I couldn't find the one I got, but it had enough room inside to place a small on off switch so it doesn't drain a battery if you leave it on. Don On 12/19/2022 9:57 AM, Chris Pickett via groups.io wro

Thanks Don, I have never heard of this. 73, Chris~wa6cp On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 07:49:57 AM PST, Don Clark <kb5kwv@...> wrote: I use my Dewalt 20v batteries with a slide on adapter that

I use my Dewalt 20v batteries with a slide on adapter that has both 12v out and 2 USB ports for a lot of things. Like this one, 12v at 5A. https://www.amazon.com/converter-20V-batteries-interface-comp

I wouldn't want to run much more than 5w on Eneloops and even that is pushing it. I am a big fan of cheap 12v drone batteries for portable ham radio.

A lot of good information on batteries. https://batteryuniversity.com/articles Testing on different batteries, costs, weight, kW/hr. https://proaudioeng.com/portable-battery-performance/ I don't consi

Thanks Don! Great video! Chris~wa6cp

https://youtu.be/eQ0KxUXK_wI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ0KxUXK_wI Another video on off grid communications, updated.

The videobis about Radio communication between Russian soldiers. Keep in mind, this may not be all true - but it gives us a good understanding of radios role in a conflict https://www.nytimes.com/vide

It's done by both sides on all wars. https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/22/ukraine-russia-military-radio/ You can gain good info from it though. Don

I happened to scan this news: https://www.dw.com/en/amid-kazakhstan-unrest-almaty-residents-seek-bread-and-information/a-60368997 In regards to bread, can't say much; but in regards to "information",

wait till I finalize the dimensions of my RG174 Banana/T2LT antenna....More pocketable that a Jpole! Check out my blogs! http://greekpreparedness.blogspot.com/ https://survivalcomms.wordpress.com/ Στι

easy....with a 40cm long rubber duck I can hit a repeater 50miles away, and may have a legible input, or I may not. With anything else it is a clear communication Check out my blogs! http://greekprepa

Guess I should post here since I haven’t. Im Michael Rutherford Km5bor. Just got my extra class license after being a general for many years. I’ve worked for cellular one back in the day when we had t

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Nice write up. I had not thought about making a dipole like this. I made one of the yagi with a tape measure that worked well for direction finding, and if you hit a tree, it would bend and pop back.

Great read, will be exploring the site more. Probably should have gone in the OGC-Prepper sub-forum though based on content.

Nice. I'd be interested to see a real world comparison against the HT rubber duck. Seems that's never done with VHF.

Well done! Good, clear instructions and portable. Thanks you for sharing it with us. Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. website @ http://www.hristiyan.org Callsign: VA6GOK Sent from Pr

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This is the build of a VHF dipole made from a tape measure. But with interesting details and some room ffor improvement. Hope you will find it inspiring. https://survivalcomms.wordpress.com/2022/01/08