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- TO: ALL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES VIA AMATEUR RADIO
- INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
- ALL AMATEURS U.S. (@ USA: INFORMATION)
- FROM: CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6HIR @ WA6NWE.CA)
- 2800 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832 (916)262-1600
- Landline BBS open to all: (916) 262-1657
- RACECSBUL.252 DATE: Dec. 14, 1992
- SUBJECT: TEC - Portable radio batteries - Part 1/2
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- Several of these bulletins have dealt with the items of
- personal equipment that hams should keep handy and ready for use
- in emergency or disaster response operations. For example,
- clothing suitable for likely conditions, flashlights, non-
- perishable food items, water and, obvious for communicators,
- radio gear suitable for the specific job at hand.
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- The necessary radio gear often includes hand held radios,
- used for everything from talk-in to a specific assignment
- to the primary communications devices needed to carry out in-
- dividual duties. Modern walkie-talkies are wonderful devices,
- capable of easy programming to many different frequencies that may
- be called for and coverage over very wide areas. They are
- flexible, rugged, and just about indispensable in emergency
- communications. Unfortunately, as normally equipped when first
- received, almost all of them rely on rechargeable nicad
- batteries.
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- Anyone who has experience in disaster response operations is
- familiar with the truism that communications will fail, either
- through overload, equipment failure, or both. Indeed, that is
- precisely the reason why well trained and equipped Radio Amateurs
- are often needed to supplement or even replace inadequate com-
- munications systems in emergencies.
-
- (To be concluded in the next Bulletin)
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- EOM
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