TO: ALL ARES OPERATORS IN DISTRICT 3 (OFFICIAL)
ALL AMATEURS IN WEST VIRGINIA (INFORMATION)
FROM: WOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATED AND WOOD
COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICES (ARES)
ARES DISTRICT 3 BULLETIN NR 07.23 DATE: June 10, 2007
SUBJECT : PORTABLE RADIO TIPS
Sometimes portable radios have to be placed on the floor, the seat, or the dashboards of cars. Then they go scooting off while turning corners. One method of retarding their unwanted movement is to take an old bicycle inner tube and cut off some one inch wide cross sections. Slip it around your radio or its carry case and the rubber will now greatly retard slipping and sliding.
You may wish to put some paper between this oversized rubber band and your radio to prevent discoloration or the rubber migrating into the plastic.
Never leave a portable on the dash or anywhere lying in the direct summer sun. Even professional portables can drift off frequency when subjected to such heat.
Also be sure your handheld radio doesn't slip down between the seats, they have a tendency to start transmitting when the PTT button is depressed, and it can be awful embarrassing what might be said over the air from the privacy of your vehicle.
(Reprinted, with modification of, ARES Zone 3 Bulletin NR 04.30)
Ken Harris WA8LLM
Wood County WV
WV ARES Assistant Section Coordinator
WV ARES District 3 Emergency Coordinator