[BC] All gen - all the time

Glen Kippel glen.kippel at gmail.com
Tue Apr 8 14:43:47 CDT 2008


On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Ronald J. Dot'o Sr. <ron.doto at comcast.net>
wrote:

> KXPC FM 103.7 (Nee. KIQY) is on Snow Peak licensed to Lebanon, Oregon. A
> full class C running off two big diesel generators and cell phone control.
>  I'd hate to see the fuel bill these days as it burns about 100 gallons per
> day and is snowed in a good portion of the year.  On top of the high cost of
> DF2 there is a $600 delivery charge to get the tanker up there to replenish
> the 5000 gallon fuel vault.
>
> ----------------


KXPS, on 1010 kHz, has always run on generators.  They are not too far off
of Interstate 10 just west of Thousand Palms.  I have always wondered about
that, as there are power lines nearby.



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