[BC] Frontline Wireless emergency network

[Robert Meuser]

Having lived in NYC during 9/11 and a few blackouts I clearly can see 
what works and what does not.  I have long ago lost faith in traditional 
engineering. It delivers too little too late. The design of the World 
Trade center speaks to that alone. I would really prefer the government 
to throw a few million dollars at what a private company might spend 
$100K or less based on cost benefit analysis. That is how basically our 
military works and we can flatten the entire civilized world whenever we 
wish.

R


Phil Alexander wrote:

>Don't follow your "logic" of what confidence in government has
>to do with building radio stations.
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>Cost/benefit analysis is always an engineering consideration.
>Obviously, if a day off air costs ten times as much in lost
>revenue as a genset and large fuel supply, you put in the
>genset.
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>Just as obviously, if you let government do something better
>done by private enterprise, it will be late, probably wrong
>and cost far more than the result justifies.
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>I happen to believe the proper role of government is doing
>those thing the people can't do better for themselves, like
>national defense, maintaining an orderly flow of commerce
>etc.
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>Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
>Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology 
>(a Div. of Advanced Parts Corporation) 
>Ph. (317) 335-2065   FAX (317) 335-9037
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>On 5 Mar 2007 at 11:48, Robert Meuser wrote:
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>>Sorry
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>>I am a cost is no object kind of guy. I have had the good fortune to 
>>build radio stations that way and will not give in to cost cutters. 
>>People laughed when we put in standby power that had a 10day supply of 
>>fuel  to run all the TXs in the building at the same time until the 
>>lights went out for an extended period of time. Then that  turned into 
>>thank you. You can either do the short cut engineering approach or do 
>>the damn the torpedoes approach and cover yourself for everything. I 
>>luckily have not had to work for cheapskates. I inherited stations that 
>>took the same approach, in both cases no one looked backwards.
>>
>>I have turned down jobs offered by those who do not want to pay for 
>>first class plus operation.
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>>R
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>>Phil Alexander wrote:
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>>>Confidence in government? Wake up and look around. The last time
>>>government did anything right you were a kid in short pants
>>>at the very least.
>>>
>>>If done by "government" it gets done by **private** contractors
>>>who rake a large chunk of change off the top. Why do you think
>>>it costs 10 to 100 times as much for "government" to do it?
>>>
>>>Government and a few utilities are the only entities left who
>>>don't feel the discipline of the marketplace in our society.
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