I subscribed. I’ve prepped my ass off over the last 20 years including buying a farm in the woods and arming up. I even was a member of our Sheriffs SAR unit for 15 years. However I have totally neglected radio communications. I’m a Veteran so I’ve used radio but it was always set up by a radioman. I’ll keep watching your channel maybe some kind soul could give me a clue.
@LiveFree-pk8ej
5 күн бұрын
The best advice I can possibly give is to, Google your town, city or county followed by ham radio club. There you will find an inviting community to help you learn ham radio. It's cheap as it gets and the knowledge you'll get is worth gold. If you look at some of my other videos on solar or comms. The knowledge is all from ham radio course. I know nothing about it before becoming a ham radio operator. Thanks for watching hope you enjoyed.
@dannelson8556
14 сағат бұрын
You can prep all you want, but if the civil war ever comes you guys are going to lose the same way you did the first time. There are plenty of people out there like me who make you look like wannabes. You can't beat stem no matter how much you try no matter how much you train the bottom line is where the people who are training you We are the people who develop the training. without us your weapons your radios and training would not exist. The student cannot defeat the master. I have degrees in organic chemistry, I'm a retired aerospace engineer and live on a ranch with my own shooting range. The best advice I have is to stay as far away from people like me as you can. I can render your RF communications dead as a doornail with a flick of a switch. I wonder how many of you preppers can build an initial guidance system in the garage ? If you don't know what that means, it means I can take you out and you'd never even know what happened. Oh and for the record, inertial guidance systems don't require a GPS signal yet they arrival GPS for positional accuracy. The Bible says that the meek show inherit the Earth, We also know that Darwinism means that the most adaptable will survive. see the uneducated think that survival of the fittest means survival of the physically strongest and the most well-trained, it does not, it means those who are best educated and adaptable.
@lomgshorts3
Ай бұрын
I have off grid capability due to my involvement in Air Force MARS. Solar, battery, generator, some tricks that Nicola Tesla used, and what I learned thru the MARS program. My truck has an extra 13 VDC generator to operate my equipment when the mains fail. As far as frequency coverage is concerned, I have all modes DC to 1Gig coverages. 40 years a Ham has taught me that Amateur Radio is not 2 meters only.
@LiveFree-pk8ej
Ай бұрын
It's funny when I got ham certified I thought I new radio. Then I got started on the path of the ham and found out there's so much more than meets the eye. I've never used ac power for my radio's it's always been solar battery. So the last time the power went out at my house I did not know until my son said the internet was down. Thanks for watching hope you enjoyed.
@lonewolf2364
5 күн бұрын
Hey brother you wouldn’t be in southern Oregon would you?lomgshorts3
@LiveFree-pk8ej
5 күн бұрын
@lonewolf2364 NO sir I'm in Canada. (Behing occupied lines). Just so you know the handle Lonewolf was what I used on CB in the 90's. Cool
@dannelson8556
14 сағат бұрын
someone who doesn't know the difference between new and knew Is going to need a lot more than ham radio to survive the apocalypse lol
@stask4499
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the great video, keep it up!
@TonyYork-KB9RAO
Ай бұрын
I would suggest that people LISTEN to FRS and GMRS frequencies, If there is a mass panic it might show on these frequencies first.
@LiveFree-pk8ej
Ай бұрын
I would listen to air traffic first. If the air port is landing planes as fast as they can you know the event is big.
@plusorminusandtime
23 күн бұрын
Yep, I live in a million plus county….uhf/vhf is alway dead. GMRS is always rocking.
@user-yo3bh4nx4m
22 күн бұрын
@@LiveFree-pk8ej I did this during 911, I was in my vehicle 150 miles from home working in southern Illinois. Hearin the air traffic and reroutes told me right away something big was possible.
@MountainMan7.62x39
16 күн бұрын
@@plusorminusandtime GMRS is UHF
@plusorminusandtime
16 күн бұрын
@@MountainMan7.62x39 Yes, it is, buddy BUT....GMRS is a difference services from the ham uhf/vhf. AKA you can't use them if you only have your ham license. Thanks you for playing. Next time read a book before you post your nonsense, son. P.S. Good luck with that round.
@preprebelactual
2 ай бұрын
Great video. Great info
@packrat2569
Ай бұрын
Great information, thanks for a concise look from a prepper's view!
@LiveFree-pk8ej
Ай бұрын
Thanks for watching hope you enjoyed
@rapache1
Ай бұрын
Thank you
@Infinityfields
Ай бұрын
Just wondering this as I have built a large faraday box inside a shipping container. Does anyone on here not prepare for the possibility of a HEMP? I have put radios, computers, solar panels, wind turbines and all batteries and electronics I will need to be off grid in a time of need. I did this as I knew about the use of nuclear weapons to cause an electro magnetic pulse that will fry electronics and destroy the power grid. I know everything I don’t have protected will be unusable after an EMP, but has anyone else thought of this and the possible outcome? Or prepared for this outcome? Great video and lots of information. Thanks 🙏
@LiveFree-pk8ej
Ай бұрын
To test your Faraday cage, put your cellphone in it then call the phone. If it shows a missed call the signal got through. Most preppers that rely on a Faraday cage never test them, they just assume it will work. Thanks for watching hope you enjoyed
@Aceman597
Ай бұрын
extra radios in alum wrap metal cabinet and metal trash cans. But when to pull them out? I think when I would need one as an extra to replace my primary.
@TruthVSLies
4 ай бұрын
The daily Aurora Net on 7100khz LSB covers from Ontario to BC. That would be a great net to check in daily and see what's going on during a national emergency.
@LiveFree-pk8ej
4 ай бұрын
I agree. For Emergancy, disaster and about all other power or civil disruption. Being able to run on solar is a good enhancement to the overall capability. And checking in to the net and other nets is great practice when there is no Emergancy at all.
@wdsracer
Ай бұрын
Is 7100 below the ham band like free band area?
@LiveFree-pk8ej
Ай бұрын
@wdsracer no not in Canada. In my band plan 40 meters is 7.000.00 to 7.300.00, 7.000 to 7.550 is cw and digital and ssb from 7.550.00 up. But cw and digital can go higher than 7.55 if they would like. Mostly they stay under 7.150. Thanks for watching and commenting. Hope you enjoyed.
@Aceman597
Ай бұрын
Thanks my whole town lost power with storm this month i am vol F,/R . My first call coulnt get to station lines and trees over the road. Had to detour from another town. Thanks to your video i am setting up a ham shack with tv on antenna am fm SW , cb , 2 meter 70 and HF . Have standby gen and portable solar power generator .And of course one is none. Have my dept radio but want more coverage. Also adding some mobile . Thanks for the channels where to listen.
@LiveFree-pk8ej
Ай бұрын
Keep in mind that frequency changes with location. Research the frequencies in your location. 146.520 is the northAmerican calling frequency. For your hf rig, the G90 is inexpensive and punches far above its price point. Thanks for watching hope you enjoyed.
@Don008Ramon
4 ай бұрын
G90 is a great HF radio, on 10m I was able to talk to a guy 2 miles away 😂 basically acts like a CB at close range and not to mention it’s a DX monster , hits all over the world
@LiveFree-pk8ej
4 ай бұрын
I agree the G90 punches well above its price point. The only complaining I can think to do is wine that it dose not cover 2m and 79cm. So I have no complaint at all really. Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed
@Don008Ramon
4 ай бұрын
Oh man if it did uhf/vhf it would be gold!!!
@juanfgonzalez2039
3 ай бұрын
🤡🤡 I talk all over the world in 10 meters and 11 meters in 5 watts or pull out a 2k amplifier
@donnymazon8516
Ай бұрын
That radio is nothing like a uv5r no where near it just saying that all
@Philip-KA4KOE
Ай бұрын
In a true wide area disaster....don't transmit. Listen. Monitor. If things are really catastrophic, remember that some baddies can find you via DF.
@LiveFree-pk8ej
Ай бұрын
My kit is all mobile solar. They can find what direction I was while transmitting. But not where I'll be by the time they get there... Never use the same TX sight twice. One and done. Thanks for your comment and watching. I hope you enjoyed.
@chrissewell1608
13 күн бұрын
Bring it!
@jma8352
23 күн бұрын
how do you know the repeaters will be working?
@LiveFree-pk8ej
23 күн бұрын
Some have battery back up. But there is always simplex or radio to radio communications. My brother lives 17.5 KM away and we can communicate on simplex the whole way. My 2 meter antenna is up 30 ft and I live at a high elevation. Thanks for watching and commenting. I hope you enjoyed
@1903A3shooter
20 күн бұрын
IF THERE IS an event like a E.M.P. that radio and all other is not going to work.
@michaeljoyce4415
18 күн бұрын
I keep spares in a shielded fared cage
@chrissewell1608
13 күн бұрын
@@michaeljoyce4415"Faraday cage"
@fairacres6601
4 ай бұрын
What radio are you using for 2m?
@LiveFree-pk8ej
4 ай бұрын
Ftm 100 its an older radio. There are many newer options available.
@fairacres6601
4 ай бұрын
@@LiveFree-pk8ej thank you for the response
@duaneshuster6366
Күн бұрын
Govmernt requires shut down of all ameature freqs . I think your better off using obsolete MURas freqs & just talk use CB radio . .
@LiveFree-pk8ej
Күн бұрын
Most power out events will be too small for governments to bother with amature radio restrictions. For all out war, they might but will be too busy to enforce it, and there will be too many people using it anyway. The radio's I have can monitor from 0.500.00mhz to 29.999.99 mhz and from 100.000.00 mhz to 520.000.00 mhz. So, as far as monitoring rf for Intel purposes goes, I'm doing no too bad. For all emergency situations, you want to refrain from transmitting to keep airways clear for emergency radio traffic. I would only transmit if needed. All other times I'll just receive. Thanks for watching hope you enjoyed.
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