[Elecraft] K3 Off Grid

[Walter Underwood]

I grew up in Baton Rouge. After Hurricane Betsy, we had no phone for seven days and no power for ten days. But the weather was lovely. That was good, because there were holes in our roof.

wunder
K6WRU

On Mar 3, 2014, at 10:20 PM, Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com> wrote:

> I fully agree with you about the value of the grid, but there are more common reasons for the power going down that we should protect against:
> 
>    Ice storms: I remember stepping over the power lines leading to a
>    B&B I thought I was going to spend the night at. That didn't
>    work, but for EmCom we need to be able to run our radios.
> 
>    Earthquakes: The could knock our local power quite easily. (They
>    are our canonical "bad thing" for Los Gatos AREE/RACES planning.)
> 
>    Hurricanes: They can knock down the power lines.
> 
>    Tornados: Ditto
> 
> We don't need human foolishness to need emergency power.
> 
> I have a solar panel and batteries that will run my radio. At 100 watts, I may run short if there are a lot of messages that need to be sent. I should run indefinitely at QRP levels.
> 
> The moral is, there may be emergency operations at QRP levels. Give them some bandwidth.
> 
> Cheers - Bill. AE6JV
> 
> On 3/3/14 at 8:53 PM, wrcooke at yahoo.com (WILLIS COOKE) wrote:
> 
>>  Hams might want to be capable of operating free of the grid for emergency operation when the community loses the ability to generate enough electricity, like the F-117s did to Bagdad during the Gulf Wars.  Nuclear attacks or insane environmentalists getting their way comes to mind.  In which case, we will need gasoline, diesel or propane fueled generators to fill the need until we can restore power.  We will be in a world of hurt until we can reestablish the grid. 
> 
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Walter Underwood
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