Posted on 09/24/2014 3:58:02 PM PDT by Kartographer
“He’s actually right. If you didn’t trust the currency, would you hedge your bets and raise prices, or just run along with the same prices?”
Greeneyes covered that really well in her post too, the connection between the dollar deflating and lack of confidence in it raising prices.
I get it now. Thanks for the clarification.
I’m hanging onto my PMs, as an insurance policy.
LOL!
Good idea. What I remember from various posts is that gold was really used to retain wealth through the nasty period (hang on to it), and silver and other items were used to trade/barter with.
I appreciate the post, Kart. I was following the links and the first method he mentioned, FWIW, was unavailable at the amazon link provided.
What would be an alternative, if any?
bkmk
Almost more important than you communicating, make sure you can listen to what they are doing. Buy a scanner for the local, state LEOs’, airplanes and fire dept. Get the frequencies from http://www.radioreference.com/ and http://www.radio-locator.com/
Fire and civil aircraft are still in the clear...so I guess you listen for a call for paramedics?
I use a RadioShack Pro-96 to listen to all the local cops and fire depts. in four cities, the NHP, REMSA, AirMed/Rescue and the aircraft traffic, private and commercial. I could listen to all the casinos, hospitals, city workers, etc. if I programmed them in. I have a five foot antenna mounted on my patio cover. The whole unit is below the house roof line, so it is not obvious unless you fly over my home or are in my neighbors backyard.
All the info for for Washoe County is available at http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=1788
There is the old joke that after a hurricane, instead of the ideal store being “alcohol, tobacco and firearms”, it is “water, ice, gas, chainsaws”.
Gold and silver have value, but they are traded at or below official value if you need food, water, medicine and necessities.
Was this the episode you were listening to?
http://www.daveramsey.com/index.cfm?event=askdave/&intContentItemId=119796
Good choice. A well - balanced portfolio containing at least 10% Precious Metals is often a good thing, just to hold for a just in case scenario.
A good cheap FHSS radio would be a used Nextel phone with off network walkie-talkie capability. I have a pair of i880 phones and they work great. I also have the FT-60 which he recommends, and I have the license to use it in the only manner in which it can be legally used. Get on one without a license, or cause harmful interference even if you do, and you'll have more than g-men looking for you.
Yeah I get it SHTF and all and I won't care much about licenses either should such a time come, but if you want to effectively use radio you need to learn proper operating techniques before the lights go out. The license is easy to get so for the here and now it is strongly recommended.
Of course I'm a big fan of HF radio for long range communication without the need for infrastructure, and it is somewhat more difficult to DF like you say. With HF radio and the proper knowledge, it is possible at the right time on any given day to reach just about any point in North America, and with more skill or luck, just about any point on earth. But honestly in a "situation", I would probably be doing a lot more listening than talking, gathering sit-reps from other places and sort of figuring out what is going on out in the world. But honestly I am not really expecting a nationwide calamity that would take out all power and comms, it would have to be man made but we are Americans and at large we aren't going to permit such a thing.
” I would probably be doing a lot more listening than talking, gathering sit-reps from other places and sort of figuring out what is going on out in the world.”
Amen that is how intel works.
Make your own. Look up HSMM MESH. Some interesting things are being done.
Amateur radio has always led the pack on technology.
Funny thing to me is texting, What’s old is new.
Yes, there are a few different kinds of routers with a lot more power and range than the normal household units, but still quite inexpensive. Hams are putting firmware into those units which change the comm protocol (and in the case of Broadband Hamnet, force them to operate in the ham radio portions of the 2.4 or 5 gHz bands), and they communicate through one-another to cover large areas and share resources and/or exchange information with other computers. Hams operate them under their callsigns in the ham portions of their operating bands but they can be operated unlicensed as Part 15 ISM devices with fewer content restrictions, which would allow such things as encryption and commercial traffic.
Very cool.
No that wasn’t it. I did catch the date on that segment, but the one I heard was on Sept. 24th.
No, my PRO-106 (GRE PSR-500) decodes the voice channels of the Motorola Project 25 trunked radio in use by the counties and cities here just fine. Only some of the tactical channels are unavailable. I believe the public’s access to similar systems in the U.S. was determined within the legal system.
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