<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body text="#006600" bgcolor="#FFFF99">
We would be willing to attempt service on K-2 varieties dependant on
our abilty to find replacement parts. Our company services lots of
legacy seismic equipment. Often the parts that fail are not the ones
that are difficult to obtain. <br>
Greg Steiner<br>
VLF Designs<br>
573-204-1286<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/29/2013 7:00 AM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:anss-netops-request@geohazards.usgs.gov">anss-netops-request@geohazards.usgs.gov</a> wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote
cite="mid:mailman.1.1369828802.2342.anss-netops@geohazards.usgs.gov"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Send ANSS-netops mailing list submissions to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:anss-netops@geohazards.usgs.gov">anss-netops@geohazards.usgs.gov</a>
To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://geohazards.usgs.gov/mailman/listinfo/anss-netops">https://geohazards.usgs.gov/mailman/listinfo/anss-netops</a>
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:anss-netops-request@geohazards.usgs.gov">anss-netops-request@geohazards.usgs.gov</a>
You can reach the person managing the list at
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:anss-netops-owner@geohazards.usgs.gov">anss-netops-owner@geohazards.usgs.gov</a>
When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of ANSS-netops digest..."
Today's Topics:
1. Note from Kinemetrics regarding non-repair of Altus K2 and
Makalu dataloggers (Agnew, James@DWR)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Message: 1
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 22:49:21 +0000
From: "Agnew, James@DWR" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:James.Agnew@water.ca.gov"><James.Agnew@water.ca.gov></a>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:anss-netops@geohazards.usgs.gov">"anss-netops@geohazards.usgs.gov"</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:anss-netops@geohazards.usgs.gov"><anss-netops@geohazards.usgs.gov></a>
Subject: [ANSS-netops] Note from Kinemetrics regarding non-repair of
Altus K2 and Makalu dataloggers
Message-ID:
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:C1C9646A8CFFD1429982D7C4E491A7830C44DA@057-SN2MPN1-042.057d.mgd.msft.net"><C1C9646A8CFFD1429982D7C4E491A7830C44DA@057-SN2MPN1-042.057d.mgd.msft.net></a>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
FYI: We received the following communication from Kinemetrics last week; it also applies to the 6-ch Makalu which is housed in a K2 case:
"Please Note: Effective 4/22/2013, Kinemetrics, Inc. is no longer repairing K2 units worldwide. I've been instructed that you may contact the Sales Department at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sales@kmi.com">sales@kmi.com</a><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sales@kmi.com"><mailto:sales@kmi.com></a> if you would like to purchase replacement units. The K2 was obsoleted for many years, the K2 component availability is almost non-existent today. Up to now we tried to help our client base with components we had in stock that were purchased many years ago but Intel, Motorola and other component manufacturers no longer manufacture those today, therefore we are completely out of solutions... Lastly the K2 was introduced in 1990 and Kinemetrics, Inc. is happy there are still many units in operation worldwide."
We have seven (7) K2 units and 22 Makalu's, some of which have not even been installed yet... this came as quite a shock to us, especially since it takes a long time to plan and budget new dataloggers for purchase.
Jim Agnew
James D. Agnew, M.S.
Section Chief/Sr. Seismologist
Earthquake Engineering Section
Dam Safety Branch
Operations & Maintenance Div.
Dept. of Water Resources (DWR)
1416 9th St., Room 204-10
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel. (916) 653-7384
Cell (916) 201-3392
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:James.Agnew@water.ca.gov">James.Agnew@water.ca.gov</a><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:James.Agnew@water.ca.gov"><mailto:James.Agnew@water.ca.gov></a>
"I don't know why people in California or anywhere else worry so much about earthquakes. They are such a small hazard compared to things like traffic. Given the choice, I'd worry about the freeway a lot more than an earthquake any day." - Charles F. Richter (4/26/1900 - 9/30/1985)
"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." - Albert Einstein
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://geohazards.usgs.gov/pipermail/anss-netops/attachments/20130528/ece76f92/attachment-0001.html"><http://geohazards.usgs.gov/pipermail/anss-netops/attachments/20130528/ece76f92/attachment-0001.html></a>
------------------------------
Subject: Digest Footer
_______________________________________________
ANSS-netops mailing list
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ANSS-netops@geohazards.usgs.gov">ANSS-netops@geohazards.usgs.gov</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://geohazards.usgs.gov/mailman/listinfo/anss-netops">https://geohazards.usgs.gov/mailman/listinfo/anss-netops</a>
------------------------------
End of ANSS-netops Digest, Vol 46, Issue 1
******************************************
</pre>
</blockquote>
<br>
</body>
</html>