Here are some pics from my trip to Baton Rouge for Red Cross Response Tech Team Training Feb 24 to Mar 4th 2007.


The plane i flew to Baton Rouge on




My home away from home





They used powerpoint a lot, heres the start of the communications class




Here are Red Cross Mobile radios (47.42 mHz) in pelican cases
These can be installed quickly in vehicles (25w mobile radios)
The white tubes have the 47 mHz antennas in them





Here are the "base" radios in pelican cases,  they are 100w mobile
radios with a power supply, can be set up at shelters and kitchens





Here we are outside (was 70 degs by the way)!
Here are our instructors on setting up masts for radios and safety, etc.






Here is a mobile (base) radio, its bolted to the power supply
and they again are 100w






Here is a Red Cross 47.42 base antenna we raised





Here is an ECRV (Emerg Communications Response Veh)
The Red Cross has 9 of them throughout the US
They have a VSAT dish for the net and voip on the roof
and have red cross, other gov and non gov and ham radio
radios with interconnect and autopatch




Heres the top of the ECRV (cool eh)






Another view of the ECRV