Ham Radio is still in the box, with a license being on my short list (sorry - working 2.5 gigs). SW radio just came in yesterday.
Suggestion: Even if you don’t have a HAM licenses, start listening on both HAM and SW as to what’s coming in locally. CB is fine, too. but you’re gonna mostly get truck and skip traffic.
If for any reason you find your long distance comms going down for a period of time, use your best judgement to transmit on a HAM band (although you can always on the emergency channels if you’re in distress).
Prepping. Comms. Field Medicines. Things that *SHOULD* be discussed on the FreeRepublic right now.
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jimjohn - OUT.
When you're ready, hamstudy.org has a ton of practice tests and questions. Run through those until you're getting 90% or more. When I went for my Technician's license there wasn't a single question on the test I hadn't seen before.