For Your Hurricane Kit: A Radio with a Crank
by Harry Skevington
Since Hurricane season
has now begun in the Keys I dug
out the FR300 Multi-purpose
radio sent to me by Eton about
a month after the Consumer
Electronics Show (CES.) It is
also called a Red Cross radio.
The biggest reason most
people buy this radio, or others
like it, is the ability to recharge
the included battery pack by
using the built-in crank. I like
the radio for all of its other
capabilities. I feel the crank
will be of value only when I
am desperate, my AC power
is out, and I have run out of
batteries. I guess that is the
point! I understand the crank
option should give you about
30 minutes of power for each
minute of cranking. That is at a
speed of two cranks per minute.
When you get tired quit.
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