A big part of surviving disasters and trying times is simply being prepared. Yes, skills are critically important, but you’ll need plenty of supplies, tools, food, and more if you want to be ready to counter all the curveballs that life is going to throw at you… Increasingly, lots of folks around the country are […]
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Getting your amateur radio license from the FCC is just a part of doing ham radio. Yes, it’s a little odious because we all have to imagine what life would be like without government overreach and bureaucracy, but it’s just the way it is if you want to stay legal. It’s easy to forget about
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One of the most common emergencies we will have to deal with in life is a power outage. Caused by weather, accidents, natural disasters, and good old-fashioned human error, America’s increasingly old and fragile electrical grid has been putting up a record number of brownouts and blackouts in recent decades. That’s not a good sign.
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CB radios are great. They’re one of the most affordable and effective ways to get going with amateur radio communication, and they have lots of advantages for preppers whether you are staying at home or on the road. For gathering information about a situation or just reaching out when you’re in trouble, nothing beats the
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I know at least some of you reading right now haven’t been prepping as long as some of us. I do not mean to insult, but I do mean to say that you haven’t lived through the state of disdain that some of us have. For a time going into the early 2000s, preppers were
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I remember the joy and enthusiasm I felt when I was first getting into ham radio. I can barely describe my excitement when I was pouring over components, assembling my set, getting everything set up and dialed in, and then powering up for the first time. All that study, all that effort, getting licensed, and
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Around 2010, it seemed like the only thing being discussed in the prepping community was the risk of an EMP. Compared to zombies, gamma-ray bursts, a 2nd Civil War, and all the other mega-doomsday disasters, a powerful EMP created by nuclear weapons or solar activity seemed far and away the most likely thing that could
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I think every prepper knows by now that generators are a wonderful thing to have any time you’re dealing with a power outage, even if it’s just for a short time. Even in a best-case scenario with a thunderstorm knocking out power for a few hours, your generator might save a fridge and freezer full
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For most civilians getting into radio usage, CB radio is the first stop. Over-the-counter legal and with absolutely no licensing requirements for use, you can quickly and easily add a fully self-contained communications capability to your survival repertoire for very little money – and get on the air the same day. And, for most of
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Plenty of preppers talk about bugging out, but not enough folks talk about “getting home”. Considering that most people spend a significant fraction of their waking hours outside of and away from their home, at work, school, traveling, etc., the first tactical problem you need to solve in a major crisis could well be just
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