Justin W. Pauler wrote:
Sounds like a whole wad of BS to me. I think someone is trying to kill
your site. What does your lease say? Can they end it for whatever reason
without notice and no penalty?
> Hello Everyone...
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> I got some news today regarding my repeater and I'm a little
> concerned... I think I'm getting the shaft on this deal.
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> I signed a lease with a building to place an antenna on the roof and a
> repeater and cabinet inside of the elevator room for a said amount of
> money. About 6 months ago I completed the install and everything has
> been kosher since.
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> Today I got a call from the Security manager asking me to meet up with
> him and the elevator maintenance man regarding a problem with my
> equipment. This meeting was very simple, I was asked to remove my
> equipment from the elevator room, not because it is causing problems,
> but because it has the potential to cause problems.
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> I was told the following things:
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> 440 Mhz is "too high" of a frequency to be in an elevator room
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> NFPA and the "elevator code" says that nothing can be stored inside
> of an elevator room other than equipment directly relating to the
> operation
> of the elevator system
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> Even if the unit is "just receiving", it is still building up
> "frequency" on the walls
> of the room that will cause "bad things" to happen "eventually".
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> While normally I would tell this fine maintenance man which door he
> could use on his way out, he is pulling rank and telling me that if
> the unit stays in the room longer than 1 month, his company will no
> longer be able to honor it's service contract with the building.
> So.... Sounds like I'm up a creek....
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> The fact still remains though, I've never heard of NFPA specifying
> anything about elevator rooms and I've never heard of an "elevator
> code" (but that's not saying it isn't out there). I've also been in
> plenty of other elevator rooms in which radio frequency equipment was
> housed and transmitting sometimes in excess of 10 times my power with
> no issues... Why is this becoming an issue with me?
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> Any suggestions? Anyone know of a good "waterproof" cabinet that can
> go outside? Is that a good idea? Help.
>
> Justin
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> Justin W. Pauler
> Baton Rouge, LA
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