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  3. Having a Ham-Radio allows people to stay in contact with people, even if the local electrical system collapses or is damaged. Some untypical people use Ham Radio, even when there is a more convenient, and less expensive methods still available.

    Nellie Ohr [one of the people involved in the Russian Collusion-Delusion, and the active nullification of the democratic process in America] has a Ham-Radio license.

    Nellie Ohr did NOT engage in the typical chatter with other Ham-Radio operators, keeping records of the contacts. … [Contact with different ‘call signs’ becomes a ‘trophy record’ for many Ham-Radio operators] New Ham Radio operators typical explore the capabilities of their equipment.
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    From TheConservativeTreehouse.

    “Sometimes Conspiracy Theories are not theory.
    Nellie Ohr, is the wife of DOJ Deputy Bruce Ohr and she is an employee with Fusion GPS. … Why would she apply for a Ham Radio License a month after Fusion GPS contracted with MI6 agent Christopher Steele?

    Nellie Ohr applied for (her) HAM radio license in May 2016. … The Clinton Campaign hired Fusion GPS in April 2016. … Fusion GPS then sub-contracted retired British Intel MI6 agent Christopher Steele. Fusion GPS employee Nellie Ohr gets HAM radio license in May 2016

    So we are to believe it’s *COINCIDENTAL* ? All of a sudden a 60(ish)-year-old woman decides to use a HAM radio the month after contracting with Christopher Steele for a russian dossier on Donald Trump? … Nonsense on the coincidence. More plausible Steele and Ohr knew any communication with foreign sources/actors could be easily >monitored. … One way to ensure communications with parties external to the U.S. can be secure would be the use of HAM radio operations.”
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    Nellie Ohr testified, she didn’t contact Russia. [It’s actually a Collusion-Delusion with Russia ~ The Russian Hoax.]
    …….. Her small signal covered much of the Washington DC area. >Other Ham-Radio operators more powerful equipment could have relayed her messages around the USA and around the world, if need be.
    [It’s all conjecture to some of the conspiracy. … The Professional’Spies’ and their cronies know how to create deniability.]
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    What’s the point? = Ham Radio can have a useful purpose for everyone else. The Radio System of amateurs can keep their net going, even when the entire electric system is down. … The operators of Ham Radios help other people in distress when there is no other means of communication.
    Consider a Ham Radio as an emergency form of communication. Survivalblog has numerous articles about Ham Radios. [The train has left the station for the >inexpensive model recommended on Survivalblog. Read the articles to understand.]

    Plus, many Ham-Radio just enjoy their hobby.

  4. Excellent overview. It tracks my own family’s experience (FRS->GMRS (licensed)->amateur radio license). My family is now working on a comms plan and your 3-3-3 is simple and genius. I look forward to the next installment.

  5. There are also Nets setup that can deliver Radiograms (Lookup on ARRL) across the country and are practiced by folks several times per day for if/when an emergency might occur.

  6. Comment from ham radio operator of 50 years…For the most part county and state governments no longer want any assistance with communications. People have some idea that they can help, but getting certified with ARRL is a long expensive process that requires much expense to buy the equipment they want. Don’t think you will show up after a disaster with a radio and be welcomed. At best you will be sent home – at worse arrested for interference with “official” activities.
    The real problem is people spend $600 on a “shack in a box” and think that is it. It isn’t. It takes a long time to get and keep up skills. The other point — I would say 98% of people don’t know how to repair/have equipment they can’t repair. Basically, that stuff after a disaster is just a plastic brick.
    Ham radio is a great hobby. I love doing it. But people need to be realistic about its capabilities.

    1. From a ham of 40 years, it takes a serious effort to convince county officials how useful amateur radio can be for emergency service. I belonged to a club that was an official county RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service) organization. The county provided the funding for an incredible repeater system and allocated an annual budget for our equipment. In turn, we received training for radiological monitoring in the event of an accident at the nuclear power plant in the next county over. We operated mobile field monitoring stations and relayed our readings to the Emergency Operations Center which radioed our next instructions. We also provided radio operators for school evacuations and liaisons to Sheriff deputies, police and fire department units. They provided us with state disaster commission ID cards the allowed passage through police and military control points.

      It took time and effort to work with county officials to get that level of acceptance. We proved our worth over time, and you can do it too. You need to have a group that speak and act like professionals.

    2. In my County, the officials did not need any help until it hit the fan. Then, they remembered that for 4 years I have been telling them they need to wake up. I was asked to write the first Auxiliary Communications Service Plan and it is now being implemented. I have also helped different people multiple times in, from their point of view, was an emergency and there was no cell service. I don’t find it to be a hobby, but something I feel is important – it has saved me a few times – and is more than a hobby. That is just my opinion.

  7. After watching many live streams and videos of the rally at Richmond Virginia, it seems that participants did not have enough radio gear to be effective. I saw one FRS radio, and one Boafeng. Of course not all the radios would be visible on their gear, yet that is a low count. Folks are just too reliant on smart phones. There was one coordinated attempt to use 2 meter. To monitor, it was advised to download an app for your phone to hear 145.560 Mhz.

  8. Another comment from Ham Radio (first licensed in 1987): The number of Elmers is circling down the toilet drain. The county I am in now has over 500 licensed operators, and only 3 or 4 actual Elmers. I’ve been reaching out and there just is extremely little willing help. Sadly, in this county club they bitch about hav int to license people who aren’t jumping in as full fledged HF contesting people, etc, etc. This county club is badly unique in that aspect.

    In my old club, two counties away from here, they had many Elmers willing to help and even give you equipment: exactly the opposite of these guys.

    I do suggest that preppers get stocked up on those little bits and lengthy pieces. Get multiple spare antenna connectors, extra antenna material, etc. My first antenna for 80M was a loop, made of Army surplus WD1 telephone wire. If you can still find a 1/4 mile spool, or even better a 1 or 5 mile full reel of the wire, get it and you will be the supplier for others. It is the older version of field commo wire, consisting of 2 steel wires, each individually sealed with waterproof coating, loosely wrapped around eachother.

    I got the WD1, while the subsequent issued wire is called WD1A. The WD1A field telephone wire is made differently, consisting of two steel wires each sealed separately but then the waterproof coatings are factory joined-made so the wires are in a paired configuration. Great for any paired wire commo use, but the WD1 can be easily separated to single wires for making antennas. And that’s how my first Elmer got me on air.

    These steel wires are not as effective as copper wires for antennas, but I was able to CW from WY to the great lakes and southwards on 80M with a Swan 350 radio using a cheap straight key. Steel wire works and it is dirt cheap compared to copper.

    https://store.federalresources.com/c4isr-equipment/cables/telephone-field-wire-wd-1.html

    Note the WD1, WD1A, and WD1TT are each different from eachother.

    73

    1. WD-1 wire has two conductors, but each conductor has four tinned copper strands and three steel strands. The steel gives it the strength to string it from trees, etc. The tinned copper strands are the current carrying components. Once you strip the insulation off each conductor, bend all of the strands with your finger. The steel strands snap right back, but the copper ones stay bent. Snip the steel strands and make your electrical connections with the copper strands.

      Ask me how I know.

    2. Thanks, and you clearly “get it”. I am not one of the most knowledgeable out there, but I met a young guy today for 2 hours and helped him understand a bunch of stuff. Don’t let it die!! 73,

  9. Ham radio offers many useful benefits to operators. Just keep it in balance, and understand that it is no substitute for food, water, energy, shelter, especially in a grid-down world. The operator in New Hampshire cannot help you in Wilcox, AZ if there is no aid to send or transportation system to send it on…nor intact phone system to employ to notify family outside the affected zone. North America may well constitute the affected zone.
    I know so many operators who own many tens of thousands of dollars in gear who can’t feed themselves for two weeks. The cost of a cheap radio could buy a one year supply of food for an adult.
    No doubt, this audience has a robust understanding of priorities. Ham radio has proven very useful in lessor emergencies.

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