Comments on: Afghanistan: Warnings for the Future http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/09/afghanistan-warnings-for-the-future/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:54:38 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gmoke http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/09/afghanistan-warnings-for-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-1485784 gmoke Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:15:01 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=46089#comment-1485784 US and NATO forces have distributed hundreds of thousands of solar/dynamo am/fm/sw radios throughout Afghanistan since before the invasion. These solar/dynamos charge only the internal hard-wired battery inside the case. They could charge AA batteries in the battery bay for other devices - an LED light, a cell phone, a walkie-talkie... - with a simple modification. Here's a short video from some military folks (the cheesy James Bond soundtrack gives that away) about how to do this battery charging modification: http://www.combatreform2.com/grundigradiobatterychargesolution.wmv US and NATO forces have distributed hundreds of thousands of solar/dynamo am/fm/sw radios throughout Afghanistan since before the invasion. These solar/dynamos charge only the internal hard-wired battery inside the case. They could charge AA batteries in the battery bay for other devices – an LED light, a cell phone, a walkie-talkie… – with a simple modification.

Here’s a short video from some military folks (the cheesy James Bond soundtrack gives that away) about how to do this battery charging modification:

http://www.combatreform2.com/grundigradiobatterychargesolution.wmv

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