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BID : $RACESBUL.253
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
RACESBUL.253 DATE: Dec. 21, 1992
SUBJECT: TEC - Portable radio batteries - Part 2/2
If hams are to be part of the solution -- and not another
part of the communications problem -- it is obvious that their
communications gear must always be as ready as they are to
work.
This brings us back to those nicad batteries with which hand
held radios are usually supplied. Nicads are great for many,
even most purposes. They are cheap, and can be recharged many
times. But they are much like the big communications failures
that can be expected in emergencies - THEY WILL QUIT EXACTLY WHEN
NEEDED THE MOST!
The solution, of course, is the alkaline battery case
normally available as an inexpensive accessory to your hand held
radio. And a supply of alkaline batteries that can keep you
going indefinitely, with minimum off-the-air time, and without
a/c power sources for nicad chargers that probably aren't
available.
Disaster response agencies would do well to keep a supply of
fresh AA size alkaline batteries on hand, for their Amateur Radio
auxiliary resources.
--- Bill Musladin, Assistant State RACES Radio Officer, N6BTJ
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