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To: Erasmus

Not sure the ham repeater is still on that tower. Heard when the ice storm almost took it down that they did a house cleaning to reduce the load on the tower and the Hams got booted.

Most broadcast companies have learned over the years how valuable good techs are when the chips are down.

We had that kind of experience in NM where I lived. An Albequerque station put a translator system on a site we had our repeater on and they booted us. But they soon found that it was a long way from Albequerque to Silver City and we could drive across town and get them back on the air. They put us up in a nice rack cabinet, furnished power and AC and were happy to have our assistance. Total tone change.


49 posted on 04/17/2012 9:30:03 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Texas Fossil
Not sure the ham repeater is still on that tower. Heard when the ice storm almost took it down that they did a house cleaning to reduce the load on the tower and the Hams got booted.

Heck, I thought all that extra coax just made the tower stronger! I've seen some of them where you couldn't see through the tower. You could probably remove the tower itself and nobody'd know the difference.

≤}B^)

64 posted on 04/17/2012 10:09:39 PM PDT by Erasmus (BHO: New supreme leader of the homey rollin' empire.)
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