Quote Originally Posted by flycaster View Post
KM4WZX and no alternate/backup power source? What gives????
Ha !
Well, I did have my 2-meter handy talkie, and we did use em the night of the storm (had Hams at all the emergency shelters)
But, I had to take my 10-meter vertical ground plane down (22ft high) so the winds wouldn't break it etc, etc .......

Oh, yeah, I had my generator going = It'd run for 15 minutes then shut down as if out of gas, I'd crank it back up, it'd run
bout 15 min then shut down again.
Neighbor across the street loaned me his (when power goes out around here, those guys on the other side of the street
always have power) = it saved me a lot of cranking , then messed up = wouldn't crank, I go back to cranking
mine every 15 minutes ....
Oh, we had power all through the storm till daylight the next morning = then, the power went out ......

Finally got to fixin both yesterday morning = neighbor's needed new spark plug, mine = had to take off carburator bowl,
take out float/needle valve, blow out holes, put all back together = runs great = then, we get power back lol ........

It was a good blow for sure, little scary at times .........