Connunications update following Polls:

[PrepperJohn]

I agree a CB would be a valuable addition to thee preppers communications armoury but I wouldn't spend too much on it to be honest.

As I said in an earlier post you can do your foundation licence and buy a dual band hand held for under £100

I am in Cornwall where we have a lot of hills and I am reaching the local repeater over 25 miles away with a £39 hand held and getting very good signal reports.

Basically I reckon I could get into devon from that repeater

CB is for very local comms especially with a hand held

I do have a CB in my truck, I am going to fit one in the wife's truck so I do think CB has a place but getting your licence and getting onto the VHF/UHF bands is a good gateway to full ham radio

Just my opinion[/u]