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FT-60R worked great through Irene

xlsport All Messages By This Member #11084 Newer member here, but an FT-60 owner since I got my ticket in '05. I'm in SE NC, and weathered Irene just fine. The trusty Yaesu got me through another storm, and I was in contact throughout the night with the local EOCs and other HAMs. Sure was reassuring. When the power went out and my old Kenwood TS-930 wasn't on the air anymore, the little FT-60 HT stayed online and on air. Thanks Yaesu! 73, Matthew KI4LND Leland, NC
Pete Bucy All Messages By This Member #11086 As someone who has been through a few hurricanes and power failures, I heartily recommend having a car charger for your HT. Even though I have a 2m/70cm mobile in my SUV, you never know when you will need to get out for a while. Having a car charger will let you keep your battery topped off. It's not a bad idea to have a spare battery too for the radio. During and after a hurricane repeaters can be down just like cell towers. It's a good idea to get used to using your radio in simplex mode and to know the other hams that are in range. One of my friends who was in Florida had his tower destroyed in a hurricane. He always kept a spare antenna, complete with coaxial feed line that he could quickly attach to a tree. While his local repeaters were down, he was still able to reach a few outlying repeaters that were up on emergency power. An antenna forty feet in the air is going to do you a lot more good than any HT antenna that you can buy. Pete - KD4CQZ toggle quoted message Show quoted text -----Original Message----- From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...] On Behalf Of Matthew Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 2:07 PM To: FT-60@... Subject: [FT-60] FT-60R worked great through Irene Newer member here, but an FT-60 owner since I got my ticket in '05. I'm in SE NC, and weathered Irene just fine. The trusty Yaesu got me through another storm, and I was in contact throughout the night with the local EOCs and other HAMs. Sure was reassuring. When the power went out and my old Kenwood TS-930 wasn't on the air anymore, the little FT-60 HT stayed online and on air. Thanks Yaesu! 73, Matthew KI4LND Leland, NC ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
xlsport All Messages By This Member #11099 Pete, That's all sage advice. I do in fact have a lighter adapter for recharging, as well as a alkaline battery pack holder. While I don't have an antenna I can readily toss up 40' in the air, I do have a fold-up copper J-pole ( ) that I built from the instructions in QST right after I bought my FT-60. It's been an incredible little portable antenna. I have a smallish fiberglass mast that I can get the J-pole up about 10 feet on and can reach out significantly farther than with the stock rubber antenna. If I need to get more power out than that I've got an FT-1802M in the car as well. Thanks for reminders for storm preparation, 73, KI4LND Matthew toggle quoted message Show quoted text --- In FT-60@..., "Pete Bucy" <petebucy@...> wrote: As someone who has been through a few hurricanes and power failures, I heartily recommend having a car charger for your HT. Even though I have a 2m/70cm mobile in my SUV, you never know when you will need to get out for a while. Having a car charger will let you keep your battery topped off. It's not a bad idea to have a spare battery too for the radio. During and after a hurricane repeaters can be down just like cell towers. It's a good idea to get used to using your radio in simplex mode and to know the other hams that are in range. One of my friends who was in Florida had his tower destroyed in a hurricane. He always kept a spare antenna, complete with coaxial feed line that he could quickly attach to a tree. While his local repeaters were down, he was still able to reach a few outlying repeaters that were up on emergency power. An antenna forty feet in the air is going to do you a lot more good than any HT antenna that you can buy. Pete - KD4CQZ -----Original Message----- From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...] On Behalf Of Matthew Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 2:07 PM To: FT-60@... Subject: [FT-60] FT-60R worked great through Irene Newer member here, but an FT-60 owner since I got my ticket in '05. I'm in SE NC, and weathered Irene just fine. The trusty Yaesu got me through another storm, and I was in contact throughout the night with the local EOCs and other HAMs. Sure was reassuring. When the power went out and my old Kenwood TS-930 wasn't on the air anymore, the little FT-60 HT stayed online and on air. Thanks Yaesu! 73, Matthew KI4LND Leland, NC ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
Dr. Dramatization #11102 peace, haans :) On Aug 29, 2011, at 11:39 AM, Matthew wrote: I do have a fold-up copper J-pole (??) that I built from the instructions in QST Any third grader can figure out... if you can print money out of thin air, pretty soon you will own the entire planet
W3FIS #11114 The car lighter adapter and a 7 AH gel cell provide an excellent emergency supply for the FT-60R. Fit a "pigtail" to the gel cell, as well as a cable for its charger. Doubles as a "bench" power supply, or running my other QRP stuff. The SLA gel cells don't seem to "self discharge" too badly, FWIIW. /paul W3FIS
Nick Rylatt All Messages By This Member #11115 Keep SLA batteries charged.? After 3 months off the charger, the plates will become sulfated and the battery cannot be rescued (I learned this the hard way).? I keep my?2 Ah and & Ah SLA batteries permanently connected to the charger. ? The 2 Ah is connected to a wall-wart type automatic charger; the charging circuit is inside the wall wart. ? The 7 Ah is inside a manufactured "power station".? I think the charging circuitry is inside the power station, which receives its charging power from a "dumb" wall wart. ? 73, Nick, AA3T ? ? ? toggle quoted message Show quoted text ----- Original Message ----- From: "W3FIS" To: FT-60@... Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 3:34:29 PM Subject: [FT-60] Re: FT-60R worked great through Irene ? The car lighter adapter and a 7 AH gel cell provide an excellent emergency supply for the FT-60R. Fit a "pigtail" to the gel cell, as well as a cable for its charger. Doubles as a "bench" power supply, or running my other QRP stuff. The SLA gel cells don't seem to "self discharge" too badly, FWIIW. /paul W3FIS Keep SLA batteries
W3FIS #11116 Good idea. Easy to do that. I have the FT-60R on a light timer. Could easily add the SLA as well, but before the timer, of course. I usually have the SLA out for something or other at least once a month. /paul W3FIS

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