TO: ALL WOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AMATEURS
ALL NON-WOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AMATEURS
FROM: KEN HARRIS WA8LLM
WOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATED
WOOD COUNTY BULLETIN NR 15.37 DATE: September 13, 2015
SUBJECT: IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUNK
When something gets broke of doesn't seem to work anymore, doesn't mean that it junk. A lot of equipment can be repaired even though it seems to be beyond repair.
A good example of something that may be able to be repaired is those 10 by 10 pop up canopies. Most of those canopies are designed for shade or light rain. They aren't designed for hard rain storm and high winds. When they are used in that kind of weather, they usually end up with several broken cross pieces and in the trash can, or sitting along the road waiting for the trash truck to pick it up.
If you happen to pick up a few those items, you may have a gold mine of parts. By using the parts from one or two those canopies, another one can be repaired, and now you have a canopy that didn't cost you anything but a little of time, and maybe some screws. It seems that no two canopies are build the same, so you may have to measure, cut, and drill, but you can get one of them back in operation.
The same thing goes for electronic equipment. It may not be as easy to get one piece of equipment repaired out of two or three, but if you do, you'll have something that didn't cost you a lot.
Ken Harris WA8LLM
WCEC
Wood County WV