[EAS] a note of interest

[ray at electronicstheory.com]

I once worked at a station that had its power cut for over a week.
We simply ran a satellite truck up next to the transmitter site, ran the
satellite truck as the downlink/master control, ran the transmitter at partial
power, and ran the whole shebang off the genset on the transmitter truck.

Not saying that having a 5 year supply of fuel is a bad idea.  Just saying that
in emergency situations, you find that you do what you have to.

On January 11, 2013 at 9:48 PM Bill Ruck <ruck at lns.com> wrote:

> One has to learn from experience.
>
> After the 1989 Earthquake when KNBR operated its studio from a
> generator for three days I learned:
>
> 1.  Water booster pumps need to run from the generator so that you
> can flush toilets.
>
> 2.  Toilet ventilation fans need to run from the generator.  (See
> #1!)  Also toilet lights need to run from the generator although
> flashlights did work.
>
> 3.  Coffee pot needs to run from the generator.
>
> This was not part of the design at the old 1700 Montgomery Street studios.
>
> You can be assured that the above was included in the move to 55
> Hawthorne Street.  But I couldn't get the funding for the elevator,
> so staff had to walk up to the 11th floor.
>
> Bill Ruck
> San Francisco
>
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Ray Dall
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