I have a battery-powered Yaesu dual band 2m/4m handheld — 350 milliWatts and you'll run into the curvature of the Earth before you hit the signal sensitivity limit. However, the repeaters might go down, but you'd be able to communicate with locals and local public safety.
If you go to longer wavelength, say HF band, 15 – 20m, you could then do ionospheric skip, and you'd probably be able to hit a few hundred miles around for the 100W that glass mentioned, but good luck finding a battery!
No idea. What is that, like 10 standard photovoltaic panels for a kW? then a bank of 10 – 20 12V marine batteries might work. Unless you know someone who develops specialty batteries….
We'd want to conserve battery by enabling the high power amplifier only when we're transmitting, and use Class D or E output stage for max efficiency. The receiver can run on very little power (e.g. cell phone battery), probably for days.
She has a generator and some gas. I should say "had some gas." Still pretty scarce there. The grid power's been going on and off just to remind everybody who's in charge.
This year has a lot of that 2005 feel to it and I hate it.
"If any of you assholes try to pull a line about how this is wages for some sin or other, you'll have to answer to Me, dammit!"
– God
Pretty sure the bond traders steered this hurricane right for PR. You can buy specific missions for the weather control satellites.
Good point in there about why portable radio might be a good thing to have around.
I guess in all the panic we can forgive the writer for misspelling "buses." Or maybe I don't understand the article at all.
If they have power.
Was thinking of a battery-powered portable radio, a thing I haven't had in years. With all power out, you wonder if radio stations are even working.
I imagine the hamsters need quite a bit of juice to transmit.
I have a battery-powered Yaesu dual band 2m/4m handheld — 350 milliWatts and you'll run into the curvature of the Earth before you hit the signal sensitivity limit. However, the repeaters might go down, but you'd be able to communicate with locals and local public safety.
If you go to longer wavelength, say HF band, 15 – 20m, you could then do ionospheric skip, and you'd probably be able to hit a few hundred miles around for the 100W that glass mentioned, but good luck finding a battery!
My ex says batteries are pretty much unavailable in Collier County (where Naples is) FL. Roofers are charging just for estimates.
No idea. What is that, like 10 standard photovoltaic panels for a kW? then a bank of 10 – 20 12V marine batteries might work. Unless you know someone who develops specialty batteries….
We'd want to conserve battery by enabling the high power amplifier only when we're transmitting, and use Class D or E output stage for max efficiency. The receiver can run on very little power (e.g. cell phone battery), probably for days.
She has a generator and some gas. I should say "had some gas." Still pretty scarce there. The grid power's been going on and off just to remind everybody who's in charge.
Perhaps the people are being evacuated on copper barstock, or USB cables.
Or maybe each evacuee gets a kiss.
And I don't expect a new Amy Winehouse album.
Make work functions work again!