I remember Ike and others here and in Louisiana. I live in a townhouse and it has forced me to rethink a lot of things like antennas and backup power. I have no yard, a line of unusable trees along a driveway immediately alongside the front edge of the house. No Room to legally install a Generac and using a Honda type generator puts it within 3 or 4-ft of the structure making it unsafe from a carbon monoxide standpoint. This is not everything but close. Buying a nice battery pack and figuring out charging it is a whole new pile of issues.
Last year I took the radio and computer to a park and played for about 4 hours. I installed a 12 AWG double fused cable direct to the 12V buss in my hybrid vehicle. I left the system on the whole time, air conditioner off, and had no issues. Could not even tell how much gas I used. (The motor only runs to maintain voltage in battery) I believe I can run my home system the same way. As an ol RC flyer I have used XT60 connectors forever and rigged the car and house system so I could quickly move my old mobile radio I was using to the car quickly for deployment. So I just made a 100-ft 12AWG extension cord and it can run from the air car to shack in my office. I know this is not conventional but I am sure it can work for several days and it is pretty safe setup. Chris Luppens KG5BBF > On May 3, 2021, at 2:42 PM, Mike Lambert via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hurricane season starts in a month. > > I am interested in talking to anyone who has a backup power plan (remember > Ike?) to compare notes, ideas, techniques, etc. > > We could comm via email outside of the BVARC listserve. > > Mike > KI5PIY > [email protected] > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
