Been working on my coms

[Pete Grey]

My communication needs are very similar to those of SS.

Everyone needs to know what’s going on after an event both nationally and locally.

The internet is now so useful for developing news but is vulnerable so we may not have it when we need it most, but it can give early warnings.

So we have two good multi band radios for national and international news, (we will need to listen to foreign stations as TPTB may censor news).

For local information we have CB, ham radio is out of our league, but i may get a baofeng uv-5r to use as a scanner.

We have two sets of walkie-talkies, a very old binotone set and a pair of motorola T60s for communication between two vehicles or between a scouting/foraging trip and base (home, BOV or BOL).

This is for just the two of us, relatives are to far away, and i don’t know of any other preppers in this area.

An extended group or family possibly spread over a few miles will need to know when and where to meet up, or where to BO to, and will need the best coms they can get, probably baofengs and as more experienced members have said in previous posts, they will have to train in their use before an event.