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My background is in engineering, that's how I know this.
the Ham radios that can broadcast on frequencies between 3Mhz and 30Mhz are most useful in a grid down situation.
The reason is because signals broadcast between 3Mhz and 30Mhz bounce off the ionosphere and can travel long distances. The ionosphere is a naturally occurring phenomenon in the earth's atmosphere.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywave
A good antenna for signals between 3Mhz and 30Mhz can be nearly 100 feet long, the antennas are too large to be on a walkie talkie.
To broadcast on frequencies below about 26 Mhz requires a Ham license, frequencies between 26Mhz to 28Mhz (or so and the broadcast frequencies are set into channels) are in the Citizens Band and don't require a license.
https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/citizens-band-radio-service-cbrs
(The FCC says it's only for short distance but CB signals do bounce off the ionosphere and with a good antenna and a linear amplifier you can communicate across the USA)
A good antenna for CB radio can be 9 feet long.
There are other frequencies used by Ham radio users that don't bounce off the ionosphere they pass straight through, these are frequencies in the 100Mhz and 400Mhz range.
The way they extend the range of signals in the 100Mhz and 400Mhz spectrum is by having repeaters. Repeaters are basically radios placed on high hills, mountains, on high towers, tall buildings that receive a signal amplify it then rebroadcast it out on the same frequency so people farther away can receive the signal.
A good antenna in the 400Mhz range is about 0.5 feet long (about the size of a Baofeng antenna), in the 100Mhz about 2.5 feet long. Notice the antennas are small enough to be on a walkie talkie.
Broadcasting in the 100Mhz and 400Mhz band usually requires a license there are one or two exceptions. For example the FRS, and MURS broadcast bands do not require a license.
https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/family-radio-service-frs
Repeaters require electric power to operate, some may be powered by solar, some may have battery backup, but most require grid power.
In a SHTF situation these repeaters may not be working, though the ionosphere will still be there.
"
My background is in engineering, that's how I know this.
the Ham radios that can broadcast on frequencies between 3Mhz and 30Mhz are most useful in a grid down situation.
The reason is because signals broadcast between 3Mhz and 30Mhz bounce off the ionosphere and can travel long distances. The ionosphere is a naturally occurring phenomenon in the earth's atmosphere.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywave
A good antenna for signals between 3Mhz and 30Mhz can be nearly 100 feet long, the antennas are too large to be on a walkie talkie.
To broadcast on frequencies below about 26 Mhz requires a Ham license, frequencies between 26Mhz to 28Mhz (or so and the broadcast frequencies are set into channels) are in the Citizens Band and don't require a license.
https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/citizens-band-radio-service-cbrs
(The FCC says it's only for short distance but CB signals do bounce off the ionosphere and with a good antenna and a linear amplifier you can communicate across the USA)
A good antenna for CB radio can be 9 feet long.
There are other frequencies used by Ham radio users that don't bounce off the ionosphere they pass straight through, these are frequencies in the 100Mhz and 400Mhz range.
The way they extend the range of signals in the 100Mhz and 400Mhz spectrum is by having repeaters. Repeaters are basically radios placed on high hills, mountains, on high towers, tall buildings that receive a signal amplify it then rebroadcast it out on the same frequency so people farther away can receive the signal.
A good antenna in the 400Mhz range is about 0.5 feet long (about the size of a Baofeng antenna), in the 100Mhz about 2.5 feet long. Notice the antennas are small enough to be on a walkie talkie.
Broadcasting in the 100Mhz and 400Mhz band usually requires a license there are one or two exceptions. For example the FRS, and MURS broadcast bands do not require a license.
https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/family-radio-service-frs
Repeaters require electric power to operate, some may be powered by solar, some may have battery backup, but most require grid power.
In a SHTF situation these repeaters may not be working, though the ionosphere will still be there.
"
Wikipedia
Skywave
propagation of radio waves via the ionosphere
Remember the ABP of TI, always be prepping.
This week for me;
1. 2nd 10 KG bag of rice bought
2. More tinned fish.
Racking and packing food storage (= best investment too atm, with food price inflation running 10-100% pa).
This week for me;
1. 2nd 10 KG bag of rice bought
2. More tinned fish.
Racking and packing food storage (= best investment too atm, with food price inflation running 10-100% pa).
I thought the 2 30L barrels (watertight/airproof) might be overkill when I bought, nope.
Now to be used, now I have 20 KG of rice to put in one of them. Pasta in a week + flour(s) for the other barrel. :)
Now to be used, now I have 20 KG of rice to put in one of them. Pasta in a week + flour(s) for the other barrel. :)
"Phase 2B would be to head to Avon and Somerset police’s headquarters in Portishead during the panic that was bound to follow, set off fire alarms and when staff gathered outside detonate bombs and open fire.
He would then access the building, using ID from one of his victims, and set off a gas explosion – “like a mini version of the 1995 Oklahoma bombing”, he wrote – before killing himself."
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/13/revenge-on-my-mind-somerset-man-jailed-for-firearms-offences-was-fascinated-with-mass-killers
He would then access the building, using ID from one of his victims, and set off a gas explosion – “like a mini version of the 1995 Oklahoma bombing”, he wrote – before killing himself."
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/13/revenge-on-my-mind-somerset-man-jailed-for-firearms-offences-was-fascinated-with-mass-killers
#NAZIHealthService #NHS
Inside the stroke ward where patients were strapped to beds and doped like zombies while callous nurses mocked them
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12629391/stroke-ward-patients-zombies-nurses-mocked-families.html
Inside the stroke ward where patients were strapped to beds and doped like zombies while callous nurses mocked them
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12629391/stroke-ward-patients-zombies-nurses-mocked-families.html
Mail Online
Inside the stroke ward where patients were strapped to beds and doped like zombies while callous nurses mocked them - as revealed…
Only now, following a court case last week, has the truth about the 'culture of abuse', which existed behind the double-doors of this seemingly ordinary ward come to light.
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British MP accuses government of potential complicity in war crimes
Patrick Wintour
Patrick Wintour
A Conservative British MP has served notice on his government that he is planning to bring legal proceedings including a reference to the international criminal court for being complicit in Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/oct/14/israel-hamas-war-live-un-says-tens-of-thousands-have-fled-south-in-gaza-israel-strikes-hezbollah-target-in-lebanon-says-idf
British MP accuses government of potential complicity in war crimes
Patrick Wintour
Patrick Wintour
A Conservative British MP has served notice on his government that he is planning to bring legal proceedings including a reference to the international criminal court for being complicit in Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/oct/14/israel-hamas-war-live-un-says-tens-of-thousands-have-fled-south-in-gaza-israel-strikes-hezbollah-target-in-lebanon-says-idf
the Guardian
300 Palestinians killed in past 24 hours, health ministry reports – as it happened
Israeli PM posts video to troops saying ‘we are all ready’
#TargetedIndividuals #SNP #MP #Scotland #UK
“I found it to be quite a psychologically coercive situation,”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/13/lisa-cameron-snp-mp-who-defected-to-tories-forced-into-hiding
“I found it to be quite a psychologically coercive situation,”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/13/lisa-cameron-snp-mp-who-defected-to-tories-forced-into-hiding
the Guardian
Lisa Cameron, SNP MP who defected to Tories, ‘forced into hiding’
Cameron says she was threatened with being ‘bricked’ in the street after joining Conservatives on Thursday