I believe that! I also know that my ham repeater in normal use sees more continuous keydown time than most commercial or public service systems,we hams just love to transmit! Closer to paging duty where they transmit for long periods of time during peak hours.All our paging huts were air coditioned as well. Makes you want to have that good 100% duty cycle capability.Its no fun shuffling replacement power amps when you have 300 sites spread over 3 states,most with 3 or 4 transmitters or more. Good job with the extra fans.....73,Lee,N3APP Erie County SKYWARN,ARES,RACES P.S.-Look at the credits in the EMCOMM training manual...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > For example: I live in Northwest Florida. After Hurricane Ivan, > cellphones were inoperative so all of our communications were taking > place on our UHF conventional system. Add this to the additional > deputies (doubled the shifts, no days off) and during the day, the > repeaters would be in transmit almost continuously. If you wanted to > talk, you jumped on the squelch tail. I had to setup extra fans to > blow across the heatsinks of the repeaters (MSF 5000s), because they > were so hot I thought they were going to melt! > > > In a message dated 2/21/2006 10:16:03 PM Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > In an emergency is not the time to learn what 100% duty cycle > means,believe me when I say you will regret it. In a > pinch,sure,use what > you brung. Proper emergency preparedness dictates having the right > equipment at the ready,so you spend less time cobbling and more time > communicating. After all,thats why we are there...Oh,I have tried the > TMV7 crossband thing,failed an hour into a drill.The output brick > turned > into a charcoal briquette! On the other hand,the GE MastrII I have > has > been running for 27 years,has seen many drills,nets and a few real > emergencies and a lot of time keyed up without breaking a sweat. Sort > of like trying to pull a boat and trailer with a Yugo or a > Suburban-no > comparison! 73,Lee > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > * Visit your group "Repeater-Builder > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder>" on the web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
