From: John Navas on
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:09:17 -0500, in
<vom6569fqsq01tb7a9sjjtmgr6g4m9k2bo(a)4ax.com>, Char Jackson
<none(a)none.invalid> wrote:

>If you and David dislike the occasional cell tower, standard telephone
>poles must really drive you nuts.

They do. That's why I live in an area where they aren't any.

>Not only are there a lot more of
>them, (where utilities aren't buried, of course), but they aren't up
>as high as cell towers and they're all connected by unsightly wires.
>Seems like you'd complain about those long before focusing on cell
>towers.

Both in parallel. ;)

--
John

"Assumption is the mother of all screw ups."
[Wethern�s Law of Suspended Judgement]
From: John Navas on
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:09:54 -0500, in
<ltm6565cdfeuvvhv3lm9et6g9h71aca2a8(a)4ax.com>, Char Jackson
<none(a)none.invalid> wrote:

>On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:49:05 -0700, John Navas
><spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote:

>>Nope. Try again.
>
>Actually, he had it exactly right.

Nope, no matter how many times you try to claim otherwise.

--
John

"Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level
and then beat you with experience." -Dr. Alan Zimmerman
From: Larry on
News <News(a)Group.Name> wrote in
news:FrSdnb5awfRH787RnZ2dnUVZ_qednZ2d(a)speakeasy.net:

>
> Thanks for your service, Larry.
>

From all of us in amateur radio, you're quite welcome. Come join us!


--
iPhone 4 is to cellular technology what the Titanic is to cruise ships.

Larry

From: Char Jackson on
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:51:16 -0700, John Navas
<spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:09:54 -0500, in
><ltm6565cdfeuvvhv3lm9et6g9h71aca2a8(a)4ax.com>, Char Jackson
><none(a)none.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:49:05 -0700, John Navas
>><spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote:
>
>>>Nope. Try again.
>>
>>Actually, he had it exactly right.
>
>Nope, no matter how many times you try to claim otherwise.

The number of times I claimed otherwise is 1.

And you still haven't provided any data or facts to back up your
assertion.

"He who has facts will present them. He who doesn't will deflect."

From: John Higdon on
In article <Xns9DC5C2F6F85CDnoonehomecom(a)74.209.131.13>,
Larry <noone(a)home.com> wrote:

> It's not really fair because I live in the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo
> in 1989, but every ham here has multiple generators. I have a Honda
> EU1000i suitcase portable, a Honda EU3000is 3KW mounted on my service
> van, also a comm van in emergencies and a Chinese 6.5KW diesel genset to
> power my home off used cooking oil which I have thousands of gallons of
> in storage.
>
> All the hams here are similarly powered....

I provide space at some of my transmitter locations for Ham club
repeaters. All of the sites have backup power. My own communications
room runs on a 48VDC battery plant floating on a Lorain charger. There
is a Generac motor/generator set that starts automatically upon utility
failure.

A number of the groups I am aware of regularly hold drills to test their
readiness in the event of widespread power outages. All in all, they are
much better prepared than the communications companies. Comcast and AT&T
will both go down within hours of a regional outage. AT&T's Uverse
batteries will all die, and Comcast doesn't have enough power trucks to
cover all of its outside plant at once. Even if they did, the road
conditions might not allow the travel.

--
John Higdon
+1 408 ANdrews 6-4400
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