Preferred TX radios...

I was curious, since many of US would like to be able to communicate, if and when TSHTF, what radio and frequencies would you prefer?
I have seen a LOT of people that have all types of radios and that is NOT going to work so well. I make reference to: 2 meter, 6 meter,and 10 meter, and on and on... I have 10 meter and I'll tell you why that is....I can use the same antenna's for my 10 meter radios, as I use with the CB's, as they are 11 meter range. Some may require the use of an "antenna match" unit, but I have not had that problem yet! If everyone is on a different frequency, how in the heck are we going to communicate?
Just asking!

 

Without a tuner CB channels 1-40 (26.965-27.405) and 10 meter Ham (28.000- ~30.000) is fantastic; what kind of antenna is it?

 

I have some new old stock Rad shak: "CLR-2's", and one "Supermaxum"... ( 5/8 wave) On vehicles, I have the older ( tougher ones) the 102 inch s/s whips....

 

That is good coverage.

Here the omnidirectional antennas are a Carolina Windom 10-80. an end-fed half wave or EFHWA on 160 and a 30 year old Butternut HF6V.

 

BT: Now that's an antenna! How would one disguise or camo something of that size? Or can it even be done at all? Mine are only just under 20 feet tall without mast, and I figured I'd hide them in a juniper tree...the mast would disappear but not those radials! I saw one one day just out driving and it reflected like a mirror! It may not really be much of a concern, unless you are trying to stay well under the radar so to speak!

 

A commo plan - of course

You plan in advance. I'm not going to talk with anyone locally in a true PAW - other than those in my group. Oddly, I have a couple of rigs that will TX/RX 2 - 30 mhz - and a FT-817 which covers everything up to 440 Mhz. Add in a 2M amp and a an older Yaesu HF amp and that's all covered. Throw in a couple of wide-band RX for monitoring & you should have all the bases covered.

So, a commo plan lays out what freq and times you will listen and be ready to respond.

As for mere disasters, the ARRL and FCC have more of a say in what bands will be open for use.

Alaska has more hams per captia (PC) than other states - and we also have the highest PC rate for Vets as well.

We have found that a few splotches of gray cammo (flat) paint in the HF verticals makes them hard to see, even if you know where to look...

Happy Thanksgiving...

 

Be patriotic and have a flag pole.

20 Foot Vertical Flagpole Anenna

Homemade:
20 Foot Vertical Flagpole Anenna

A British Ham's homemade antenna for the attic and he worked NJ with it.

Indoor, Attic Amateur Radio Station Aerials, M0SBF Antennas

When the window is open talking to New Jersey from Britain doesn't require anything fancy or 100w.

There are all kinds of compromise stealth antennas for both short or long range transmissions.

 

Great stuff! Thanks guys! Anything helps....!

 

Bruce I liked that. It brought a chuckle from me & put a smile on my face. Cuz see I have a lil problem. Its called "If you Don't Like Our Flag, then GTFO of My Country". So I'm glad whenever I hear of sumone Fighting for their right to display the American Flag and winning.

I put up an American Flag & pole kit on September 5th. Not for Labor day though it was up then, I put it up for September 11th and told my mother so. My brother came up from GA & saw it & said it was supporting Obama. My mother took one look at my face & realized my brother was a hair away from an asswhooping, so hurriedly explained to my Brother an American Flag was NOT Obama's Flag. My brother turned & saw my face, the death in my eyes, started apologizing in a hurry.

The flag pole was wooden but apparently poor quality as it starting showing mildewlike stains & marks. So it was carefully sanded & got 3 coats of clearcoat & put back up. Flag kept twisting up wrapping around on the pole, so I talked my Mother into running it thru her sewing machine as the sleeve in flag for the pole was 2x the needed size. Flag & Pole was both Made In America, the Chinese kits was cheaper, but they offended the hell outta me.

Maybe in the spring when I redo the roof on the building/garage where my workshop is, I'll consider how to mount a CB antenna on it, or if I get smarter by then, a Better type of Radio antenna.

 

radio in a bag

 

PSK31 in the field, next to glacier

Radio fun in a bag

 

Holy Mackerel! The last "portable" radio I had was ( ready for this sports fans?) a Radio Shack "Mini-23" with a rubber ducky antenna and one huge box that held a LOT of D cell batteries, slung over my shoulder! ( See? I told ya I was OLD!) But it worked, better than the walkie talkies back then...
I have 2 small similar types today, that IF you had a viable power supply, they'd work even better! I Just have to find some really decent, small antennas for them...too!
Most of my comm stuff is 70's models, and still working fine...But really large and heavy.

 

DKR,
Kudos! That looks to be serious fun. Supplying the county hunters?

 

Worked all glaciers

Alaska has no counties, only Boroughs. I do a "Worked all Glaciers' thing when folks bother to QSL - in the summer I try to hit at least two or more glaciers as a location. Lots of fun!

 

Grid Squares?

Thanks for the information about Alaska's boroughs..

 

I havent been in the Ham stuff for a long time... but I still have a CB's in both my trucks... Lets see one is an old Cobra 148 the newer one is a Galaxy DX I bought off a trucker desperate for cash... I paid $50 for it... at home we have a nice Galaxy Saturn Base... all have been tweaked and tuned by this guy I know who does that for a living...

as for range... depends on conditions... once sitting in the parking lot waiting for my wife to get out of the doctors I managed to talk to a guy in Brisbane Australia...SSB of course... normally the 11 miles between work and home is more than adequate and on road trips the truckers are good about warning where the trouble spots are