Which Radio / Comms Gear
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Which Radio / Comms Gear
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9 June 2013, 17:33
Assuming the landline network has gone; the mobile / cellphone network has been restricted to those organisations Gold/Silver/Bronze who have been issued with the standby SIM cards; what means of communication would you suggest for both a homebase and those out and about
9 June 2013, 17:35
carrier pigeon
Some people that prefer to be alone arent anti-social they just have no time for drama, stupidity and false people.
9 June 2013, 18:30
Jonas and lightspeed are the resident comms experts
"A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have" Thomas Jefferson
9 June 2013, 19:36
Theres a huge great thread about this in the comms section and an excellent draft standard criteria for preeper comms system written by Lightspeed.
9 June 2013, 21:00
There are a few articleson the main site around comms. It is a complex subject and nowhere near finished yet.
Skean Dhude
------------------------------- It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. - Charles Darwin
11 June 2013, 07:12
cheers
I might sound like a loompah but I really don't have the time to develop Ham skills or get a licence. In a case of TU, I don't really mind being illegal If radio really is the answer then I guess I need to look at some form of transceiver. I'm also wondering whether satellite phones would work after TU or whether they would go down just like the normal cellphone network. 
11 June 2013, 07:36
(11 June 2013, 07:12)River Song Wrote: cheers Hi River Song, Satelite coms generally have gov controlled access, so don't rely on them to be available to you in a post SHTF world. Its legal to own ham radio transceivers and l to use them for listening to amateur communications. Its just transmitting with these machines that requires a license. Who do you want to be able to reach in a grid down world? and more importantly how far away from you and what sort of terrain lies between you? What budget do you have for coms? The snag is that ham radio gear is a bit confusing to use at first and is most understandable with a bit of face to face instruction. At very least get a copy of the RSGB publication "Foundation Now" by Alan Betts, this contains all you need to know for basic operation of ham equipment. LS
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11 June 2013, 08:11
LS
Satcom has no government controlled access. I can go out and buy a satphone on one of three commercial networks today. Trouble is we are talking around £500-£800 for the phone and around £2 per minute call charges. But at least they are not reliant on earth bound cellphone/mobile network. I know from my own work that gold/silver/ and possibly bronze is going to be given or already have special sim cards and if the SHTF then only those units with special sim cards will be able to operate. Those are present plans. I see no plans for the satellite networks but I could be wrong. Ham Radio could be useful. I have family around 150 miles away. I am in East Anglia and they are in Surrey with London in between !! I personally reckon it might be easier to run the satphones although the radio waves are not controllable. Long Term? In the rebuilding phase? I had considered packet-radio as a precursor to a new data network X |
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