My real life Bug Out Radio

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cheers for that extra message LS...i'd avoid anything that offers anything less than a long and proven track record of being shock and water resistant ...i'd go a similar route to you and buy a known and reliable waterproof and shockproof case for my radio...as money is most definately an object i'd rather spend 60 quid on a case and a uv 5r

i guess my needs for a radio set would be primarily to keep in contact with the SUKnet crew and depending on when TEOTWAWKI happens and if i have myself a group, i'd also use it for communications with them, as well as monitoring the situation via eavesdropping on public emergency or government broadcasts to see whats actually happening while im in my secure BOL ....i think when i got to my BOL with my crew we'd be scavenging the loca area for resources so it would good to keep in radio contact with them upto 20 miles maximum as a local transmission radius, and upto a few hundred miles to keep in contact with all you SUK members

OK,

Don't buy a UV5r then. It won't do what you want.

"upto 20 miles maximum " you'e in CB territory here.

Keeping in contact with SUK preppers...??? ... first snag is that you need to kow how far away from you they are.... and being an OPSEC consious bunch, its not likely that you'll find that out on this forum.

So to have a good chance of finding other preppers you have to go CB and hope that you'll find someoe within say 10 miles of you or Ham and NVIS to find people within 100 to 200 miles of you ( but not many preppers are currently setting up for NVIS as its costly, complea, requires relatively big antennas, and will need a radio operating license in the current environment.