Use the charts below to determine your wattage requirements for a portable generator. - Dare To Prepare [1] "Dare" is THE preparedness "bible" During an emergency a 2-Meter band receiver could save your life or that of a loved one.  You may also hear ham radio operators providing on the scene emergency communications during times of disaster. Often you will hear a ham operator reporting on conditions long before the general public has been advised of the situation via the normal news media. Even before you hear the information listening to a police or emergency services scanner you have already heard about the situation if you are monitoring the 2-meter ham band - Submitted by questministries... [2] on January 21, 2010 - 2:26am.

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