Jarred J.
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well after a few requests of folks asking me to make this its own thread instead of it all being in the "longest thread" i figure i'd do a start-up/progress thread.
i originaly got this idea after seeing a few vids on you tube...
as well as a few others.
I've worked a few relay type events were we provide comms for check points and resupply points. Since using a HT (or as you public serv guys call them "portables") isnt always an option, and sitting in your car can sometimes not be an option. i have decided it be easier to make this, rather than what i have been using in the past. . .
this would be an example of a check point i ran 2 months ago.
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in this pic you can see i have 2 porta power both at 22 AH hour. 1 ran a scanner the other the radio.
also note the the solar panel sitting next to shade screens leg to try and recharge the porta power while in use.
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this is my icom 207 dual band radio that is usualy in the car. i pulled it out and used a cig plug - t type power connector and set it up on a "zombie can" ammo can. this can was well liked by alot of people lol. I used the box to store 50 feet of coax, an ar450 70cm ringo ranger. ( we were using 440 for the event.) and various other coax connectors and adapters.
also on the table is a wouxun dualband radio and baofeng uv 3r dual band radio. and to the far left is a uniden BCT 350c, also usualy kept in my car.
I had the antenna 20 feet in the air on some fiberglass camo support poles. i also had a mag mount scanner antenna on a different set of the same poles. as seen here.
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so instead of dragging everything out of my car, borrowing somebody elses porta power besides using mine, and having a seperate storage box for coax and the like i figured i would build a box that would do all of this.
hence the beginning of my search for the perfect box.since im a veteran i got a soft spot for military stuff, and "mil spec" usualy trumps most regular items. i was planning on a using a horizontal 80mm ammo can box but can not find any localy. they are online but costs as much to ship them as it does to buy it becuase they are HEAVY. well now that ive been looking into the weight of batteries and things some higher amp hour batteries can weigh 20 lbs by themselves. since toting around a 20lb storage can with 40lbs of batteries in it isnt realy a viable option i looked elsewhere.
i originaly got this idea after seeing a few vids on you tube...
as well as a few others.
I've worked a few relay type events were we provide comms for check points and resupply points. Since using a HT (or as you public serv guys call them "portables") isnt always an option, and sitting in your car can sometimes not be an option. i have decided it be easier to make this, rather than what i have been using in the past. . .
this would be an example of a check point i ran 2 months ago.
View attachment tdc1.jpg
in this pic you can see i have 2 porta power both at 22 AH hour. 1 ran a scanner the other the radio.
also note the the solar panel sitting next to shade screens leg to try and recharge the porta power while in use.
View attachment tdc2.jpg
this is my icom 207 dual band radio that is usualy in the car. i pulled it out and used a cig plug - t type power connector and set it up on a "zombie can" ammo can. this can was well liked by alot of people lol. I used the box to store 50 feet of coax, an ar450 70cm ringo ranger. ( we were using 440 for the event.) and various other coax connectors and adapters.
also on the table is a wouxun dualband radio and baofeng uv 3r dual band radio. and to the far left is a uniden BCT 350c, also usualy kept in my car.
I had the antenna 20 feet in the air on some fiberglass camo support poles. i also had a mag mount scanner antenna on a different set of the same poles. as seen here.
View attachment tdc3.jpg
so instead of dragging everything out of my car, borrowing somebody elses porta power besides using mine, and having a seperate storage box for coax and the like i figured i would build a box that would do all of this.
hence the beginning of my search for the perfect box.since im a veteran i got a soft spot for military stuff, and "mil spec" usualy trumps most regular items. i was planning on a using a horizontal 80mm ammo can box but can not find any localy. they are online but costs as much to ship them as it does to buy it becuase they are HEAVY. well now that ive been looking into the weight of batteries and things some higher amp hour batteries can weigh 20 lbs by themselves. since toting around a 20lb storage can with 40lbs of batteries in it isnt realy a viable option i looked elsewhere.
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