Neil-
I thought they hired you back?
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Received: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 05:20:41 PM CST
From: Neil McKie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Mobile Repeaters- Another Case History
>
>
> 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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