Ok folks I'm giving up on this, I'm going with the zero radio option as its just a complete faff to achieve anything and its no difficulty in not having a radio anyway.
A point i want you chaps to consider is the ROLE OF THE RADIO in your preps, I'm getting the distinct feeling that many of you think you will just be able to sit in your retreat on an evening waiting for calls. But I think the radios primary role will be providing comms from your own people to your own people. AFTER TSHTF I reckon most of your time will be spent scavenging, salvaging, patrolling, planting, ploughing, harvesting, digging, recceing, labouring and hiding. Whilst its highly likely the first few days of an event will see you using vehicle based radios and home base stations to get your family home and to find out whats going on, but after that your two way radio system is likely to be in the security role, IE comms tween patrols and folks salvaging or farming, ergo the main role will be for man portable radios.
Another point I think you need to consider is your order of priority, Your insisting on working out radio protocols, calling times, calling frequencies etc BEFORE you have chosen your radio kit. Guys that like teaching someone to shoot BEFORE you bought a rifle and ammo and only using a text book to show folks the best way to hit the target. Or learning archery by computer and the online lessons are about long bows but you plan on getting crossbows.
Have fun anyway
(31 July 2012, 23:14)Paul Wrote: NR,
Unfortunately radio can get complicated simply because simple isn't good enough for some.
I've always favoured the CB all in one kit for novices.
Rig, magmount, and aerial, all in one box.
An example for you.
http://www.ttiuk.net/TTI-STP1-CB-Starter-Pack.2.html
Simple to set up, simple to use. This is my current home and car setup.
An experienced radio engineer using a novices start up pack!!
WTF, why?
Why is because it does exactly what I want a CB to do. The basics.
Your handheld is a good example and a damn good choice too.
Ideal for the car.
Just add a mag-mounted aerial and car kit for your handheld.
Tune it in with a basic SWR meter http://www.maplin.co.uk/swr-100-cb-meter-99533
and a simple patch lead http://www.maplin.co.uk/pl-259-patch-lead-32898
It's ideal when hiking too.
Battery charging? A Simple solar panel type.
After all you're only charging 6 AA batteries.
The complication comes when someone wants their "straight out of the box" gear to perform like professonal radio equipment and at megger high powers.
CB for me is a time proven system that works and as it's not broken, do what I do, DON'T FIX IT!
Makes sense to me, so why have we just spent bloody weeks waffling on about HAM, PMR , CB and every other possible permutation? Why did you folks just say " We are the Hamburgers and CB is the easiest way to go?
Theres about forty threads posted recently talking about anything EXCEPT the simplest option ???
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