[SBE] I wish everyone luck tonight

[Edwin Bukont]

Ok...maybe this is a dumb question.  However, many transmitter sites receieve electric power via demand metering.  Won't the cost therefore to run an analog-converted-digital rig be ridiculous when used as a backup?

 

I visited a site back in Dec. that had an interesting twist...the site is on a mountain top and somebody at the utility was fairly astute. They approached the station and said "since you won't need 500kW of generator after Feb. 17,,,would you like to be our backup to the community on the mountain?".  They are discussing it,,,will be interesting to see what they work out, if anything.

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Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:13:56 -0800
From: Larry at Tech-Notes.TV
To: sbe at sbe.org
Subject: [SBE] I wish everyone luck tonight

I also wish everyone well tonight and again in June. 

As for the legacy "analog" transmitters, there are many that wouldn't even make good boat anchors, but yet there are some that are still in good shape. I know of several companies that offer digital exciters that can take the place of the older analog exciters, making the older equipment candidates as back up devices. I've seen some of these in action into dummy loads.

If anyone wants additional information on this, contact me off list and I'll gladly share what I know with you.


Larry Bloomfield, KA6UTC

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And don't forget the abandoned UHF digital transmitters by the high-V's going back... 
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I'm not a TV guy (I'm radio), but I'm wondering: what's gonna happen to 
all those old analog transmitters? Is there a market for them, or are 
they just gonna become giant boat anchors?  :) 

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