What Radio do you use

[Martin200261]

(3 July 2012, 08:20)bigpaul Wrote: i dont know ANYTHING about radio set ups and the like, so please excuse my ignorance, but dont you need a whacking great aerial for most of this stuff( i'm pretty sure you do for ham radio, not sure about CB) and wouldnt that give away the fact you have got all this equipment...especially in a post TSHTF situation??? sorry, just me thinking out loud!

A dipole for CB only needs to be about 17 feet long, I've put a 10m long dipole up in my garden that looks just like a washing line, some people attach them to guttering or even put a loop antenna up around the roofline of the house, almost invisible unless you are looking for it.

As SD says, the size depends on the frequency - lower frequencies need bigger antennae.