[BC] In search of Harris SX1

[Mike McCarthy]

That's my point Jeff as others have observed.  The back-up is of little 
value if it's not trustworthy to be there regardless of whether it's Sunday 
night or morning drive. They may not have the day to day reliability for 
long run time, but in pinch the B/U needs to be good as gold for those few 
hours you do need the box.

Like in an elevator when the main motor brake slips.  You want absolute 
certainly the rail or flywheel brakes will lock into place

The fact you're going to overhaul your B/U's is really the same philosophy.

MM

At 04:58 AM 3/9/2009 -0400, Xmitters at aol.com wrote
>In a message dated 3/8/2009 7:45:42 PM Central Standard Time,
>broadcast-request at radiolists.net writes:
>
> > I stand by my comment...harsh as it may seem. While I too am looking for a
> > single phase 2.5 or 5KW box to light a station up while the main is built
> > (timing...), that box will serve as the back-up when all is said and
> > done.  It's an investment.  Not an expense.  And an incredibly important
> > investment as I go by the Star Fleet rule:
> >
> > "The reliability of the main is irrelevant.  The reliability of the 
> back-up
> > must be nothing short of absolute."
> >
> > MM
> >
>
>  Hi Mike.
>
>not sure what you mean by that last line, even though I am a bit of a Trek
>fan :-) My main and auxiliary need to have equal reliability. I do not like
>midday carrier interruptions even if I had the most reliable backup on earth.
>
>There is a very bad engineering attitude that has been floating around for
>years. " Ah what he hell, it's good enough for a backup."  Eh, sorry, no. The
>backup has to be reliable because when you need it, you NEED IT!.
>
>So to that end, my old transmitters at NIU/NIJ are getting complete overhauls
>once the HD conversion is done :-)
>
>Jeff Glass
>Northern Illinois University
>Dell 2650 Win2000 AOL 7.0