[K3PZN-List] Safety Vests for Amateur Radio Communications

[Andy Leeds]

If youre after an inexpensive option you can get plain (no lettering) 
vests for $4.99 each from the usual public safety equipment suppliers. 
They arn't as good as the more expensive ones but they get the job done 
- we use them for the Explorers here. From what I've seen of the ARRL 
ones this is what they use just with the added lettering.

I went out and purchased a blue (I'd go with amber or red if your not a 
LEO) strobe $22 from Galls that attaches to my issue traffic vest and it 
seems to help out. I worked a DUI detail last night 2000-0400 and it 
stayed on the whole time. We had 8 DUI's 4 other arrests and over 100 
citations, the bigest was a dealer that tried to stuff the dope under 
the seat as he pulled in, got $800 in cash as well as a bunch of 
individualy wrapped cocaine, some X, and a bag of pot, and a new car 
(forfeiture since he was using it to transport the drugs).

Andy