[KYHAM] Re: BPL, Ham radio and the EOC

[Blake Bowers]

This is very much the point.  Why plan for refueling?  Won't you be
needed doing something else?  Should we not eliminate jobs, instead
of make more?

I just purchased a major site from AT&T.  This site, capable of
withstanding a nuclear attack 5 miles away or farther, (sort of
a subjective thing, but I digress) was complete with decon
showers, shelter areas, disaster packs, etc.  30k square
feet of cold war history, an Autovon site, as well as a
microwave site, Echo Fox site, etc.

The gensets, 2 225kw units, had two 10k gallon diesel fuel
tanks buried underground.  Lots of backup.  Why would we
plan a system with less?  Dual gensets, with a plan for a
third.





>I think the #1 point to be learned from this thread (at least so far as 
>emergency communications are concerned) is that simply having a back-up 
>generator is a valid plan ONLY FOR AS LONG AS THE FUEL ON HAND LASTS.  If 
>you have not planned to refuel the generator (including planning to shut it 
>down for refueling if needed) then you have planned to end your operation 
>when the fuel runs out.
>