Handhelds or vehicle mounted

[North American Sojourner]

this is true...as an ex submarine radioman, you can never have enough antennas...or enough watts of power!
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oddly enough, i dont have a HAM set or anything like that now. when in the boonies...all i take is a handheld GRMS with a remote speaker mic and a 12v battery adapter to save battery when in the vehicle. cheap, easy and very portable

Thank you again for your contributions to my laughter. LOL
True Story and a sad one.
I was on the AS18 Orion for many years and physically watched the amputation of a shipmates arm on a 34 antenna. It actually started the tag out program for the Navy if I remember. I had just finished lunch and went starboard side to smoke. Antenna was fully extended and RM had his arm in the access plate doing a connector. Clearly someone in the cone decided to lower the antenna and the rest of the story is history.
Guy got most of his arm back thanks to the Italians and their medivac.
This pic shows one missing the top part. I was on the deck to the left watching.
Thanks again Grub.
Zim

 

[grubworm]

Thank you again for your contributions to my laughter. LOL
True Story and a sad one.
I was on the AS18 Orion for many years and physically watched the amputation of a shipmates arm on a 34 antenna. It actually started the tag out program for the Navy if I remember. I had just finished lunch and went starboard side to smoke. Antenna was fully extended and RM had his arm in the access plate doing a connector. Clearly someone in the cone decided to lower the antenna and the rest of the story is history.
Guy got most of his arm back thanks to the Italians and their medivac.
This pic shows one missing the top part. I was on the deck to the left watching.
Thanks again Grub.
Zim
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yeah, the bra-34 was the workhorse and used pretty much every time at periscope depth...lots of wear and tear
i've been in the sail with masts up and there is nowhere to go if a mast were suddenly coming down. we tagged it out AND blocked under it.
the worst story i heard was a sailor going into the subs fresh water tank and getting sealed in it somehow without anyone knowing and was found a long time later when the crew complained about how bad the water was tasting and smelling...

lots of similar stories being out on the oil rigs, too. brutal stuff out there...
STAY ON LAND!