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Airdale,
I'm not being snarky, but it sounds like that's a post you should at least contribute heavily to.
Radio Communications, I believe, can do an awful lot to keep things functioning in otherwise erratic times, if they are in fact coming our way.. but that's one I can't just build out of scrap in my shop.
I have a couple CB Walkies and a Base Station, but think I should track down a proper HAM rig while I can. But I have NO idea what that consists of.. what freq's, what level of power Xmitters, what's essential and what's expensive fluff. Then, there's the Packet Radio aspect that lets you do some Data transmission.. I've looked up a couple clubs, but am in over my head.
What can you teach us? (Make it a post for a Campfire, though, it'll get lost in here)
Thanks, and keep your TP dry!
Bob
(Best part about an icy outhouse is there's no worry about spiders!, and you start to appreciate how much heat energy is stored in your butt.. that seat warms up pretty quick)
- And don't forget, its 45 degrees, just a few feet down.. no need to freeze!
A Yaesu FT-990 is an excellent HF rig. It will go on General Rec all the way from 1.5 mhz up to somewhere around 30 mhz. It will operate in all ham bands in that HF range that are valid..in other words can xmit in the bands but the rec will be all coverage even between and on either side of the ham bands.
It will run rtty,morse code,packet and much more. It has a built in ant tuner. The features are enormous. Mine is that model. It is fairly old..maybe a 90s model? Yet has dual vfo's...lots of memory for store of freqs. It can be run in CAT mode. Computer mode is CAT...via a programmable serial mode interface.
It can scan as well. This is one incredible piece of equipment.
For 2meter I run a Kenwood TM271...another very well equipped rig.
It can scan,has AM,FM,DCS,Tones,many memory positions,the mike can do all of that and has a full array of buttons. It can go up to 45 watts on hi or 25 on low power. It cost me new less than $200. I run a magmount 5/8 wave whip on it cut to about 146-152mhz.
Better yet get this type in a dual mode rig. (mobile I speak of but can run as a base)..the dual goes 2meter or whatever 440mhz is(70cm?)...
The Yaesu runs 100 watts. Hooking up a linear is a breeze.
The best thing to do is join a local club and find an Elmer...Google that..Elmer and Ham Radio...
Then start 'reading the mail' meaning listening to other hams on the bands. Join ARRL. A good org and has an excellent magazine. Go to Ham Fests.
Airdale
Many Thanks.
And the study guide to obtaining your first license can be found at;
http://www.arrl.org/catalog/lm/
This will answer most of your general questions. Then you can decide whether you are looking for local, regional, national, or global reach. If you want to listen to hams (or broadcasts) from around the world, you can get started with a radio receiver that covers all the bands. There are many to pick from, though I suggest those that are also helpful during power outages (i.e., solar and/or crank rechargeable radios).
An amateur radio setup would be an excellent communications resource and can easily be powered by a small back-up generator. The American Radio Relay Legue ARRL is a good place to find out what you will need. http://www.arrl.org/
RACES is also another good resource for during emergencies http://www.usraces.org/
A typical high freqency (HF = 3 - 30 mhz) transceiver (for longer distances) has a power level of about 130 watts and very high Frequency (VHF = 30 - 300 mhz) transceiver (better for local communications) might only be a few watts. You can also go to UHF (the next order of magnitude in frequency) for good local communication and this is used by many hand held units. You can easily set up repeating stations (either vhf or uhf) located on a high point in your area so that your group can all use it for local communications.
lots of options.
most counties have a group of ham operators...even in our small county of only 13,000 people we have over 30.