[bars] Offshore rain gear

[KC1SOZ]

Thank you to everyone who commented. I ordered the Froggs Toggs rain gear
that was recommended as well as a shoulder holster for the radio that will
keep it dry. I also ordered some airline bags in case my stomach goes south.

Old jarhead aviation joke. On a long flight in a C-130 the pax were green
(not having flown in a cargo aircraft like that before) so the crew chief
and loadmaster decided perform their initiation with a prank. Loadmaster
hides, cracks open a can of Campbell's chunky chicken soup and dumps it
inside a barf bag. Then he goes into the cabin looking all weird and
pretends he barfs into the bag. The crew chief runs over, smiles and says
"Allright! Hot lunch!":  and proceeds to chug the Campbell's soup. Right
about then all the astonished passengers lunged for their barf bags. 🤣🤣🤣
Us Marine airwingers can be such jerks... lol...

73,
KC1SOZ
Juan


On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 8:21 AM ARTHUR PIZER <apizer at comcast.net> wrote:

> I have used an old camera pouch with adjustable strap placed under one arm
> and over the other shoulder for this purpose.  You can clip the Mike to the
> strap.
> Art
> NF1A
>
>
> On 07/10/2023 8:58 PM EDT KC1SOZ <kc1soz at bd5.com> wrote:
>
>
> I will be on a boat, a SeaRay Cuddy. The sandwich bag is a good idea but I
> was wondering where to put it of the rain gear has no pockets. I will take
> both the speaker mic and boom combo. I know nothing of Marine VHF so I'll
> let the boat owner deal with that. I don't think positive thoughts will
> keep the rain away this time. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
>
> 73,
> KC1SOZ
> Juan
>
> On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 8:21 PM Stephen Crook <scrook at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Blackburn Challenge is a blast! You on land or on someone’s boat?
> Cover radio w/ a sandwich bag w/ a  hole (taped) for the antenna?  That
> should keep it dry.
> A weathertight speaker mic or boom mic/earbud can be helpful too if you
> have one, but it shouldn’t be crazy noisy like Noston Marathon.
> If on land an umbrella or canopy should keep you dry, on a boat not so
> much. Also, on a boat you may also be monitoring/using marine VHF too if
> equipped.
> Might not rain at all though… think positive!
>
>         = Steve — KB1LKR =
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jul 10, 2023, at 7:27 PM, KC1SOZ <kc1soz at bd5.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I volunteered for the Blackburn Challenge race on Saturday. It's only in
> the mornning on Saturday but it looks like will rain cats, dogs, gerbils
> and all sort of other household pets. Any recommendations for rain gear
> that will accomodate my QRZ-1 handheld radio with soaking the heck out of
> it?
> >
> > 73,
> > KC1SOZ
> > Juan
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