So I did some quick reading on the topic of getting HAM radios for our communities, because one of our citizens brought it up.
Not unsurprisingly the powers that be have fairly strictly regulated radio. Can't have the peasants talking freely now can we!?
Radio equipment cannot be bought without a license.
The only unregulated radio equipment/frequencies I read about was UHF (Ultra High Frequency) walkie talkies limited to about 4 watts of power. These radio waves do not travel very far and obviously even shorter with their power limit.
In short if we want to seriously use radio we would need to hide our communications using encryption and build our own radio equipment.
What I will do though is to make sure we have at least one good book on how to build radios in case there is a collapse.
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[–] drakesdoom2 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Encryption is not enough if they find your broadcasts annoying. An encrypted signal can still be triangulated to the transmitter.
[–] 7e62ce85 [S] ago (edited ago)
Yes this is correct. We know of a way to defeat triangulation and detection, but I'm not going to discuss that publicly, hence why I just said "encryption".
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[–] NiggadermCQ 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Can also modify equipment.
My transmitter was limited to certain frequencies.. but there was some simple soldering instructions to open or close (it's been so long I forget) two pins and the radio acts as if you have a license.
[–] 7e62ce85 [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Okay wikipedia said something else (or I misunderstood), but you sound like you know about it.
Any idea what the rules are in the EU for buying HAM equipment?
[–] beece 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
In the age of cell phones and internet, ham radio is passing away. If you want it for emergency communications, why not just take the test? Lots of free sites to help towards that end: https://hamstudy.org/
[–] 7e62ce85 [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
What I fear is basically the government unlike some other preppers (although we are not preppers there is some overlap in concerns) so I can't really use things that require government license and permission. Put simply if the government hasn't shut everything down we can use the internet and otherwise a licensed radio would be taken too.
[–] ForTheUltimate 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
We can communicate with military action. McNuking 3rd parties will be our secret society signal