I recently took an Amateur Radio (aka HAM) training course and passed the Technician exam. I should get my FCC station ID shortly. Since I have a tight budget this year, I ordered a Baofeng UV-R5 HT transceiver for $40 from Amazon. I received it today and have already programmed in many of our county repeaters and local EMS, fire and police frequencies. This radio should come in handy during the next major disaster. During Superstorm Sandy, when most communications were down, it would have been handy to be able to reach out to other locals using HAM radio communications.
Saturday, October 27, 2012 Superstorm Sandy -2 I started out the day attending a meeting of local OEM (Office of Emergency Management) officials at our county Emergency Operations Center. The general consensus was that the hurricane was going to seriously impact our area. The rest of the day was spent in preparation for hurricane Sandy to strike the area sometime Monday. I spent some time filling up a 55 gallon water drum and many 5 gallon water cans with a mixture of water and chlorine. When you mix the proper amount of water and chlorine (from unscented chlorine bleach) your water will store longer without growing any unwanted critters in it. I also went out and filled the three five gallon fuel cans that I have with premium gasoline for my gas powered 4000 watt generator. After I picked up the fuel, my son and I moved the generator out of the garage and rolled it around the back of the house and placed it on our back deck along with the full fuel cans. I covered the gene
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