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Satellite messenger ?? Anyone ?

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I have seen people get fined, so be careful but also if you don't have a call sign no one will come back to you.

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knuckleheads. don't waste your time here.

Great Video

Bought my entire extended family GMRS HTs. They barely understand how to use them. I can reliably talk +60 miles using repeaters. They can't get more then ~3 miles. They have to be trained and that is the learning curve.

It's just illegal to transmit without license, but you can listen to any freq.. except in emergency where is no other way available..

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What about a tower
A friend said if I can remove his 200 foot tower I can have it for free he bought the house and didn’t want the tower
What should I used on tower
I’m keeping my HDTV antenna
What other would you put on the tower
As a electrician
I put anything on it don’t care

Cool

Lora is secure

Im new to this. Is there a global communication you recomend. If the subscriptions run out wont you loose communication line with the Zoleo.

Using a One Time Pad cipher and packet radio make eavesdropping extremely difficult. Packet radio will also make direction finding your location difficult. For extreme circumstances operational security is paramount. Never transmit at regular times and vary location of your transmissions if possible. In natural disasters or extended civil unrest after about 5 days your friendliest neighbor can become you worst nightmare.

Don’t use it without a license. It’s not worth a NAL. You already have a drivers license. The government knows who you are.

Awesome content! If you're looking to explore these topics even further, we actually produced an award-winning documentary called Grid Down Power Up - Documentary, narrated by Dennis Quaid, that dives deep into these issues. It’s available for free on our channel, and you might find it really insightful. We also have some resources on our website for taking action, like contacting legislators and public utilities. Please help us spread the word

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When you are telling the distance a hand held transceiver can communicate, is that handheld to handheld direct, handheld to home direct, handheld to repeater?

Nobody to talk to. Just grasshoppers as far as rhe eye can see.

I have a couple of Baofeng ham radios for emergencies. The legality, as far as I know a license is not required for a ham radio if you are listening, however, transmitting on a ham radio does require a license. There is also the issue of an 'emergency'. I don't think it's a regulation per se but supposedly the FCC is supposed to put 'life ahead of rule' so transmitting in an emergency is not really a violation if a reasonable person believes that transmitting will possibly save a life or lives. Also note that most ham radios can receive and transmit on GMRS/FRS frequencies but regardless of what licences you hold it is considered a violaion by the FCC. That said just remember, if the FCC or any other government agency wants you they will try to get you regardless of you being guilty, innocent, licensed, not licensed, etc.

HOLOCHAIN can facilitate privacy.

Can internet type applications operate on Short Wave comparable to Bitcoin or HOLOCHAIN social media that doesn't use Blockchain but can.

As much as I appreciate the attempt to share basic radio information I have to say you instantly lost my respect.

I'm not a radio guy but I have been looking into it. The issue I see with your attitude is that you have a rsdio and olan to use it or are possibly even using it currently. The liscense only cost like $35.00 a year. So why not just comply with the rules and get a liscense? You try to make it out like the rules are ridiculous to you and therefore something that can be ignored and that shows arrogance. Im sure if you resd this comen t you will have the very same attitude of you could care less what I or others think but again that just shows areogance. I can tell you right now it causes me, and liekly many others, to automatically lose respect for you and for you to lose credibility on survival. The last thing people need in a survival situation is someone who thinks that rules don't need to be respected. That's what keads ro chaos in a survival situation.

Good video

MURS

I am located in Sandy Springs. Do you guys give a class for beginners? I travel between here and Lake Chatuge quite often and I’m assuming y’all are within that area.

You guys are awesome. Can I use Rubber Ducky for my handle or am I showing my age?

Great job guys. Im just a few months into it at this point. Lots of fun. Lots to learn.

When stuff impacts the fan, licenses will mean less for that radio holder.
I think the ATT and Verizon service issue on Feb 22 just convinced some of my stubborn friends.

What kindc of radio do I need in a grid down SHTF scenario to communicate with my family in Texas while living on our bugput location in Missouri approximately 750 miles away? Any help woukd be appreciated. Get ready folks and stand together. It's coming.

Nothing can prepare you for the great tribulation to come except receiving Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour and being "born again" so you can escape in the rapture.

We are living in the last days right before the rapture of the born-again Christian church. All the signs that the Lord Jesus Christ, who is God, predicted are coming to pass.

“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.” - Matthew 24:7-8 KJV

“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy” - 2 Timothy 3:1-2 KJV

The Holy Bible says you are a sinner headed for eternal, burning Hell. You will perish unless you repent to God and place your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ! Jesus shed his blood on the cross, died (and in doing so he paid for all your sins, reconciling you to God), and he rose from the dead on the 3rd day. Place your trust for salvation solely in Jesus Christ (who is God in the flesh) today and be saved!

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” - John 3:16 KJV

“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus… Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.” - Romans 3:23-26, 28 KJV

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” - John 14:6 KJV

Cell towers go down in emergency think Puerto Rico after the big hurricane, most towers have battery, and generators for back up, but limited fuel supply, if states want them to stay up, they should require operators to switch the generators to dual fuel, and put large propane tanks on site, 500 to 1000 gallons should get through most crisis until you can get refills. The other option for individual communication are sat phones, and Sat text units, that use your cell phones as a base, you need a subscription for them, but they’re cheap, you need a power source, so small solar, and battery packs, these systems will let you communicate with anyone in most of the world, at reasonable buy in prices, and have emergency GPS location.

What model is that Boufue radio. thats inexpensive your showing??? I know my spelling is wrong.Thanks great video for me. ..

I bought a Ham Radio for Dummies book. It's like 2 inches thick... I love reading, but tech isn't my thing. All I hear is the Peanuts teacher talking.

I just finished going through a short video on use of an amateur (HAM) radio in an emergency. The commentator read and explained about the use and just what an emergency is. I though the same as what is in this video. I was wrong. You really need to read on this. Not really, I guess you can go to jail, but I plan on listening again to the law. Disasters or SHTF never last forever. They eventually end but I guess you can fight in court when times are back to normal. A non-licensed operator, if things go south, can call under some circumstances, but not all.

If you can get everyone in your community to get a 2-meter radio and your license you are set. Then you need to organize a network (net) and have a certain call time and talk to your community. I started two nets in a prepper community in a very rural area. I found that lots of people had passed the test but few people had radios or antennas, even like an antenna with a mag mount on the cab of a vehicle. As time went on, there was no collapse or natural disaster so most people stopped checking in. That is the biggest hurdle for communication. In my area a town of 3200 only has one active technician and this town is very close to a repeater. Another town of 3100 nearby has 2 members of a radio club. And my community of two small towns has a fairly good radio club, but the heads are geeks and aren't into being teachers (elmers) so the club never grows much. If you have a recent disaster, people get together to form nets, but you need a disaster. People have too many activities.

Thank you, very helpful info. Chcolate.

@Survival Dispatch, I'm just getting in to GMRS, etc., radios. In order to extend my range, how do you determine the appropriate antenna that you can string up in a tree to extend your range? Will any antenna work? I appreciate your reply in advance. I really enjoyed your video. Thank you for this information.

Mine is a wouxun I love it.

Good video.

Baofengs are the best for what they offer.. 70meter, 2meter ham radio. As well as FM. It has a very limited but practical flashlight built in.. for an entry-level radio, it offers a lot.. the UV82 in this video is a good choice.. the UV9R offers the same features but with a better radio.. more durable IP67 rated.. and battery options and uses the connections as the Motorola style( FAR BETTER), than the 2 prong connector for a wire mic.. are there far better radios out there... ABSOLUTELY. As far as Chinese products go.... this is not bad at all... I normally don't have anything good to say about china stuff .. but this one I do 😅

I don't see a lot of value in them unless used as a part of a dedicated group (like a search team or whatnot) who will generally all be in roughly same fairly local area.

During hurricane power outage in Florida, we plugged router into generator for wi-fi. Just a thought.

Thank you!

Great content. My suggestion is let the man talk. He is delivering material from memory on the fly, he's coming up with deliverable content... on the fly using his thought processes... stop interrupting that flow! Also, Love ya... keep up the good work

Get a Technician license study guide or follow a course on YT even if you are opposed to licensing. You need to learn about radio and practice with it to get anything out of it.

Here is the down fall of those ham radios your talking about ... if you don't have electric or a generator , how are you going to recharge your ham radios if you have to ruck it on foot into the wilderness if your area gets to bad , thats something you need to think about ... Thats why i perfer the cheaper radios that are 100% waterproof that takes 3 AA batteries because you can keep rechargeable batteries & a portable battery charger that uses a usb port in your bugout bag & use a solar charger to recharge those AA batteries that way you have a limited supply of power for your radio with rechargeable batteries ... plus there will be tuns of AA batteries laying around if you have to find resources ...
I have the Motorola T600 H20 , painted black , yeah there somewhat cheaper , but in a SHTF situation , i don't plan on being more then a city block away from my teammates , because the further your away from your teammates , then the less likely you'll be able to have backup if a situation arises ...

My church just appealed for as many households as possible to get setup with gmrs radios and repeaters so we can be organized during an emergency to render aid. Peanut Butter

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