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----------------------------------------- The small Emergency Radio System------------------------
So here's a few idea's for those of you who have been reading this blog, and paying attention:
Put together an Emergency radio system, buy first choosing your "container". I have seen some as small as aluminum ammo boxes. Or as large as a plastic flip-top container. It depends on the size of your radio, the type of battery you will use, and how much room you need for extras like a collapsible wire antenna, cables, speakers, meters, and tools.
1. If you have a multi-channel CB "Walkie-Talkie", maybe you just need an extra set of batteries, and put it in the glove box.
2. If you have a small, digital cb radio, like a Cobra 19 model with only 3 knobs, you could put it in a very small box.
Get a small 12 volt motorcycle or lawnmower type battery, and maybe a magnetic mount mobile antenna that you can dis-assemble.Just remember, with those batteries you need to keep them charged up.They can only sit about a month without losing some juice.The new trickle chargers on the market now are very good, most have auto shut off features.
4.Another Idea for an emergency radio set-up is a square wooden box. I once had a wood cube kit, used for decorating or books. I mounted the radio and all the peripheral gear-speaker,antenna switch,antenna tuner,receive amplifier,12volt power supply,and more cables and wires than I can remember, inside the cube with brackets and wood screws. So it was all permanent and nothing was loose. Just grab the box when I needed it, and it was all hooked up already.
Some people are tempted to put small CB's in side the car glove box, or inside the trunk,I don't recommend it due to the heat build up in the summer time.
