Re: [tlug] (slightly OT) Net connectivity during power outage

[Kalin KOZHUHAROV <me.kalin@example.com>]

Hi Ray,

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 01:39, Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Kalin KOZHUHAROV <me.kalin@example.com> wrote:
>> I understand that there will NO power outage (expected) in Tokyo 23
>> wards tomorrow, but it doesn't mean much.
>>
>> I am started to get worried that my info window (the Net) will be
>> blackened out, if they start to cut power regularly. I am using
>
>
> Sorry, to hijack your thread, Kalin, but if by "info window", you mean
> about the earthquake, etc., one alternative is the radio.
>
Yup, I have one, will be digging for another. I have a few
walkie-talkies and a 50/144/433MHz amateur portable transceiver.
However, this is _WAY_ less than the Net. Plus, I cannot keep in
contact with other friends in Tokyo as well as in Bulgaria.

> I actually have a battery operated one and was wondering if anyone
> knew of a station in the Kanto area that broadcasts news in English
> [occasionally is ok].  I have actually never used it (it's also my MP3
> player) but maybe it's time to figure out how it works.  :-)  I might
> just scan around the channels.
>
Use 76.1MHz for a start. Make sure your radio has this band. It turned
out that (all) two of my players don't have it...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_band#Japanese_bandplan

> By the way, I am sure many of you have done this, but many of your
> embassies probably has a way to register yourself.  I did and gave
> them my keitai address through an automated system.  If you haven't,
> that's another way to get information when the power is down.
>
Keitais will likely be quite disrupted/overloaded again, the Net was
the only useful media since the quake hit, that is why I want it by
all means.

Cheers,
Kalin.