Understanding Survivalist Communications Needs

Often among those new to Survivalism, Prepping, and all things on the more self-reliant side of communications, it becomes pretty important to define the exact role your communications equipment will play and what you expect to accomplish with it, all in an attempt to best suit your package to your needs. This is a really …

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The Road Less Traveled: Beyond the Basic Dual-Bander

Almost exclusively among the Prepper and Survivalist crowd the first couple bands that get referenced (and used, or at least planned to be used) are the 2m and 70cm, and their MURS and GMRS parallels, respectively. That's definitely understandable, because the majority of the equipment on the market, especially at the entry-level, for line of …

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Field Phones, Community Networking, and thinking in Three Dimensions

A lot of what has been written on this blog communications-wise revolves around the radio, primarily due to the fact that it's both the first option for most and the least understood by nearly everyone. While the fact is indisputable that radio or wireless communications make for the bulk of signal plans, it is also …

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