[SBE] Burk ARC-16 Question

[Thomas Shanks]

It sounds like your logic board is the old one with the oddly independent grounds for data (ie, the junction/screw-down panel grounds) and power.  Try linking all of the grounds yourself on all parts of the unit, or alternatively wasting a few hundred on a Burk official overhaul/update of your ARC-16.

If that doesn't work, then try getting an APC (the UPS people) or Burk remote-control unplugger ("power controller").  Our RDS Generator (BE RDi-20) goes nuts and makes noise on the air if there is a lightning strike within a few miles.  We've tied the ground every input to no avail.  I can reboot ours over the network now so I don't have to go there.  (Don't buy one!)

Thomas Shanks CBRE
Chief Engineer, WREK Atlanta, Georgia Tech Student Radio
CS Graduate Student, BSEE and BSCS GA Tech