Which Radio / Comms Gear

[NorthernRaider]

The prob with the geosync orbit satelites for telecoms is they require constant adjustment as to their position in space and the way they point in space. if the sats are in a geostationary orbit they should last longer BUT of course BOTH systems will require working ground stations or those horrendously expensive iridium phones.

I think they may last longer than the GPS network which will be starting to fail with 24 hours of a collapse because the GPS sats require atomic clock regulated adjustments every day if not their accuracy starts to go off very quickly. And of course the US GPS system is controlled by the US military so if sommat kicks off they are likely to turn it off, alter its settings or jam its signal.

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Folks like SD and AL are pushing ahead with research on the PMR 446 system using the Baofeng UV5R family of radios which after the SHTF will provide 4 watts of usuable power compared to the normal standard of .5 watt power. And AL is talking about 12watt SSB CEPT CB being legalised soon for UK use in the EU harmonisation thing.