VE6AB Mobile Ops
Really Rugged Coil Antenna System
Out and about on a morning where the thermometer in my Avalanche was indicating a balmy -31 Celsius!
As you can possibly tell, I was playing ham radio, and with my latest 17 meter coil installed as part of a very efficient really rugged coil antenna system, I was hearing signals on far horizons, allowing me to work parts of the world at large on 17 meters on this morning.
Also be aware that I am carrying a full compliment of emergency survival gear with me in my Avalanche. This includes all the winter clothing that is required for me to survive if I became stranded, or if my mobile quit for whatever reason.
I also have my emergency preparedness go-box alone, as well as my survival kit. Included is a snow shovel to dig my mobile out if needed, or to build a snow shelter. My snow shovel has a snow saw stored in the handle, that allows you to build a igloo type of shelter out of wind blown snow. If you haven't been around snow much, as wind drifts the snow across any surface, the snow hardens and you are able to cut snow blocks from it, allowing you to construct snow shelters.
Another way of building a snow shelter is to pile up loose snow, and it will quickly harden within an hour or so, allowing you to build a snow cave by tunneling in to the snow pile.
You would find it quite comfortable in a snow shelter with just a candle for heat, as a candle will raise the temperature in the snow cave, by as much as 20 degrees. Of course it goes without saying that you are wearing the winter clothing that you had stored in your mobile. Don't forget to have a good pair of felt lined snow boots stored in your mobile at all times.
Emergency Preparedness Go-Kit with description...
http://www.jerryclement.ca/HamRadio/HamRadio/i-wqpN2Xg
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