We were extremely fortunate here
in Hartford.
There was damage in our town, but
it was miniscule compared to
other parts of Connecticut, and
certain parts of New York and New Jersey.
We were extremely fortunate here
in Hartford.
There was damage in our town, but
it was miniscule compared to
other parts of Connecticut, and
certain parts of New York and New Jersey.
We had no problems on this property.
And it's funny, because I was ready
for the storm, too. Unlike last year.
We had food, water, flashlights, radios,
batteries, and even a battery powered
working hand held HDTV with an RF
preamp and UHF gain antenna.
Also, 3 flashlights that you could shake to
make them light up, a crank generator
radio, and my crystal set was running.
The ham station was up on batteries, and
so was the Part 15 FM. Sorry, no AM -
which is what I really would have wanted.
The "shake flashlights" were wonderful.
Shake for a few minutes. This makes
a magnet go back and forth through a
coil. This charges a huge cap. (At least
that's what I think is in there.)
A lot of you guys have read my posts
about my good "radio genius" friend
in New Jersey. I believe he is OK, because
his location is a fairly good one.
However, he is without power. Most of
this guy's radio stuff is homemade
with vacuum tubes. He sure won't
be running them without AC.
He also has a wonderful vintage
Panasonic RF-2200, one of the most
coveted portable general coverage
radios ever made. That will be
fine for listening to stuff.
If you have never heard of the
Panasonic RF-2200, check it out
on the net. It is a radio that
is loved by a great many people.
The Grundig S-350 and S-350DL are
sort of modeled to look like the
RF-2200. But the Grundigs, and it's
nearly identical twins from China
will never touch the coolness of a
Panasonic RF-2200.
I don't have one. But I admire them
from afar. I am now getting rid of
radios for our move. Otherwise, I
would try to find one.
Bruce, W 60 HZ - - 1020 AM CC
Thank you Bruce MICRO1700 for your Report from Hartford.
The only easterner (that I am actually aware is an easterner) we haven't heard from is PhilB from Pennsylvania.
Of the small news traces that have flowed in regarding Sandy in Pennsylvania I heard one strange report which has not been repeated, so far as I know, and that was a report that police and soldiers were not allowing anyone to leave or enter Philadelphia. Has anyone else heard such a bizarre story? It probably never was true, and I can't remember who said it.
Starting crazy rumors is a bad idea. For example, suggesting that Radio8z's antenna weather experiments caused Sandy is way out of line.
Hi Carl!
I don't know about the military
episode that you mention.
I do know that it snowed a lot
in Ohio, which is not too far
from Pennsylvania. I think that
was because the head end of that
600 mile wide (at least) storm
smacked into anther weather system
that was sort of what we call out
here, a "Nor-easter." I'll have
to look this up - but a Nor-easter
is the name for a big cold obnoxious
weather system. I don't know if it
gets the name from wind direction,
or rotation, or storm track, or what -
but these weather systems are usually
forces to be reckoned with just by
themselves. So here comes this big
hurricane, and it hits the Nor-easter,
and you get a big mess. And boy, what
a mess. We, up here is Hartford, are
extremely fortunate.
I've got some more odds and ends to post
here, but I'll do that later. Great hearing
from you, as usual.
Bruce, W 60 HZ - - AM 1020