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The PB-1000 is a completely self contained, portable, rechargeable power solution for backup radio communications, recharge cell phones or walkie-talkies complete with solar panel. Can you imagine how Hurricane Katrina would have been different for the police and fire fighters had they purchased several of these boxes? The police would have been able to recharge their radios, recharge cell phones,...


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Amateur radio operators are still assisting with disaster communications, after last weekend's snowstorm and massive power blackouts that followed. The storm, which dumped more than a foot of wet snow on many areas, brought down tree limbs and power lines, and left more than 700 thousand Connecticut homes in the dark. For ham radio, the Connecticut Section of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service...


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