Day: June 5, 2015

Notes for Friday – June 05, 2015

Don’t get MAD; Get Prepped! The road warrior bounty sale is still going on at Safecastle with discounts of up to 41% on Mountain House products and lots of added bonuses. o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 59 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The $12,000+ worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate, good for any one, two, or three course (a $1,195 value), A course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate will be for the prize winner’s choice of three-day civilian courses. (Excluding those restricted for …


Protecting Both Tube and Transistor HF Communications Equipment From E1 EMP Pulse- Part 2, by PrepperDoc

Transistor / QRP Equipment The solutions shown so far may not adequately protect computer-based software-defined radios, hybrid transistorized-vacuum tube radios, or fully solid-state QRP or low-power stations, or transistorized shortwave radios. These radios will need to use protection that clamps at a much lower voltage than 700 volts! While transistor transmitters may use power amplifier transistors that may have breakdown voltages in the scores to hundreds of volts, the input circuitry of many QRP transistorized receivers will likely be fried with voltages well under 100 volts. There are a couple of solutions that can offer lower-voltage clamping more appropriate to …


Letter: Investment Question

HJL/JWR, This is a long time reader here with a question you likely get often. I realize the following is an overly simplistic question, given the enormous complexities of an individual’s financial and preparedness state, but I’m hoping for a relatively simplistic answer. Assume you were approached by a debt-free individual and handed anywhere from $5-15k. You are told it is “extra’ money and asked to invest it in something tangible. What would you be inclined to spend it on, assuming they had the basics (beans/bullets/bandaids) covered? Would it be precious metals, redundant equipment, or something else? Or perhaps you’d …


Economics and Investing:

The Central Banks Are Losing Control Of The Financial Markets o o o Presenting The Next Great Source Of Middle Class Prosperity. – G.G. o o o Items from Mr. Econocobas: One Of The World’s Largest Silver Miners Slams The CFTC About Silver Market Manipulation The College Commencement Speech Every Graduate Needs To Hear – I work with a large group of young people at my church, and when the correct opportunity presents itself I try and encourage kids to make sure if they go to college to get a definable skill, otherwise start a business or learn or go …


Odds ‘n Sods:

This is a VERY interesting article for those who are watching the days and times we are living in: Rabbi Vilna Gaon prophecy. – Avalanche Lily o o o WikiLeaks releases secret TISA docs: The more evil sibling of TTIP and TPP. – H.L. o o o Remember Hope and Change? Here’s Bill Whittle with “Not Even Close!” – MtH o o o Some important privacy info over at the Radio Free Redoubt web site: ANONYMITY OF OFFICE DOCUMENTS – PATRIOT DARKNET o o o Land of the Unfree – Police and Prosecutors Fight Aggressively to Retain Barbaric Right of …