Hurricanes, MREs, multitools, car rescue tools, radios, all those sort of things were featured at last Saturday's Build A Bucket event in Carrabelle. Story at The Times, including pictures.
Over at the radio tent, we put up a 2m/70cm Comet pole antenna, hooked in the FTM-7250D dual bander, and ran it all with the 27w solar power system. Setup time was maybe 15 minutes, break down was maybe 5 minutes longer, but only because it's easier to stretch out coax cable than it is to properly roll it back up. Talked to a guy in Orlando via SARNET, but nobody was around on the Carrabelle repeater. Mostly though, we talked with people going through the Build A Bucket line about radio as a lifeline after a hurricane. Overall a successful day.
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