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These are generally license free radios, and can be used to talk about 2 miles in most situations. These are the standard radios with channels roughly 1 through 25, and typically boast that they can go much farther than they can. You should start with a basic set of 2 way radios, like you can find at almost any sporting goods store. Getting the right gear is a critical first step, but with all the gear, and all the confusing language, what do you buy?
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We recently produced a DVD called Survival Communications, which goes into greater detail about this plan, but this will get you started with a basic plan for now. The same plan can be applied to FRS and GMRS radios if families live within close proximity to each other. Additionally monitor all police and ambulance frequencies and mark the emergencies on a map to monitor the hardest hit areas. Their plan would be very similar: “Incase of earthquake that takes out communications, monitor and attempt to contact family on HAM Radio Frequency xxx.xx at 9AM, Noon, 3PM, 6PM, 9PM for 5 minutes before the hour until 5 minutes after the hour. This would be written on a card and laminated, distributed to each family member, and followed incase of emergency.Īnother example would be for people in California who are frequently plagued with earthquakes. Someone in that area could easily have their communications plan be “Incase of wildfire, monitor and attempt to contact family on HAM Radio Frequency xxx.xx at 9AM, Noon, 3PM, 6PM, 9PM for three consecutive days. This fire took out many cell towers, and made it hard for people to communicate with eachother. This should be very detailed and start with your most likely scenarios first.įor example there were recently some very serious out of control wild fires in eastern Washington. You need to first have a plan of some kind. Believe it or not, you can actually send email over HAM radio, and even text messages to friends who are anywhere else in the world. There is good news… and that is the fact that radio communications can be safely and effectively used to communicate with family, friends, or complete strangers when all other systems are down. How will you phone home to tell your wife and daughter that you were close to the Boston bombing terrorist attack but that you’re OK, when the cell network is bogged down? How will you call your family in Oregon and let them know that the wildfires in Washington have moved beyond your danger zone and everyone is fine? What will you do if a localized EMP or Solar Flare takes out your network, and you need to tell your family in Canada that you’re OK and will plan to use your VW Bus and you’ll be home in a week? The Good News So what’s your communications plan for when the SHTF? Your communications are such a vital part of daily life, yet this is the one area that virtually all preppers are seriously overlooking.Ĭell networks can be taken out or bogged down to an unusable status by terrorist attacks, natural disasters, bad weather, forrest fires, power outages, and the list goes on. Internet onboard a ship is more expensive than a satellite phone call, yet kids and adults alike spend nearly a dollar per minute to post what they had for dinner, or that they saw a dolphin while at sea, all while surfing the net at slower than dialup speeds. We’re social creatures, and this device has given us all the ability to stay connected from the farthest corners of the globe, but not without taking its toll.Īs I write this, I’m sitting onboard a cruise ship headed back from Bermuda.
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Don’t believe me? When’s the last time you went a week without checking a facebook status, liking an instagram picture, or simply sending an email from your phone. Let’s be brutally honest for a moment virtually all people between the ages of 6 and 60 are addicted to their cell phones. *** Due to some confusion regarding this article: This article is written by Dave Womach of The Survial Summit, not David Pruett who is the educator in our DVD, Survival Communications.