[WARC] Power Pole Transition - Supported Agencies

[Leslie Hittner]

Hmmm...What are we integrating at the served agencies? If they have
installed equipment, as the LEC/EOC does, it makes no difference (unless, I
suppose, if there is an equipment failure). For the most part, we are
putting our own equipment together at an outstation location.

That's where we need to be able to plug into each other's stuff. And the
served agency most likely doesn't have anything there.

-Les, K0BAD


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Len Litvan" <Litvan at acegroup.cc>
To: <jarvis at jarviscomputer.com>; "W0NE Listserv" <warc at lists.w0ne.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: [WARC] Power Pole Transition - Supported Agencies


> Hi Clare,
>
> You are absolutely correct about the power cables and adapters we all
> should have in our "go bags".  I added the specific items below to the
> Wiki in the section about emergency communications.  Good subject for a
> Sunday night net also.
>
> Incidentally, these specific items are included in the cable set which
> is part of the club Power Pole transition project.  The project is a
> good deal (price) for hams wanting to be prepared to help when the chips
> are down.
>
> Somehow, however, I still believe we are not helping make an integrated
> system for emergency communications--integrated with the service
> agencies we support at the most fundamental level.  It seems that
> amateurs do our thing--the agencies served do their thing--and we take
> lots of diagonal cutting pliers, crimpers/solder, and lots of adapters &
> wires (and time) to make things work when the balloon goes up.  It seems
> that we ought to be able to have a more seamless integration with at
> least the one or two key agencies served.
>
> What do others think?
>
> Len
>
> PS.  In the meanwhile, since I can't control the agencies served--and
> maybe not influence the amateur community all that much--the best thing
> I can do is to personally have the power cables and adapters in my own
> go bag....
>
> jarvis at jarviscomputer.com wrote:
> > Hi Len,
> >
> > I hate to seem like a nay sayer completely, but I think each amateur
> > should be doing the prep themselves.   If each amateur has about 4
> > adapters, plus wire cutter/strippers/crimpers and the following adapters
I
> > think they will be prepared.
> >
> > 1.  power pole to 1/4 inch luggs (for hooking directly to power
supplies.
> > 2.  power pole to molex.
> > 3.  power pole to spade connectors.
> > 4.  power pole to bare wire.
> >
> > plus a few spare power poles.
> >
> > Problem with prepositioning is gaining access.   If there are down in
the
> > EOC are we going to have access to them if we need them somewhere elese.
> > Also how are we going to keep them from having legs on moving away from
> > that area?
> >
> > Clare
> >
>
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