Mathew Quaife wrote:
... snip ...
> Gee! Silly Me, never thought of that, could of had a free antenna.
> But then we are lucky to have the Ambulance Service as it is. Money
> got tight for the county, so they cut back an ambulance. Smart
> ones took the one out of the center of the county, the heaviest
> populated.area. Oh well, politics.
>
> Mathew
I know of one county story ...
The county involved decided to save some money by getting rid of
their radio technician ... they did it without the niceties of
polite discussion. The union got involved and told the former
employee 'Don't say anything to assist the county!'
A few months later, the county and the union went to arbitration;
the county provided witness, it seemed, was a better witness for the
former radio technician than he was for the county.
Several months after the technician was long gone, a certain 1000
gallon propane tank on a certain radio site went empty ... so, the
thermo-electric generator at the same site went dead. Too bad as
it was charging two 8D 'cat' batteries ... which also went dead.
When that happened, everything in the county site also went dead
... on a Friday afternoon as the story has been told.
Apparently, it took a while for someone to decide what to do next.
The direct county operations were not affected as the county didn't
usually use any of the radios there ... but mnost of the county
ambulance and fire dispatch went dead.
I can only guess who was looking at whom to blame for what?
The radio technician had already left town.
Moral of the story, 'Don't mess with your technician.'
When you visit a company, if you really want to know what is going
on, ask the secretary.
If it is RF and related, ask the technician ...
73,
Neil McKie - WA6KLA
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