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Percival P. Cassidy Percival P. Cassidy is offline
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Default [OT] Communicating without grid power

On 09/15/2015 08:23 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:

Got this from a friend:
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Chris, without power the only way that I understand
that you could communicate is by foot, horse,
bicycle, runner other than that you could shout,
maybe you can give me other Idea's.
Scott
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What ideas do we have for Scott?


You fire up the amateur radio transceiver in your car -- or the one at
home for which you have well-maintained standby batteries.

"When all else fails... There's Amateur Radio."

Amateur Radio was used when the cell-phone towers on top of the World
Trade Center were put out of action. Amateur Radio was used in the
search for the debris from the space shuttle that was scattered over
remote areas of Texas with no cell-phone service.

Perce