[TowerTalk] Remotely controlled stations

[K8RI on TowerTalk]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kd4e" <kd4e at verizon.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Remotely controlled stations


> > Scott W3TX wrote:
>> While we are on the subject...
>>
>> I need to get a power source for my remote station.  I see three options,
>> and would like to hear from those whom have used A or B:
>>
>> C: Have power company run a dedicated line.
>
> I'd go with "C" together with a large UPS.
>
> Keeps it simple -- it is what the cell companies
> do at their tower sites -- or so one of their
> key techs in this area told me ... except that they
> used to be really cheap and use UPS devices that were
> way under-rated.  Not sure if they've fixed that.
>

Look at it this way. When we have a major power outage for an extended 
period the cell phones are probably one of the first things to fail.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com (Use return address from home page)
> -- 
>
> Thanks! & 73,
> doc, KD4E
> ... somewhere in FL
> URL:  bibleseven (dot) com
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