Public Comms SHTF

[Midnitemo]

think i'll take a punt on one of those tecsun's , i have an ancient Grundig Yachtboy in place at the moment but it wont hurt to back it up with another at that price point(i hate spending my hard earned in the Evil Empire but sometimes it's the only way)

[Lightspeed]

think i'll take a punt on one of those tecsun's , i have an ancient Grundig Yachtboy in place at the moment but it wont hurt to back it up with another at that price point(i hate spending my hard earned in the Evil Empire but sometimes it's the only way)

The Yaughtboy should serve you well Midnight.

As al alternative to the Tecsun, keep an eye open in Lidl, Aldi and the likes. From time to time they have special offer general coverage Shrort-wave capable, AA powered radios costing in the region of £10.00

With 10 to 30 ft of scrap wire touched to the antenna, most of these sorts of radios will easily pick up worldwide broadcasts

[bigpaul]

Paul, "post SHTF" you won't get anything local either. You are not going to find any production in your imagined world at all. So you might as well stock up on cheap Chinese stuff now and call it "prepping".

MB I was thinking more in the here and now, I KNOW that everything will shut down post SHTF.
If you cant make it, repair it, breed it or grow it, then you wont have it.
its called self reliance, something that the general public have never heard of along with common sense.

[LAC]

[Lightspeed]

LAC, a half decent SSB receiver will come in at over 100 quid. But you dont need SSB for broadcast reception, just AM.

SSB will primarily be for reception of Amateur radio traffic. The Malachite type SDR radios look to be a good solution with the digital screen you desire.

I've had a play with SDR dongles for lap tops. The low cost ( 30 quid or so) units are very poor compared to a dedicated receiver.

Another alternative for around 170quiid would be the Xiegu G1M. These are self contained SDRs that receive wel on all broadcast bands between 0.6 to 30mhz. They also receive all the Ham bands in that range, and transmit 5 -8 w SSB on 80m 40m 20m and 15m. In addition to the radio, a power supply and antenna will be be required.

A good radio prep resource is Radioprepper who has many useful videos on Youtube.

[LAC]

LAC, a half decent SSB receiver will come in at over 100 quid. But you dont need SSB for broadcast reception, just AM.

SSB will primarily be for reception of Amateur radio traffic. The Malachite type SDR radios look to be a good solution with the digital screen you desire.

I've had a play with SDR dongles for lap tops. The low cost ( 30 quid or so) units are very poor compared to a dedicated receiver.

Another alternative for around 170quiid would be the Xiegu G1M. These are self contained SDRs that receive wel on all broadcast bands between 0.6 to 30mhz. They also receive all the Ham bands in that range, and transmit 5 -8 w SSB on 80m 40m 20m and 15m. In addition to the radio, a power supply and antenna will be be required.

A good radio prep resource is Radioprepper who has many useful videos on Youtube.

Excellent info LS, thanks a lot. Will report back my results.