USE Them NOW If You Want To Use Them LATER

[@joshua511]

I just passed my Technician test today! Greetings from Western MO. I've got a couple HTs but now I need to decide on a base station.

[@Stream7ine]

Another point brother is that you become active in the community and people will recognize your voice. I had several months ago made a comment on your channel about HAM and I got a reply that "when TSHTF no one will care about a license". My response to that is, If I don't recognize you I will not answer back as I have no idea of what your motives are. Just food for thought.

[@Echolimabravo321]

Good point

[@johnweymouth5685]

​@Echolimabravo321 bad point. A license won't make desperate people moral in shtf, they will get you talking to triangulate ur position.

[@williamlowry9585]

@@johnweymouth5685 No, they hardly know how to turn on their radio much less use it. You mention triangulate to them they will get the dumbfounded look.

[@terryp12345]

For people just getting started, it's important to know that line of store is important. So if you can draw s straight line from you to the other person without obstructions, that is the best case scenario. This is where repeater come in. A line to a tall place can be seen by you and your friend and it repeats the communication between the two of you. But even if you don't have a repeater, you can often get higher, and with height comes better comms.

[@mikedoby4024]

Completely agree. I'm new to GMRS and obtained a license. Starting off just listening in my local area. Ive learned alot just by listening to the more experienced radio guys.

[@perilousrange]

I'm a huge fan of the VHF-Low (48-50) band. Carries extremely well in the mountains. Almost empty and abandoned. You can get a frequency license if you like. Can be set up with crossband repeaters, to act as relays for your HTs. Can be done entirely solar. TYT TH-9800 can do it.

[@InTheDispersion]

Using a shortwave radio and cheap computer/tablet, you can practice decoding messages (and pictures!) on the HF frequencies right now. Very simple! Your best source of information if things go sideways is going to be the digital modes on HF bands. Start with AMRRON. Full guides and re-occurring training. There's no license to listen!

[@thelifeofjools8384]

Agreed... but in UK, they've started putting in new lines that don't support the old "pulse dialling".... only the modern tone dialling works :(

[@mrspleasants8529]

I have been placed in charge of setting up a communication plan for my group. We are all getting our equipment set up now and will start testing between homesteads.

[@darinheath]

Would you be willing to elaborate on Twitter or facebook (or anywhere really)? I'm interested in starting a similar homestead alliance (only word I could think of) and I'd like to understand how you guys started it, the growing pains, challenges, things to know..etc. We are new to our area and dont know anyone, I'm not sure where to start.

[@InTheDispersion]

@@darinheath Start with AMRRON. The website has a communications guide, reoccurring training opportunities, and all the how-to's you need to get started. Train now, so you're ready later.

[@mrspleasants8529]

@@darinheath with regard to my mutual assistance group (MAG), I just fell into it. I moved back to the USA unexpectantly, moving to a very small community outside a low population small town. Everyone, and I mean everyone in our small area are into preparedness. We are working on community water, a communication plan, and security. Everyone brings something to the table. I have been prepping and homesteading for decades...alone for the most part...it is nice to have help as I am getting older. We older people need help sometimes, but still bring a lot to the table. Regarding the communication plan, I would suggest watching some HAM KZbin. They will get you on the right track. My plan is in the planning stages, but I am starting with channel rotation, transmission-schedule and basic call signs.

[@mrspleasants8529]

@@darinheath oh, this is the only social media I use...with the occasion Patrion visit.

[@mrspleasants8529]

@@darinheath I am starting with a basic booklet with basic radio information such as radio (NATO phonetic) alphabet, call signs and prefixes, radio etiquette, HAM codes and MORSE CODE as general information. For our group we will have channel rotation and call in times and codes as a start. I have just started it so there is a lot to add. the rest of the book will be just lines paper for radio communication notes.

[@CIVILDEFENSEBUNKER]

I uave 4 baofengs, all preprogrammed with chirp. All set to MURSn#3! Plenty good for my area.

[@brandontanis388]

My grandparents still had a '70s vintage rotary phone in the basement until the house was sold a little over 10 years ago. After about 2000, it was a lot of static when making a call. We had a standard phone for a while at our house but the digital "noise" on the line was so bad (even with the filters) that we got rid of it. And we didn't even have DSL.

[@halledwardb]

Don't forget to get beams for your radios frequency. GMRS beams are relatively inexpensive and can shape the signal to get point to point if you communicating from one fixed location to another, i.e. one family house.to another further away.

[@dimondDave100]

Very important video to put into action before they change the rules. Very good christmas gifts

[@JasonGraul]

Great video. I've bought and sold or handed out about 100 UV5R'S over the last 8 yrs. Comms are gonna be very important in your AO when things go south. I headed up a community watch and handed out about 10 UV5R'S earlier this year. Keep up the good fight 💪

[@Rowsey63]

Baofeng UV5R is an excellent radio at an excellent price, either for a new operator or a veteran ham. It’s especially useful to send & receive outside of the ham bands too. MARS/CAP Mods are worth the price when it’s performed at the retailer.

[@ivandubinsky1857]

Good solid advice.

[@spockmcoyissmart961]

Fortunately I don’t have anyone i need to talk to. I have a chicom radio that I haven’t played with yet. An external cb roof antenna tuned. Nobody talking on that but it has a weather channel

[@hosgs14]

Awesome vid! I have a few. Just picked up a pair of Tidradio TD-H3 GMRS radios too. Has air rx.

[@georgeskibicki1536]

Navigating the FCC website is horrible. Make sure to print out or download all your GMRS paperwork when you apply for your license because getting back to that area is rough.

[@Idahoprepper71]

I always laugh at the people who buy a ham radio and have no license and say in a time of an emergency that they can use the radio. They are not going your how to use the radio it will be no used to them.

[@_Mordion_]

Hey Zach, I highly recommend the uv9r pro. Its what I use, its what I hand to the kids, neighbors, etc. Way more durable than the uv5r and it claims to be waterproof. Haven't tested that but they've gotten rain and sweat on them without any issue. I have a uv9r pro on my plate carrier with a CAT antenna and some peltors and it works very well. I ditched my yaesu radios for these because yaesu is too locked down. You can actually unlock triband (1.25m) on the uv9r with chirp too if you do a bit of mild hacking and put an appropriate triband antenna on it. For squad comms I have to admit, 1.25m has its advantages.

[@shuwb1]

Great analogy! And I'm looking at the dreaded "rotary phone" myself...

[@nealbeach4947]

In the event of a SHTF scenario, a license won't mean anything but in the meantime it does. If you have any kind of measurable IQ, get a license if one is required for the type of comms you choose and learn what you are doing so you will be prepared in the event of the unthinkable.

[@ha19575]

Have you thought about creating a Mesh network? Your mountain you mentioned in other videos sounds like a good repeater location.

[@Anamericanhomestead]

I'm looking into it but so far I'm skeptical of how useful this would be.

[@ha19575]

Last week I was able to pass a message 51 miles across 3 hops. It works. Easier for none radio type folks to send text.

[@Anamericanhomestead]

Can you send me your contact info on my website contact page? I have a few questions.

[@kf5hcr176]

​@@Anamericanhomestead The comms channel on KZbin has good info on meshtastic

[@CarterEdison777]

We use CB like we always did! Every trucker has one and theyre sold in every truckstop in America Why complicate things?

[@ChrisEdwards357]

Range limitations. I am getting a ham license so I can communicate to my family. Some are 50 miles away. Others are on the other side of the country. CB doesn't have that range or I would use it. I agree, it's much simpler.

[@suzettecooke5418]

!!!!!Was watching your video on Kamala and price gauging .. took it down mid watch !!!!

[@revbikerbigd8664]

Everyone should get a Technician license at the very least ! Or go with GMRS licensing for whole family! As a licensed Ham, I can talk around the world ! One licence person can allow anyone without a licensed to use the ham radio.

[@terryhardaway3285]

Shabbat Shalom, This Sabbath is Va'etchanan, "and i pleaded," Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11; Isaiah 40:1-26, (1of7 Haftorahs of Consolation); Matthew 22:1-45. Theme: The Greatest Commandment, and the 2nd is like it, to Love your neighbors as yourself. Baruch Hashem! Am Yisrael chai, Baruch haba b'shem Adonai! Be well and be Blessed! A fellow sojourner

[@hucklebearer53]

That first radio looks like FRS not GMRS. A GMRS with a repeater usually go at least 40 miles.

[@TAVAAR7]

I grew up in a house that had a working phone booth (yes the whole thing), a rotary phone and even a wall mounted bell phone (although it was recieve only since even if you spin the crank theres no operator to answer and direct calls anymore). Wed play pranks on people with all of them especially the bell phone 😂

[@barryhoneycutt3894]

Nice Zach :) thanks

[@josephg.3370]

Thanks

[@mschele64]

Thanks for the kick in the butt. I’ve been chewing on the idea of buying radios but needed an extra push. I’m heading over to listen to your radio series on patreon now. I just saw a peanuts meme with your tagline.😉Wish I could share it here.

[@Anamericanhomestead]

I think someone is going to send that meme to me. Got an email about it earlier. Will share it on X.

[@criscross6591]

😂very true especially the gmrs license

[@BigSkirtMcGirt]

Wow! I was just about to watch your newest video on destroying the dollar. Did they take it down that quickly? Hopefully you’ll put it on Patreon.

[@nekocal]

A radio from 1940 will work too, but you probably can’t use it. Tech changes. Keep in mind that many phone lines have been replaced with voip services and while your rotary phone can be plugged in it won’t work.

[@TheLocalOption]

Truth

[@PowderMill]

⚠️ PLEASE Avoid Baofeng Chinesium CRAP! For a few extra bucks (no,, not the Motorola APX8000 etc. $8k radios we are issued in public safety), you can get DECENT handheld portable radios and mobile radios that can easily be used as base station radios. The TYT MD390 Plus is a compact portable radio that does analog (for FRS/GMRS &MURS etc) *AND* does DMR digital. The same with the AnyTone 878UV series portable. They BOTH come with INCLUDED AES-256 encryption!,!! (For a $100 buck radio to include AES-256 encryption is nuts!) I just upgraded my “friends + family” group of 22 Hytera radios (pricey, but most of us are volunteer firefighters, EMT’s or police officers and use them daily anyway. (Hytera PD982’s that average $800-1000 per radio) BUT… the AES 256 encryption license PER RADIO was $240. Just for the license to enable the encryption. Learn about radio comms. BEFORE you need them.

[@PowderMill]

Also… please consider investing a few extra bucks in spare rechargeable lithium batteries ($20-30@) and a “battery eliminator” which replaces the battery with a device that looks identical to the battery , but has a coiled cord w/vehicle power plug (cigarette lighter plug) that will power the radio on 12 volts DC. Also .. invest in mobile/base radios for longer “reach” (VHF + UHF) and speak to local first responders or ham radio operators and get the frequencies used in your area and MAKE HARDCOPIES of everything. The Tech Prepper has a great KZbin channel as well. Also.. invest in a few steel garbage cans w/steel lids ($30 bucks at Home Depot) There are a few KZbin channels that instruct you how to use copper mesh and other tactics to seal up the can from outside RF - so an EMP pulse from a nuke weapon or directed energy weapon will not roast your precious electronics. We are definitely heading into terrible times. The government is NOT gonna be there to secure you or feed you. (They MIGHT “secure you”, but that will be the J6 kind of “securing”). God Bless and be safe.

[@scottbehr5690]

Could you post a link to your ham radio antenna set up?

[@scottlavertujr6394]

Where and what kind of case do u use that works for those radios?

[@Cornpop8]

What antenna do you have on that baofeng? Thanks in advance

[@TamisNomadicRVLife]

This is off subject, You late wife read a certain Bible, I can't find that video to get the name of that bible. Would you please give me the name of it? I watched when she did videos as well Thank you Shalom

[@TheSeaQ]

Here We go again Please be aware that all southbound shipments from Canada to the United States must be packaged using heat-treated pallets, as mandated by U.S. Homeland Security. Due to the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza, every truck entering the United States is subject to inspection to ensure compliance with these pallet requirements. Shipments that do not meet these standards may be denied entry, causing potential delays.

[@BobbyElliottav]

Most phone companies now is set up to where it does not recognize rotary dial phone.

[@MnACreations]

This is a point that I have made several times before.. People are buying 2M or dual band radios and throwing them in a go box. They *may* have a few frequencies programmed into them.. Here is the problem tho.. So let's say there is a disaster, these folks grab their radios and start yelling into them that they need help or whatever and they go stomping right over an ARES or RACES net that is passing emergency traffic.. Please take the time to get licensed, learn how the radio operates, and use it! This way in case of an emergency you can be of help and not a hindrance.. 7 3

[@Kq4hcuDan]

I dont have a GMRS license, but i have a Ham License. I just wished a ham license would also cover GMRS, and then again im still a Technician. I need to hurry and upgrade my tech to Gen and Extra and get my GMRS. I mainly got my ham license to be portable, play with HF and CW. I really dont care about repeaters and fancy digital modes, but GMRS is like grabbing a womans butt, and looks fun😂

[@adventureseeker9800]

The FCC does enforce the Ham bands definitely, though not everyday and in many instances only involving widely noticed blatant violations. I'm always a big fan of those who advocate for proper licensing too. There's a ridiculous loophole in FCC regulations that states in a life threatening emergency, unlicensed broadcasts are allowed any band, any frequency for the sole purpose of summoning emergency assistance. OK fine but.. The last thing the ham bands need in a crisis are a bunch of unknowledgble, u licensed users screaming on Repeater subbands yelling, IS THIS THING WORKING? HELLLO?? It take a basic technician book and a weekend worth of study to pass a tech ticket license which is pretty simple.

[@jazminejoplin6953]

❤Shabbat Shalom, & Boots up Ya'alll, cuz Nxt. yr. is Close to mid Jewel~Eye Revel. 6:12-17 6th🦭Read It & Prep Up, coininsides w/Joel 2:31, & Mark 13: & Luke 21:16-18, Acts 2:21 too... Its sure seems Very, very ((GLOBAL))IMPORTANT TO YHVH! Shalom Inn YourHomes! Lovee❤ & Prayers🙏

[@brucewayne-cave]

Do you have a LINK for those spiffy 8mm DC barrel connector with crimp inputs?

[@Anamericanhomestead]

It's a 5.5mm DC power jack connector. No tooling needed. Just plug in play. I got them on Amazon.

[@MultiMother24]

I have children in different states will the repeater work?

[@howardjohnston7376]

GMRS is good for 20 miles or so without mountains. I would with children in several states seriously consider everyone getting a ham license. No Morse requirement until you get to the 3rd level.

[@laceyevanovich1048]

How do you set up a base station? Do I need a grounding rod? I live in high mountains with a lot of trees, forest wilderness.

[@Anamericanhomestead]

Yes, always need grounding if setting up an external antenna in a permanent location.

[@auntiepam5649]

I don’t know if you realize it but they are eliminating actual landlines.

[@Anamericanhomestead]

yep!

[@ahandmadehomestead]

Can these be used like normal walkie talkies without a license if it’s like, half a mile away, or does that still require you to use the licensed frequencies? So if I bought two and wanted to contact my daughter when she farm sits next door for example.

[@howardjohnston7376]

Legally GMRS requires a license that all family members can use. No test, $35 and wading through govt website.

[@dews3340]

Late seeing your video.

[@jcmexicohomestead]

Heads up, just watched your grocery store video and it wouldn't let me comment, share, download, etc. Cut off before it was done too. Did you get a strike? Smh

[@trsexton13]

What antenna do you link with the boafang ?

[@Anamericanhomestead]

Its aftermarket dual band whip antenna that I found on amazon.

[@teresashoot999]

Have had a bofang, hated it, couldn’t understand how to operate it. Sold it. Thinking of just a mobile cb single sideband. Can use as a base or Mobil. . Most of my family’s gone. No one to contact. Thinking of a scanner and cb.

[@Anamericanhomestead]

They are LITERALLY like the easiest radios to operate that I have. I have all the expensive ones and I would choose these hands down every time.

[@rockingpox2274]

I'm 24 and never used a rotary phone

[@kevinbenoit7167]

The sad part, my wife and I turned of our cellphones due to Biden economy, they are tracking us to much, and iPhone next iOS update to 18 will have AI on it. No AI for us. We decided nwo is time to get used to NOT have a cell again. Sadly we cannot get a landline via phone wires. We live in a new building and phone lines are being faded out. We have to have an internet phone. Only option left. We do carry GmRS radios in our everyday bags for emergency though.

[@CarterEdison777]

Fcc is federal; so NO LICENSE REQUIRED, IF you do Not broadcast across state lines and stay below 100 watts and nothing commercial.

[@InVinoVeritas.]

Can I/my family use Baofengs without license(s)?

[@Anamericanhomestead]

If you use them on HAM frequencies without a license, you will get yelled at. Maybe reported but that's about it, USUALLY. Use them in GMRS/FRS frequencies and you should be fine.

[@InVinoVeritas.]

@@Anamericanhomestead With the thousands of frequencies on ham radios, if I/my family use an obscure/unused channel, as opposed to a repeater or other high vis channel, should I be concerned about using within a mile or 2 of each radio via simplex?

[@kelleyheard5790]

Do you think that they're gonna come after you when s*** hits Fans. With the amount of people that are gonna be using those illegally.

[@truthseeker9688]

I have thought of that , also. China scrambles EVERY frequency except their approved Gov indoctrination frequency.

[@nathannewell5512]

Shabbat shalom from Rogers, Arkansas. I Stand With Israel 💯 🇮🇱 ❤️. I support Prime Minister Netanyahu. Trump/Vance 2024.

[@InVinoVeritas.]

Are you affiliated w/ Pastor Fox's Shofar Mtn?

[@nathannewell5512]

@InVinoVeritas. no, I have never heard of Shofar Mountain nor Pastor Fox.

[@Pamela-pg8hj]

Amen!

[@InVinoVeritas.]

@@nathannewell5512 His channel is Viking Preparedness.

[@yeboscrebo4451]

You stand with Israel? Gross dude. You need to read more