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BID: $RACESBUL.252
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
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.
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.
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)
EOM