Gorman Redlich Encoder/decoder problem

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Gorman Redlich Encoder/decoder problem

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Maybe someone else has has this problem. The clock gains up to a minute a day and the system will ignore national weather service warnings if we're off too many minutes. Any ideas how to keep the clock on the right time?

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What constitutes the clock's timebase?

BTW: I have never even seen one of these gorman units
and I think the current EAS system sucks.
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The Gormon-Redlich EAS units are made in a house in Athens, Ohio, right in the middle of Ohio University's off-campus student housing. In an attempt to blend in, the Gormon-Redlich folks taught the EAS encoder/decoder units to puff on a little Mary Jane while waiting for those emergency digital activation signals.

So they forget a few minutes here and there. Hey, nobody's perfect and anyway ... uh ... what were we talking about?

Damn, this EAS unit sure could use a bag of potato chips. And a pizza.

The company also offers a line of FM receivers that drink themselves into unconsciousness then vomit and shit everywhere. You should feel lucky you didn't buy a few of those ...

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Why don't you just give Jim Gorman a call concerning your problem at 740-593-3150.
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The Gormon-Redlich EAS units are made in a house in Athens, Ohio, right in the middle of Ohio University's off-campus student housing. In an attempt to blend in, the Gormon-Redlich folks taught the EAS encoder/decoder units to puff on a little Mary Jane while waiting for those emergency digital activation signals

The first unit I bought was a Holly Ann - that was a piece of shit. It was an
F- The G/R is a C-. If the damn clock would work right, it would be ok.
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Why don't you just give Jim Gorman a call concerning your problem at 740-593-3150.
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And have you ever talked with Jim? Rude - all knowing and you're an
idiot. I will call him as a last resort - if I have to, but what a butt. I'd much rather have someone coach me thru problems.
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I've talked to him lots of times. Many times I have dropped off an EAS unit to him or a phase monitor and he has fixed the problem and even had a couple times he has dropped the repaired unit off at the station where it goes or we meet somewhere and I pick it up. Unlike TFT who wants almost $300 up front before they will even touch there EAS unit to fix it and take forever doing it, Jim does a quick turn around and I bet the bill is no where near as high. I like his EAS unit none of that junky built in printer that you are at the mercy of the manufacture and buying special paper.
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contracteng wrote:Why don't you just give Jim Gorman a call concerning your problem at 740-593-3150.
What if you get Redlich on the phone instead?
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Post by engineer »

I have met Jim a few times. Many moons ago he was at the SBE meeting (1994?) in Ripley? WV, just outside of Charleston. Jim is a smart guy. He does have a pet peeve about talking engineering with program directors or DJ’s that are trying to fix something. That’s my memory of Jim.
contracteng wrote:I've talked to him lots of times. Many times I have dropped off an EAS unit to him or a phase monitor and he has fixed the problem and even had a couple times he has dropped the repaired unit off at the station where it goes or we meet somewhere and I pick it up. Unlike TFT who wants almost $300 up front before they will even touch there EAS unit to fix it and take forever doing it, Jim does a quick turn around and I bet the bill is no where near as high. I like his EAS unit none of that junky built in printer that you are at the mercy of the manufacture and buying special paper.
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