[BC] TX shacks......horror stories

[Gary Glaenzer]

that reminds me of another

Mt. Sterling IL

1984

Motorola community repeater in the middle of a pasture (at least the AC feed
was buried!)

someone dragged a 'two-holer' out to the base of the tower, slapped a piece
of plywood across the seats, and called it a 'transmitter building'




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From: "Kevin C. Kidd, CSRE" <kkidd at kkbc.com>
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Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] TX shacks......horror stories


>
> In another life far far away I serviced a UHF Micor
> community repeater in an outdoor cabinet side mounted on a
> tower in a cattle feed lot.  In the winter I would stop at
> another customer and pick up a couple of sturdy shipping
> pallets to stand on.  Had to get a tow out of the mud/cow
> poop more than once.
>
> I have been gone from the MSS for 12 years and still have a
> hard time looking a 2way radio in the eye.
>
>
> At 09:34 AM 2/14/2007, Gary Glaenzer wrote
> What's the worst you've ever seen  ?
>
> I had one near here that was an old U-Haul truck body s
> you haven't lived till you tried to service a 330-watt
> Micor repeater in one
> with no floor that sits in a low spot near a hog lot
>
>
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