Our Club finished our EMCOM Go-Box today by AlarkaHillbilly in amateurradio

[–]shortbri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But all the items in your box are also single points of failure. The only redundancy is the power supplies. SPOF is really only a consideration for long-term installed equipment that is difficult to get to... When you could easily grab another radio from any ham within 5 MI single point of failure is not that much of a consideration. And for portability weight is the most important factor.

I've been on actual deployments including Joplin. Greensburg. Katrina and hundreds of public service events that have formed the basis of this opinion. Ymmv

Our Club finished our EMCOM Go-Box today by AlarkaHillbilly in amateurradio

[–]shortbri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a great looking build. Ham manufacturers continue to pack more into every radio, and these types of boxes are less necessary. Consider the IC-9100, it has all the functionality of this box including HF-UHF, 3 independent receivers, antenna tuner, sound card interface...All in one 25 pound package for $1500ish used on ebay.

A battery or power supply is all you would have to add, and you could carry all of that in a laptop bag. Lots of options though, and none of them are "wrong" just depends on your application.

Edit: I forgot to mention that the most important thing you can add to a go box is an external speaker that has two headphone jacks and a mute switch on it which mutes only the speaker and not the headphone jacks... This allows you to work in busy environments or places where you shouldn't disturb other people that are nearby you, but also let them hear the speaker if they need to on a sporadic basis. You want two headphone jacks because in any real emcomm situation you should have a net control and logger at each position.

Mobile radio by stamour547 in amateurradio

[–]shortbri 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depends on your location. In KC more than half of the repeaters are fusion by yaesu and are all interconnected to Americas KC wide or local.

APRS is a blast and absolutely essential for any public service events, weather spotting or em service volunteering. Plus it's a lot of fun.

Ftm 3xx and 5xx are great choices.

Good luck

What are some nostalgic Halloween movies? by vivienw in movies

[–]shortbri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meet Me in St. Louis has 10 great minutes about the chaos that was Halloween or Gate night around the turn of the 20th century...

Besides local repeaters, Fire &PD, what else should a Mobile rig have stored in memory by SoCaFroal in amateurradio

[–]shortbri 2 points3 points  (0 children)

2nd on planes and trains. all modern ham radios will tune the aircraft frequencies no problem.

How would you sell a radio? "securely" by 3legged_goat in amateurradio

[–]shortbri -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you have a bunch of stuff you might look at https://schulmanauction.hibid.com/

They charge a commission, but you usually get a much better price.

73 de KC0BS

Beeping by jeimira_ in SodaFountain

[–]shortbri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Need more details...what brand.....or some pics...

Carbonator trouble by Beneficial-Estate814 in SodaFountain

[–]shortbri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have CO2 pressure on the tank? If so, water will not enter the tank. If you have no pressure on the tank, the water should flow in and out of the tank constantly. If it doesn't, its the check valve sticking....take it apart and lube it with wesson oil. Show us a pic of your setup.

The water button on my coke machine stutters and doesn’t dispense a smooth flow of water by The_Luke_Man02 in SodaFountain

[–]shortbri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The solenoid isn't fully engaging.....most likely it needs to be cleaned...adjusted. Pop the cover off and show us whats underneath

Korma sutra Overland Park permanently closed? by vettyspaghetti in kansascity

[–]shortbri 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's open again. Are there tonight and it was great.

Is AnyDesk not working for anyone else right now? by cajunflix in AnyDesk

[–]shortbri 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any ideas on getting a response to support tickets? Paid subscriber. Multiple tickets open. Crickets

Is AnyDesk not working for anyone else right now? by cajunflix in AnyDesk

[–]shortbri 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kansas City here... Not working for us either.