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How Do We Communicate if a Melt-Down Occurs?
vanity | 6/11/10 | jobim

Posted on 06/11/2010 1:08:51 PM PDT by jobim

In the event that the catastrophe takes place which we all are thinking about and talking about in these days under this regime, whether it be a global financial shut-down (see this scenario: http://www.grandpappy.info/honehour.htm), a military strike somewhere, or some such dire event unleashes sudden freeze-up of our society: How do citizens communicate?

CB? Short wave? Our lifeblood is communication. What are our options to maintain this link to patriots across the country?


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To: Natural Born 54
You can get these for about 250 buck, and talk to the world...Imagine yourself at the controls of this baby, turning all those knobs....I really like dial and knobs...lol

I had one of these and the audio was outstanding...They are still selling used, and many are in excellent condition.

101 posted on 06/11/2010 3:17:13 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: muddler

Yep, I’m a ham, so I’m “ready” ... but the key is electricity. If we have that kind of a meltdown, you know the local battery store is gonna’ be “out” of batteries. So I got a little solar rig that charges the batteries and in direct sun can power my little 5 watt qrp rig. Not too expensive and fun to play around with anyway. What I have learned from it is I want to stay with fossil fuel! :-)


102 posted on 06/11/2010 3:17:26 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (http://www.thepatriotsflag.com - The Patriot's Flag)
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To: pyx

Eh, or not...lol


103 posted on 06/11/2010 3:25:07 PM PDT by ResponseAbility (Prepare for battle and never forsake the Lord...unknown)
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To: dragnet2
Imagine yourself at the controls of this baby, turning all those knobs....I really like dial and knobs.

ROFL !



MMMMM ... Dials and knobs...


104 posted on 06/11/2010 3:27:42 PM PDT by pyx (Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
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To: muddler

even walkie talkies would work over shorter distances.


105 posted on 06/11/2010 3:50:17 PM PDT by redhead
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To: dragnet2

>Maybe a couple hundred bucks with a nice
>used radio like a Kenwood TS-520

Excellent radio.


106 posted on 06/11/2010 4:19:09 PM PDT by fretzer
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To: jobim

I agree this is a serious question. CB radio I expect is the best. I haven’t the faintest idea how to deal with CB radio.


107 posted on 06/11/2010 4:42:54 PM PDT by Finny
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To: fretzer
Yep, one of these days, I'll get another one if I can.

Currently I have one of these.. A kick butt radio with HF and 2 meters..Had it about 10 years now, no troubles...Operates off 12 volts too. In addition to dials and knobs, I really like push buttons too... This one has about 60 knobs and buttons on it....lol


108 posted on 06/11/2010 4:54:38 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: beefree

“I have taken note of the HAM radio antenna on a house down the street, now, I just need to make friends with him/her.”

Same in the neighborhood we just moved into. I’ll be making a social visit soon.


109 posted on 06/11/2010 4:54:48 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Every time a liberal whines, an angel gets his wings.)
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To: jobim

1. Get to know your neighbors. Face to face communication works pretty well.
2. Um, I actually like the homing pigeon idea. Our 4-H group is raising them, and is starting to compete.
3. Anybody play the alpenhorn?


110 posted on 06/11/2010 5:45:19 PM PDT by married21
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To: Rapscallion

My son is in the Civil Air Patrol. Every CAP unit has a short wave radio. Find the nearest unit (I think every county in the US has one) and get involved.


111 posted on 06/11/2010 5:50:17 PM PDT by Fee (Peace, prosperity, jobs and common sense)
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To: UCANSEE2
Unfortunately that is a very poor windmill ;the fan type generate more power.

All wind generators make some noise ,too. So if stealth is the goal solar is better.

112 posted on 06/11/2010 7:16:06 PM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: Wings-n-Wind

don’t you need wires for morse code like in the old days?


113 posted on 06/12/2010 1:09:10 AM PDT by goat granny
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To: goat granny
You can send/receive IMC with lights, transmitted sounds (wired or wireless)

Morse Code is just the language--
How you get it from A to B...
...Best means available.

114 posted on 06/12/2010 5:51:39 AM PDT by Wings-n-Wind (The main things are the plain things!)
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To: jobim
How do citizens communicate?

Smoke signals....

115 posted on 06/12/2010 5:53:27 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Peanut butter was just peanut butter until I found Free Republic.........)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag; Gator113
Congrats. You've both identified the Achilles' Heel of modern communications: electricity supply. None of this is going to work without the juice we all now take for granted but may not be there in any kind of general breakdown of civilized society. There was a movie about this a few years ago, The Trigger Effect, which was pretty bad except for the cast including Elisabeth Shue. The book about nuclear war, Alas Babylon, also brings this point home.

So the grid goes down and maybe a few have generators, but those run only as long as you have fuel. Batteries salvaged from cars will eventually give out. So you're down to solar and wind, which as we know are notoriously unreliable, but may provide sporadic communications if you can rig up an inverter and some kind of charging system. But eventually batteries won't hold a charge and so you'll have to run your radios directly from the source. Pumped storage may be an option if you have land and the topography to set up a reasonable sized (i.e., pretty big) reservoir.

My guess is most communications in the post-meltdown world will be "lip radio". Not much news from the outside world, IOW.

116 posted on 06/12/2010 6:03:55 AM PDT by chimera
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To: Wings-n-Wind
***Morse Code is just the language-- How you get it from A to B... ...Best means available***

Morse code was used in the telegraph....(Hitting myself on the forehead and saying DUH) Those were the wires I was thinking about....The older I get the more corrections I need...:O(

117 posted on 06/13/2010 8:47:56 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: chimera

When we lose power or when we do extended camping, we get by pretty well with a solar panel connected to a deep cell battery. It won’t run a fridge or AC or anything big, but it will charge a laptop, cellphone, walkie talkies, and/or run a low energy LCD TV.

It might work for something like this.


118 posted on 07/02/2010 1:33:51 PM PDT by justsaynomore (The Hermantor - 2012 - www.hermancain.com)
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To: muddler

All good information.


119 posted on 07/02/2010 1:37:46 PM PDT by Mtn Pass
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To: TomGuy
ALL landline phones now depend on the Internet working except for local service in the same area.
120 posted on 07/02/2010 1:45:16 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Sometimes you have to go to dark places to get to the light....)
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