27 radioWorks. Page 4. Formal Classroom Info

27 MHz RadioWorks Information Lab
Welcome- New Readers, Students, Contributors.This is a new Blog, still under construction. Please pardon our virtual dust and our Learning Curve. We will be adding photos and inter-active links very soon.This is a continuous learning class, which means the most recent BLOGS may have terms and information you are not familiar with, so you may have to go back and begin reading from page one. There is also a BLOG page with terms and definitions you can reference. Most of the content is FREE for all to read, and more advanced content is available to Students who have paid for class Tuition and Materials. Email for instructions on how to join the formal class. Thanx-"Professor" Edward
Formal Classroom Info
The Formal class is available to everyone, even most teenagers should be able to grasp the concepts of the class, and be able to put together an Emergency radio system or work with the peripheral equipment described. You can show-off your knowledge or new gear at local radio clubs, or just have fun listening and mapping out local transmitters in your geographical area. After you sign-up and pay for the course, you will receive a large 3-ring notebook, with pages and dividers that represent the covered material. Each blog written here is usually the first page of the classroom material, and the notebook includes the other pages of info not printed here. There are also graphs, charts, and websites in the notebook. All formal students can also watch the Instructor's videos on Youtube, as they are downloaded. New printed pages will be snail-mailed to students bi-weekly, to be inserted in the notebook. It will be a real working-mans book, that you can take into the field and reference often. The front cover is hard plastic, and has a tool pouch on the back. The Tools you will need to work with 27MHz radios will be listed on one of the blogs, with where and how to find or buy. You will be using testers, wrenches, jump cables, angle sites, compasses- the list goes on, it will be fun , entertaining , and useful, but not all that expensive. You may already have some of the tools, so as soon as you receive your notebook, you can put it all together. The cost of 27 RadioWorks 101 is $35.00.

Just send an Email to me, and I will reply with the Paypal account, or you can send a check to my snail mail address. 27 RadioWorks 101 includes the large notebook, dividers and additional info pages from each blog, a notebook tool pouch, Instructor's Videos on youtube ,and questions answered by the Instructor on Email or Skype. Thanx for checking this out, and keep up on the bogs and assignments.
"professor" Edward.

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Here are some fresh Ideas on how to add to your gear, and learn about compatibility.

12 volt systems

Be sure to reference everything back to your 12 volt battery system, since the common 12 volt system is the standard now for automotive, many solar/voltaic storage systems, and the batteries are readily available. You can also purchase your portable power tools with 12volt power cells and re-chargers. If these don’t have enough power for your everyday needs and you gravitate towards the 19 volt types or others, just be sure to get an emergency set of 12 volt types for your preparedness kit.

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You can also get your outdoor yard tools in 12 volt power ratings, if you feel the need, but gardening equipment doesn’t really qualify for emergency needs. However, leaf blowers, electric saws, and water pumps qualify as fire-fighting and fire suppression gear, and I highly recommend getting your hands on as much of that stuff as you can, along with the hand tools such as shovels, axes, and Pulaski-type ground tools.(look it up)

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Other items that are often forgot include anything included in a mobile camper or motor home that functions on 12 volt power. Like water pumps for the hand sink, along with its water holding tank. And lighting fixtures, sockets/bulbs/ switches intended for 12 volts. Some of the high-tech coolers and refridges have Peltier Junction devices (look it up) that can be used as coolers or heaters. I can’t say enough about 12 volt air fans, automotive types are getting harder to find, but you can now substitute the computer/box type fans and save some money!

Now I know what some people may be thinking already- the best of the 27 mhz radios are rated at 13.8 volts. 12 volts just ain't enough!.you wont get full power out of your rig- O.K., that's absolutely right. But , the radios will still WORK on 12 volts-remember, we are talking emergency use right now-and later on in the course, I can write about a special gadget that will power the radio with a little more juice. That will be for the more technical people.