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Old 08-13-10, 09:57 AM   #1
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Staying In Touch When You’re Off the Grid
When it comes to preparing for disasters, whether a short-term situation such as a weather related event, or long-term such as an economic collapse, communications is a vital part of ........
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Old 08-13-10, 04:13 PM   #2
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We have 110 watt Motorola Maratrac VHF's that we use down here. The main house unit as well as our office out at the island work off a 12v battery bank fed by wind/solar. Even if the repeater goes down we can transmit quite well over a distance with that power....
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Old 08-13-10, 06:16 PM   #3
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Eh, NP? Staying in Touch When You're Old and Gray?
Old 08-13-10, 06:29 PM   #4
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Eh, NP? Staying in Touch When You're Old and Gray?
Ya got the gray right, but old??? NEVER
Old 08-15-10, 01:58 PM   #5
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I hope to still have enough hair in 10 years to worry about it going gray...
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