Not that anyone will notice on the lpd 433 or pmr446 bands (walkie talkie freqency) though. Especially if you use low power mode. Itll be indistinguishable
If you want that the only way, and very illegal at that would be to either shell out 1000$ for a commercial one or connect your 20$ uv-5r to your android phone and send encrypted pgp messages over it. Dont do that until after the apocalypse though
@qiwinom I can rx shortwave from across the world on a 20 dollar chink radio from Amazon, but do you know what kind of system it takes to transmit even across the country?
@UncleDrMrBaby I dont recall trying that or if it worked from behind the hill. But Line of sight will always work. If there is no obstruction between you you can reach it, always - even with low power. Thats why you can reliable communicate with the ISS with your baofeng and the proper antenna. In fact you are advised to use the low power setting for that
I haven't been into radios (outside CB) since middle school. Soldered my own shortwave receiver kit together, made a 300ft antenna on the roof and listened away
not only is does it give you a way to practice a very important skill, but theres a ton of preppers on ham radio and you could network with them locally
