• Radios for prepping

    From Poindexter Fortran@9:91/4 to All on Wed Apr 2 09:11:00 2014
    site, radios1234.com (and a sister site, batteries1234.com)

    Very interesting guy.

    On the radio site, I saw his link to the BaoFeng UV-5RE plus dual band HAM handheld. I've never had a HAM radio, and at under $40 is in my impulse buying price range. :)

    Any reviews or suggestions of other cheap radios?

    I like his recommendation of the Sony AM/FM pocket radio - I have one vacuum-sealed with 8 AA batteries, as well as an old Grundig crank AM/FM/SW unit.

    I've been thinking about personal comms, too -- was thinking about getting some old 4 watt handheld CBs. They should work for short hops from the house, and I live on a hill overlooking a highway - thought it might be nice to have something to monitor 9 and 19 with.
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  • From Skuz@9:92/0 to Poindexter Fortran on Mon Apr 7 16:15:00 2014
    On 04-02-14, Poindexter Fortran said the following...

    I heard Steven Harris on The Survival Podcast a few days ago, and found his site, radios1234.com (and a sister site, batteries1234.com)
    Very interesting guy.

    I also hear that show, thanks for the other links.. would need to check
    thoughs out also. I have the past few years of the survival podcast on my
    board for download incase anyone is interested.

    On the radio site, I saw his link to the BaoFeng UV-5RE plus dual band
    HAM handheld. I've never had a HAM radio, and at under $40 is in my impulse buying price range. :)

    Dang, now we're takin my price range. I'd like to get into HAM radio also.
    I'm still using a Kenwood commumiation reciver R-1000 here with $30 doller random wire antenna running a hundred feet and tied off to very tall trees.

    I really would like to get my commumiation game on and spend more time in
    that area, it's a great hobby.

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