With new license plate in hand, we picked up our next team project today! Jim Nodell, WB7BHN, donated this sweet little trailer and now the real work begins. Over the next few months, we’ll sand it down and paint it, replace the floor boards, then construct a complete emergency communications trailer out of it. The trailer will ultimately be fitted with a generator and solar power, storage batteries, a three piece 30′ antenna system, extra fuel and water, radios, cell phone charging system, and scene lighting.
It is designed to be capable of supplying emergency communications at our field day event, shelters, disaster areas, or any other place requiring its communications capabilities. This little trailer will double the current capability we have with our comm van, “Comm II” – just without the creature comforts of being inside a heated van!
Comm II turned out so well, we were encourage to take on yet another volunteer project for the community we serve and its emergency management resources.
