Emergency Communications Part 1

What do you include in your emergency communications? I like to use BaoFeng radios to bring my family together.

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[djtecthreat]

Put a sliver of plastic (ie, cut from a soda bottle) between the battery contacts in the radio and put a label on the back to "pull tab". This will prevent the radio's parasitic draw rom running the battery down. In addition, pack a battery bank that can charge via solar in the kit. That will give you some better power longevity if you end up off-grid for a while.

[challengerultralightadventure]

The UV-3R has a VAMPIRE in it! It sucks the battery dry in a few months. This Vampire can be defeated though! Pull the battery when not in use. By doing so, the battery will have an 80% charge even after sitting for 12 months! Naturally, you should check and charge all batteries every 6 months, Just prior to spring, and just prior to winter is best. Hope this advice helps those that have this radio. (Or any other radio that uses a "soft start".)

[jamesbonanno]

I always enjoy this gentleman's videos. As a amateur radio operator and small-scale prepper the information he disseminates is invaluable. He always has a good format for getting information across and doesn't have an ego that gets in the way, even though he is very well-versed in the subject matter at hand. Kudos, 73's...

[eldorkpistolero]

im in a rural area in Alabama and cellphones do go down even T-Mobile doesn't work well unless I'm in the city this is a good thank thanks hoshnasi

[azmendozafamily]

146.520MHz is a general call frequency. I know that per 97.101(b) no one "owns" any frequency, but please use 146.520 as a calling frequency, then agree on a different frequency to move to practice. please note, in case of a true emergency, anyone can jump on, but if you're going through the trouble of prepping, then at least get your Tech license and do it by the book.

I know band plans are voluntary, but they really are meant for efficient use of the bands. become familiar with your state's allocations and bear in mind that FM has a wide bandwidth, 16kHz.

[indridcold]

Listening to the various bands is far more important than being able to talk in them. If nothing else, get a cheap little scanner to be able to listen into many bands. Being able to talk is secondary to being able to listen. I have a small scanner and a communications receiver on a large antenna on my roof top. It is amazing the radio traffic I can hear. I can hear anything from just kids with 49 megacycle walkie talkies to illicit radio pirates on old blank bands that have not been used in a long time. First responders, disaster relief, telephones, utilities, people using ancient Citizen's Band with antique equipment, amateur radio, PMR446, LPR433, LPR, UHF CB, and much more can be heard with just a cheap scanner.

[doomkeepercanada]

With a name like Leia, you really should have changed your call sign to Obi Wan Kenobi, just to have her ask you for help. :) Great video, you've earned a subscriber.

[Nedhead]

Great information.  I went through the big BLACKOUT in the northeast.  Cell phone towers, water supply, at home and work, couldn't take a shower lost everything my fridge.  I worked Detroit Metro Airport and they lost all power except for air traffic control.  I learned the hard way.

[WeilerBill]

I would also recommend going to the FEMA website and at least taking the online ICS100 course so you will better understand how all the ES teams work together in an emergency. I also teach how you can use basic body blocking to get a rough DF idea of a transmitter.

[BalzOnYerHead]

Ok, just watching this for the first time, and I gotta say, the intro hooked me.

[HarshanPushpakumara]

Thank you!! Thank You !! thank you!! Learned a lot and im in So Cal as well, I was looking for some informative videos like this for a long time. Thank you once again, I'm sure videos like this will save lives one day!

[rexdjdjsfortheworld]

Hi hoshnasi i live in a Swedish town called Eskilstuna and we have lots of power fails now so your Crash Course videos helpt me and my company a lot thanks so mutch :)

[EuropaChronicles]

0:30 You might want to be careful with the wording on that card...what if she doesn’t want you to find her?! 🤣

[lindasmith]

Thank you for this ...
Am about to take my technician license test

[nxesr]

I'm in UK this is brilliant, an excellent idea, I'm defo all over this, looking forward to the videos.

[sixonevlog]

thats also good for calling help if you are trap in your house or any room because someone is helding you as a hostage and cut off your telephone, internet and celphone... nice idea...I think its good to have a bunch of them in different location in the house indoor and outdoor

[floridaboy]

Thank you for the set of videos. It really help me figure out how to use my baofeng, and program it. The SHTF website and list was very useful.

To give you a little info. At the beginning of the month I told my mom I was thinking about getting a 2-way radio to replace my hand crank noaa radio. She bought one on Amazon prime and had it shipped to my house. I typed baofeng on YouTube and found you. After that I decided to get my license and order the programming cable. And I ordered an e-book off amazon and got the app for my phone. Yesterday I passed the test for my technicians license. Not bad for 20 days with no experience.

[richardschroepfer]

Anderw Baze has a great book: Personal Emergency Communications; staying in touch Postdisaaster; Tech Equipemnt ant stradgies. Goes from FRS to ham to CB to NVIS on the HF and more

[kuyanatnatdkrx]

You should be keeping those radios stored in a ferrous metal boxes in an event of a electromagnetic pulse from war or solar activity

[childfree]

I recommend getting a battery jump starter from harbor freight. They usually have a flashlight and a cigarette lighter plug on them. You could run a handheld radio off one of those for many days and get yourself a smaller base antenna like the diamond x30 with 50 feet of rg8x coax. This setup will greatly increase the range and the amount of time you can talk. I recommend the Yaesu ft60r. They are only 159 bucks and the quality is way higher. Made in Japan.