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AA4PB

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« on: September 26, 2003, 11:22:15 AM »

In the recent storm I had a generator problem and could not power my main rig. I have an SG2020 that I can put on the air with a battery but my only 75M antenna uses an automatic tuner and all the other antennas are selected via a remote switch - all of which takes power. More power than the SG2020 on receive.

I guess its a good policy to have one plain old 75M dipole with a direct feed to the shack. My next project.
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Bob  AA4PB
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« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2003, 07:11:30 PM »

I have one antenna that is very low profile just incase I am in the basement during a storm and the tower is blown over.
My "disaster" antenna is in a different corner of the house, on a north wall, since our tornados come out of the southwest...

My worst case scenerio is that the house above the ground is blown down, so I have built a backup system for that possibility.
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W0IPL

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« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2003, 03:27:10 PM »

Then there is the other option . . . have a portable dipole made from two (for each band) ham stick type mobil antennas. This stores in very little space, assembles in a very few minutes and is only about 1 "s-unit" down from a full sized dipole.

I have one for 40M and 75M that I use for ARES. I have two five foot interconnecting masts and a radio shack tri pod to set it up on.

Works well, stores in very little space and is there as long as the house survives.

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« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2003, 11:45:51 AM »

I'm very happy to see that folks are thinking about and preparing for emergencies.  

One note though.  It's a very rare emergency where the local officials and disaster response agencies need to establish radio communications to your house.  Having you and your equipment ready to go on short notice to establish communications at a shelter, command post  or EOC should be a much higher priority for an amateur's first efforts.

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Gary, K2GW
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AA4PB

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« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2003, 03:23:18 PM »

Communications to your house might include such things as coordinating your ability to assist at shelters and EOCs, getting assistance for your family and neighbors, weather and storm damage reports, or even relaying traffic to the state agencies via HF because the local EOC does not have sufficient HF capabilities.
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