Get a ham radio receiver that can tune from 3 to 8 Mc and scan around for stations. This will be your last resort to get information.
Where from? Do we need a license?
The last resort to get information leaves much to the imagination.
For example. Are ham radio and short wave radio the same thing?
I’d venture to say no one within half a mile of reality, unless you include licensed ham operators, will have a clue what 3 to 8 Mc is.
Much less how to scan around for stations, and that’s my last resort for information that might keep me aware of what is going on in a grid down situation? Help.
Really, I’m not trying to be obtuse, and I sure hope you don’t take it that way, but Amateur Radio isn’t really for amateurs. It takes a good degree of knowledge just to work the receive section of just such a radio.
Which is the reason for my post, and I’m about as amateur as they come, being a rather aged six year tech, studying for the General license.
I guess my bottom line would be don’t tease, if you are going to set the stage of last resort for information, then please get specific.
What is needed for that last resort information including Antenna, radio, band, what one is looking for on the band, frequencies one might be looking for, single side band needed or not. The list goes on and on and isn’t necessarily for sissies.
Perhaps lastly would be links for help when your information still proves lacking to the one interested in the last resort.
Please consider what is being asked and the spirit of help in which it is being asked. It is not an attack on you for bringing up the subject, but an attempt at helping those who just might have a valid interest in your teaser.
As further example, I would have to do some math to figure out what band 3 to 8 megacycles is. I have never been to said band to listen that I am aware of despite having a Grundig Yacht Boy 400PE sitting on the table next to me. Why? I have no clue what is there without a list of frequencies stations, and the times they broadcast.
With newer radios you need to know what you are looking for and the frequency for tuning. It isn’t like my Dad’s long gone Hallicrafters tube receiver from the forties with a variable tuner that allowed me to roam about the sky looking for broadcasting stations on short wave.
Lastly, by the time I got to this thread at five something MT time, the whole thread is pretty much dead anyway. So, sorry for any inconvenience.
Maybe one question, where did you come by the Frequencies for various broadcasters from 3 to 8 Megacycles?