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Bell Atlantic DACS failure 280 T3s

From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: 16 May 2000 11:48:35 -0700


Bell Atlantic lost another DACS yesterday taking out 280 T3s for 3-1/2 hours
in the northeastern corridor and New York City.

I'm not a transmission person, but what is the problem with DACS?  Why
do these "highly reliable" systems fail in such catastrophic ways?

Current thread:

Bell Atlantic DACS failure 280 T3s Sean Donelan (May 16)
- Re: Bell Atlantic DACS failure 280 T3s Travis Pugh (May 16)
  - Re: Bell Atlantic DACS failure 280 T3s Daniel Senie (May 16)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Bell Atlantic DACS failure 280 T3s Steven Schnell (May 17)