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It’s two years now since I got the license to legally broadcast on the Amateur Radio bands. It takes skill, and knowledge. You can’t just tuck a ham radio into a bug out bag or emergency kit and expect to use it when you need it. I’m still screwing around with UHF/VHF radios. I also use the HF bands, made a few contacts, no international contacts from the US yet. Antennas are not just simple wires in a tree (but the can be if you know what you are doing.)

It’s two years now since I got the license to legally broadcast on the Amateur Radio bands. It takes skill, and knowledge. You can’t just tuck a ham radio into a bug out bag or emergency kit and expect to use it when you need it. I’m still screwing around with UHF/VHF radios. I also use the HF bands, made a few contacts, no international contacts from the US yet. Antennas are not just simple wires in a tree (but the can be if you know what you are doing.)

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[–] • 3 pts

The house I live in looks like a porcupine, we have UHF, VHF, HAM, dozens of property cameras, and dozens of hand units. I don't have a licence but I can operate under the owners handle as long as I verbally say it every 5 minutes or so (depends on the band). We were talking to Australians the other day from Southwestern USA, the frequency bounces off the ionosphere around the planet, and if the conditions are right, the scanner will pick up your own broadcast (around the world).

Investing in a HAM modem is next on the list, slow as fuck but it's apocalypse-proof Internet.

[–] • 0 pt

You should be looking into winlink or mesh radios, but by the wording in your post, I suspect you already know.