To: markomalley
If you’ve been there, you understand how unlikely it is that anyone anywhere has electricity at any point in time.
Can ham radios operate on pedal power?
11 posted on
04/29/2015 10:46:09 AM PDT by
Uncle Miltie
(we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that - Baltimore's Democrat Mayor)
To: Uncle Miltie
“Can ham radios operate on pedal power?”
Yes. Search “ham field day” and you’ll find all sorts of improvised radio.
15 posted on
04/29/2015 10:51:48 AM PDT by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: Uncle Miltie
18 posted on
04/29/2015 10:59:21 AM PDT by
markomalley
(Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
To: Uncle Miltie
Yes, absolutely. But it's more likely to be a modified bicycle-generator nowadays, and as these Special Forces guys found in 1964, it's helpful to have a good supply of "volunteers" on hand:
23 posted on
04/29/2015 11:23:56 AM PDT by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: Uncle Miltie
>> Can ham radios operate on pedal power? <<
Yes, but only if your generator has pedals attached.
34 posted on
04/29/2015 12:37:49 PM PDT by
Hawthorn
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