Severe windstorm -- Colorado Springs gateway, KD0SFY

Submitted by KD0SFY on Fri, 2021-12-17 21:33

During the 15 Dec 2021 windstorm, the Colorado Springs gateway ran on battery power for over an hour until the batteries for the computer gave up. They should have lasted a lot longer. Will have to replace them with fresher batteries. Batteries for the radios did well. Power was out for about 3 to 4 hours. Internet went down for almost two days, so a WiFi hotspot was pressed into service and the gateway was back online as soon as power was restored. Surprisingly all antennas did fine. At this time, everything is back to normal operations, though there may be some hiccups as they restore power to the rest of the city, which may last thru 19 Dec.

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