Who to call, where, and when?

[The Local Ned]

I hope to be the guy looking after the guy who looks after it when TSHTF mate ;^)

Agreed regards propagation and the angle of dangle....as for the inverted Vee... I'm dabbling with a couple of 1.3m telescopics and an old connector from a portable tv antenna at the moment -as an introduction into antenna building , they can be easily moved to the correct length for a semi-decent SWR for both UHF and VHF , and are totally movable for vertical , horizontal polarisation ,or of course even inverted vee which should be good for propagation purposes.

Power ? Not so sure about that mate , we both know QRP is a different kettle of fish again , only seriously dedicated radio operators need apply , -me ? - I'd happily burn out 25w kickers and melt yagis no problem.

You can keep the 352 ! its the 320 or nothing

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(5 December 2012, 00:14)The Local Ned Wrote: I hope to be the guy looking after the guy who looks after it when TSHTF mate ;^)

Agreed regards propagation and the angle of dangle....as for the inverted Vee... I'm dabbling with a couple of 1.3m telescopics and an old connector from a portable tv antenna at the moment -as an introduction into antenna building , they can be easily moved to the correct length for a semi-decent SWR for both UHF and VHF , and are totally movable for vertical , horizontal polarisation ,or of course even inverted vee which should be good for propagation purposes.

Power ? Not so sure about that mate , we both know QRP is a different kettle of fish again , only seriously dedicated radio operators need apply , -me ? - I'd happily burn out 25w kickers and melt yagis no problem.

You can keep the 352 ! its the 320 or nothing

Ahhhh EMP. :^(
EMP is only a factor if you believe that nuke drops are a probable threat, or that this 'massive solar storm' is on its way.

I'm from Scotland.
Massive solar storm ? solar and Scotland don't really belong in the same sentence. Even if it does happen , it would only remove the longer distance capability of my UV-5R. The CB should provide some form of backup for that , but I dont really want to use that.
My personal prep for NBC runs as far as some sealed army noddy suits , and basic filter respirator ( anyone got a spare S10 ? ).
I have plenty of fullers earth for decontamination purposes , and the solar shower would double as a decontaminant remover also.
It isn't high on my list of probabilities mate tbh.