Re: how best to get electricity for emergency prepareness

What is the size (wing span) and number of elements of your Yogi antenna?

"Rich Grise" <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.09.16.20.54.23.113468@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:30:33 +0000, Ignoramus9118 wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:20:50 GMT, Rich Grise <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:55:26 +0000, A. Jacobs wrote:
> >>
> >>> Watch TV is not such as bad thing. That is where you can get the
latest, up
> >>> to date, less hype and BS at the scene reporting from CNN.
> >>
> >> You think there's going to be cable????
> >
> > At least in my area, you can watch TV with a regular TV antenna.
>
> Yes, but not CNN!
>
> > The
> > quality will not be great, but probably good enough for figuring out
> > just what are the latest news.
>
> I can get channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 28, 44, 50, 56, and 58,
> but I'm like 10 miles from Mount Baldy, where all of the transmitters
> are. Actually I can get more channels than that on UHF, but they're
> mostly Mexican. And I did build a little Yagi for 50, 56, & 58, but
> the signals are so strong from 7 - 13 that I can get them with the
> same yagi - clearly, it's acting like a random-wire at those freq's.
>
> I have a battery/12VDC 5" TV that takes 10 "C" cells, that last
> about 2-1/2 - 3 hours, although the radio works for a while. A
> load of 'C' cells costs more than the damn TV did, so it's hardly
> worth it.
>
> Cheers!
> Rich
>


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