Let's do a "what-if".

You liive in Haiti and the earthquake occurs.

All hell breaks out...you escape with your life and nothing else.

You need to communicate with your family in the States.

What do you build for a radio from the rubble?

Looking forward to the submissions.

TMT

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Too_Many_Tools wrote:

Let's do a "what-if".

You liive in Haiti and the earthquake occurs.

All hell breaks out...you escape with your life and nothing else.

You need to communicate with your family in the States.

What do you build for a radio from the rubble?

Looking forward to the submissions.

TMT

That's easy.... you go to the National Army HQ. and steal one of their
HF Rigs, then steal a battery out of a smashed Car, and strip some wire
out of a fallen building, and your on the air.... Duh....

You wrote:
In article
,
Too_Many_Tools wrote:

Let's do a "what-if".

You liive in Haiti and the earthquake occurs.

All hell breaks out...you escape with your life and nothing else.

You need to communicate with your family in the States.

What do you build for a radio from the rubble?

Looking forward to the submissions.

TMT

That's easy.... you go to the National Army HQ. and steal one of their
HF Rigs, then steal a battery out of a smashed Car, and strip some wire
out of a fallen building, and your on the air.... Duh....

Two batteries; most military stuff these days is 24V.


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Jim Pennino

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On Jan 27, 3:46*pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
Let's do a "what-if".

You liive in Haiti and the earthquake occurs.

All hell breaks out...you escape with your life and nothing else.

You need to communicate with your family in the States.

What do you build for a radio from the rubble?

Looking forward to the submissions.

TMT

Hm...where are the McGyver type submissions I expected from you guys?

TMT

On Jan 27, 4:46*pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
Let's do a "what-if".

You liive in Haiti and the earthquake occurs.

All hell breaks out...you escape with your life and nothing else.

You need to communicate with your family in the States.

What do you build for a radio from the rubble?

Looking forward to the submissions.

TMT

HEY OM:

As incident commander you must:
Set up a command post then:
Find a few AM radios in da ruble. You will need 3 radios. One for
receive, one for bfo, one to use the local oscillator for the xmitter.
Using the so called morse code to send and receive your info.

The bfo radio will have to be tuned 455khz above the receive freq. so
you will be able to copy morse code and will have to be close to the
receive radio to hetrodyne the morse code signal. Although in pinch
you could ask that A3 mode be sent where you don't needs a bfo.

For an aerial use a fallen power main, as it will be quite sum time
b4 the main becomes live.
And you must has a good ground connection. Like a copper water pipe
coming out of the ground, even a lead pipe would work

Send SOS until somebody copies you.

When your batteries go dead use a car altenator attached to bike
frame, use nylon panty hose for a drive belt, attached to the rear
rim, enlist people to peddle the bike for more power.



After it's all said and done:
File an incident report
and debrief yourself in a debriefing meeting.

I read sum where's that any frequency and any power can be used in
this emergency.

73 OM
de n8zu

On Jan 28, 11:40*pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
On Jan 27, 3:46*pm, Too_Many_Tools wrote:

Let's do a "what-if".

You liive in Haiti and the earthquake occurs.

All hell breaks out...you escape with your life and nothing else.

You need to communicate with your family in the States.

What do you build for a radio from the rubble?

Looking forward to the submissions.

TMT

Hm...where are the McGyver type submissions I expected from you guys?

TMT

HEY OM:

BTW: You might want to take a few online FEMA coarses, like IS200,
IS700 and IS800, these will give you a better idea: what really will
be going on, even in a third world country like Haiti.

What all of us would like: to see you get a amateur radio license and
join ares, races and become part of your county emergency management,
known as EOC. I know that's what any forthright ditto head should do.

73 OM,

de n8zu

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You wrote:
In article
,
Too_Many_Tools wrote:

Let's do a "what-if".

You liive in Haiti and the earthquake occurs.

All hell breaks out...you escape with your life and nothing else.

You need to communicate with your family in the States.

What do you build for a radio from the rubble?

Looking forward to the submissions.

TMT

That's easy.... you go to the National Army HQ. and steal one of their
HF Rigs, then steal a battery out of a smashed Car, and strip some wire
out of a fallen building, and your on the air.... Duh....

Two batteries; most military stuff these days is 24V.

Well Yea, there is always that....

Easy! Then you catch 3 or more 5.56mm rounds in the the head spilling your grey matter all over the road because of your stupid idea! Nuff Sed!
n9zas