On Feb 18, 2010, at 10:43 PM, Kris Kirby wrote: > > Generators and fuel are a lot of trouble. > > > (Apparently the snow drifts can get quite bad so we might need to borrow a > > snowmobile for the last > > 400 yards or so.) > > This is when you have to ask yourself: "Is it really worth the hardship > to keep this repeater on the air at this site?"
Remember, any drifts that high are also high enough to block off low-level vents, exhaust pipes, etc. A recent (last year) failure of a site generator near here was attributed to the snow piling up so high the generator couldn't get air to run... -- Nate Duehr, WY0X n...@natetech.com facebook.com/denverpilot twitter.com/denverpilot
