[Boatanchors] Short Wave Broadcast Folks:

[rbethman]

It's fine with me!

I have one of those Jump Start packs.

The battery they have is an 8 AH.  My jump start pack has a pair of 18AH 
cells.

I can keep it alive for a fair bit.

I've got other packs also.  The installer also left me an extra battery.

Bob - N0DGN

On 4/16/2014 12:41 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> Boy, that's useful! NOT !!
>
> The last big storm we had took out the power for 5-6 days. And w/ 2 feet
> of snow on the ground, one cannot exactly walk very far for help.
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> I hope someone really sues them, big time.
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> -John
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>> I just went through having been taken off POTS.
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>> It isn't correct to say that if the power goes out that you lose signal!
>>
>> When the fiber optic was installed, it also comes with a float charger
>> and a battery that will last for about 8 hours.
>>
>> Bob - N0DGN
>>
>>
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>> On 4/16/2014 12:22 PM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
>>> They ARE getting rid of them. AT&T has made no secret of their long
>>> term goal to eliminate POTS. They want everyone on Uverse or whatever
>>> the internet phone system is, and they are pursuing that goal state by
>>> state with lobbying to change laws. It is only a matter of time before
>>> you will get a letter offering options and POTS won't be one of them.
>>> You may have a few years but eventually anyone still on the copper
>>> line will be forced to give it up. They say it is cost and economics
>>> but what they don't say is that the regulations governing the
>>> provision of phone service are MUCH stricter and favorable to
>>> consumers with POTS. And of course they don't say that when your power
>>> goes off, the good old twisted pair still works, if you have an old
>>> style phone, whereas that gee whiz new digital internet phone will
>>> not. 73 Rob K5UJ
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