive statement or at least a partial elimination based on absence of any particular style of writing other than English.

Saying something like; "You bwoody white wacist!" in itself might be considered to be a racist statement. But even then I can't define one particular race because they can't pronounce English phonomes R or L.
Who's the victim here ?