So I got a little tecsun FM/MW/SW radio, but playing around with it I barely pick up anything from the local area on the MW / SW. Any cheap and light options for a serious SHTF scenario? I'm not bothered by 2 way communication.

I have a baofeng

I can pick up repeaters with the Nagoya antenna

found my baofeng radios

I got a baofeng uv-5rtp recently and was bummed when I realized the local repeater near me is in the 220 band

I was thinking about returning this one and getting a tri-band, but at this point I'm not sure I want to be getting anything from china in the mail

would it be worth it to get a tri-band if only for that local repeater, or can I expect other folks to be on the VHF and UHF bands when the boogaloo happens

I don't think anything *from* China is going to be showing up in your mail anytime soon lmao

kek

lol

you know what I mean, though

I feel like at this point, getting something shipped to me through the mail is a risk

since this thing can survive for up to 5 days on surfaces

Theoretically you could decon with a bleach or alcohol solution in a spray bottle

I'm not a scientist, but I'm pretty sure that's how you decon just about anything else

Yeah, aight. I got it, haha

I'll just spray it down when it comes tomorrow

Tbh I think I'll keep the first one I got too, can't hurt to have a spare radio

Yeah it's never about how many guns *you* have, it's about how spread out they are in your squad.
Two hands are good, four is handtastic.

Depends on how tight you are with your bros

I don't really have a "squad" to speak of

My roommate thinks he's going to be able to get out of town before the roads get fucked--spoiler alert, he won't

bug in not out

internet wont go down

I suppose it's harder for SWAT stacks to get blueprints for homes and then navigate them than it is to move freely innawoods

you can get surrounded innawoods fast and pinpointed by thermals on ghetto birds

there're more chokepoints in your home and it's *your* home, a place familiar to you

I feel like the former has more options for movement than the latter though

oh fuck I forgot about police dogs

entirely

If you're researched you cant really do a lot

yeah except for the part that youre in one spot and immobile, and they will know where you are and can starve you out

wheras the socalled infrared drone wont be able to find you if youre smart and know how to go outdoors

you can go ahead and change youre post to only bug out if you have outdoors skills and if youre a NEET then stay in the basement

@bear market how would you conceal infrared radiation when theres no snow and stuff to cover yourself?

Mylar

If you have a mylar poncho u cant be spotted on infrared

makeshift yagi antenna

Explain this

@Dad mylar and regulation of body temp also breath. but those infrared cameras aren't good enough yet to differentiate between human and animal at a distance. they mainly look for campfires

Thinking about investing into a police scanner

@Ann Hiro probably a good investment. Easy way to get intel during a disaster even if other comms are down

i wouldnt because theyre programmed to your area and you can just google the frequencies and put them into a baofeng to listen

does anyone do ham radio or whatever is popular now? how does one get into it?

Best way to start I'd guess would be a scanner. See if radio is useful for you.

Conceivably, in the event of emergency, Radio is one of the first things up.

It's easily the best way for people to communicate quickly.

https://gotenna.com/

Still to spendy

I need to find the article, but a variation of these were being used EXTENSIVELY in the Hong Kong protests after cell service got blocked

oh yeah it's spendy but I thought it was interesting regardless

@Vajjsmasher

what zip code do you live in?

https://hamstudy.org/ is good to start. you can find find a free test near you and likely also a class if you want

do the flash cards for the technician class license until you have them pretty much memorized

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BU0WGP0U5Q&list=PLZ_9BZQ8gpzjSuF-nExJHAXhzrf_NnYfH

and heres a class

thanks guy! i was talking to a friend at work and he's interested in getting into ham radio too.

its better if you have a friend you can do it with

Is Craigslist a viable option for finding a CB/HAM radio on the cheap? What's a good price?

Seeing like $100ish for CB/marine radios in my area

Check pawn shops/flea markets for CBs.

Both the ones I have now came from garage sales

cool, thanks

get an rtl sdr

Found this in my photo folder, don't know if it was posted before

It was

When in doubt check pins

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Will do next time

do all radios have to be registered? I'm planning to buy a small radio for a shtf kit

Idk about registered but to use it you need a license

But that’s for USA

You need a license for specific frequencies

HAMboomers will report you if you aren’t licensed

can they track who's who in those frequencies or can you just lurk and listen in?

you can lurk

They can't track shit unless you transmit

that's what I'm aiming for

Start with something like this

https://www.gigaparts.com/mfj-941ek.html?gclid=CjwKCAiAhc7yBRAdEiwAplGxX7ug7yvWHvzwicmScjdBt2bmXQ3OjLKRAWVaaux5jIaS4fmZiNOPVxoCJsQQAvD_BwE

Lets you learn about what you're doing while you're doing it.

would a walkie-talkie do the job in a shtf scenario where i have my buddy across town?

get a $25 baofeng

nice, just looked it up and they distribute where i live

srsly joining this discord was a better investment then watching hours of prepping channels on yt

based and whitepilled honestly it was

get a ham radio license

@Lizard

Free men don't ask permission. SHTF licensure won't mean shit anyways

a license while the grid is still up is useful though, just so you don't get v& for practicing your radio skillz