[BC] Maintaining older transmitters

donroden at hiwaay.net donroden at hiwaay.net
Wed Feb 1 13:20:42 CST 2012


Quoting Gary Glaenzer <glaenzer at frontier.com>:

> that makes a major difference from attempting repairs in a cold concrete
> block building with no heat in the middle of a corn field in central IL
> (with apologies to Oklahoma, the wind also comes sweeping 'cross the plain
> here too) at 3 in the morning with outside temp at -10 and wind from the NW
> @ 35, after a 70 mile drive across drifting roads

And a transmitter room so small that you can't put a chair behind the  
transmitter and florecscent lights that blink because they won't fire...
No heater or restroom facilities, no phone, spotty cell reception, and  
the tool you need is in the other truck....... the list goes on.

Don R



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