Comments on: Dead air: Sandy takes out 1 in 4 cell towers, FCC says, and more could fail http://va3qv.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/dead-air-sandy-takes-out-1-in-4-cell-towers-fcc-says-and-more-could-fail/ My view on the world of AMATEUR RADIO- "Rambling on" so to speak Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:42:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: VA3QV http://va3qv.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/dead-air-sandy-takes-out-1-in-4-cell-towers-fcc-says-and-more-could-fail/#comment-9646 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 01:45:37 +0000 http://va3qv.wordpress.com/?p=10933#comment-9646 Good question…. Although I usually just spam anon style comments out… I let this one slide through…

My local repeater would be just fine and if it failed then we would have more to worry about… The repeater is at the Ottawa Fire Dispatch CTR and the antenna is on their main tower and running off their generator system in case of a power failure… If it fails then the dispatch center has failed… Not a good thing…

However many amateur repeaters would not survive the initial power failure and it would only go down hill from there…

However I still think that in most cases we can get some sort of communications service up an running in the aftermath of an emergency…

73bob

]]> By: Anon http://va3qv.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/dead-air-sandy-takes-out-1-in-4-cell-towers-fcc-says-and-more-could-fail/#comment-9644 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 01:32:47 +0000 http://va3qv.wordpress.com/?p=10933#comment-9644 How many ham repeater sites are ‘bullet proof’, or equipped with back-up power? Your local repeater could be just as dead as a cell site if a big storm blows through.

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