Power was restored about 11:35 AM EDT.

The telephone system operated off the backup generator, but calls could not be transferred from the operator’s console. We’re looking into how to improve that.

W1AW was operational on its generator – in fact we had a guest operating on 20 meters during the outage.

I’m told the Internet connection may be up and down today for an unrelated reason.

Dave K1ZZ

From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org]
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:35 AM
To: arrl-odv
Subject: Power Out at HQ

Dave just called from his cell phone.

We have lost electric power at ARRL HQ due to a line complication down the street, and it is expected to be off for a couple of hours.

This will impact email and phone operation there, so if you are trying to contact HQ or receive an email about someone being unable to reach HQ, that is the reason.

Joel