Ham Radio For SHTF Communication | This Will Work When Everything Else Fails

If you want to have reliable communication during an emergency, the only service that will be 100% is amateur radio/ham radio. Let me know if you have further questions.

Also, I’m a new Ham operator in Idaho USA. I bought a Yaesu FT-991A and a piece of wire from Lowe’s. I made a dipole antenna for 20m and talked to a guy in North Carolina. Amazing and simple.

I am a General ham liscense holder. You did an absolutely terrific job of explaining ham/amateur radio, its uses, and capabilities in the event of SHTF. Great video!

I am studying for my ham lics in a few weeks. I am only a low-level prepper but I enjoyed your presentation just for general knowledge. I think you did a great job. It was not disjointed at all. I visuals on the antennas along with the frequency info were great. THANKS!

As I’ve told you Glen’s grandpa was a ham radio operator for decades. He was also a communication technician during WWII stationed on a north west location in Canada. Life long friendships were made world wide. So fun. This seems to be a hit for you Rich!

Yep. What you say. One of the first questions I had when working on getting my tickets was how are we really supposed to use this radio for real emergencies. How are we to know which frequencies and what time to be on the radio with friends, families and pertinent others. From the answers, or lack of I quickly realized we would suffer from our lack of preparedness. This is the time to practice and know how to utilize our resources. Thank you sir.

my buddy and i managed to get about 7 miles simplex here in northwest ohio. the landscape is patchy woods and cornfields and i was heading pretty much directly south from his location, but i used a ft60r with a diamond antenna inside the car and he was inside his house in the woods with a uv5r and stock antenna. not to shabby.

The great thing about getting your HAM license and meeting other HAMs is that you'll learn how to use these radios and understand how they work. Many people think they will just buy one of these things, turn it on and it just works, are in for a big surprise.

Best basics ham video much more eloquent than what others put out, you kept it at the perfect level of depth without overwhelming the viewer, something others fail at miserably, these videos need to be explained like we’re five years old.

Just payed the fee to the FCC and waiting for my paperwork after passing my Tech&Gen. I appreciate your content. Looking forward to more HF & SHTF videos.

Thank you! I’m retired, been a prepper since 1972 to mitigate job loss. Since retiring, a prepper for SHTF. Early in career, a sales guy for Motorola C&E division (business 2-way). Much knowledge lost. Trying to remember. Your video was very helpful, bringing back some knowledge. I need more info to revive my knowledge base, but don’t k ow what I don’t know. I need time to contemplate scenarios for my wife and myself. Much appreciated! God bless.

I have been a radio amateur (extra class) since 2015 as one of about a dozen hobbies, half of which include prepping of some sort. It is a great distraction that you can do in your home and has a lot of activities both on the air and with clubs and hamfests. After getting the 3 amateur exams out of the way, I took the 6 FCC Commercial (GROL, GMDSS, T, Radar) within 6 months just to see how deep the rabbit hole went. I started in CB and REACT in the 70's but now I enjoy HF the most since it is good for very long distance. It may have helped a bit that I was Comm/Nav in the USAF in the early 80's. 73 de KI1Y, Central Florida.

Good job keeping it simple. I’ve noticed a big uptick of people on social media wanting radios for prepping reasons. Most have limited or no radio knowledge. The availability of cheap Chinese radios and their deceptive marketing is at least partially fueling this. The good thing is that at least some of them can be recruited into the hobby with some exposure to it. The more people we can get licensed , the bigger pool of resources we will have should an emergency occur or even just for the betterment of the hobby in general. Keep stressing that getting licensed and actually using the radio is how you will become better prepared should an emergency actually arise. There’s a mindset among some that they don’t need a license, since they will only operate under emergency rules. If you truly want to be prepared, you need to practice your skills and a license is how you get on the air when there’s no emergency and practice. For future videos you could show some simple ideas for very basic antennas and radios. Maybe a beginners set up that’s portable? Any way keep up the good work. 73’s!!!

I just passed my technician test yesterday and just started studying for general. Should be licensed in a couple days.

I’ve learned more during this video than I have in watching 200 others. You’ve answered the questions I have had for a long time and generally not had them explained. BASIC stuff was what I needed. Many thanks.

Noobie here. Learned more basics in the last 23 minutes than I've gleaned from most SW channels (NPI) in the last 23 weeks. Thanx. Am subbing right after I post this.

You did a very good job. That gives anyone a general understanding of how amateur radio works and what you need to do. Thanks for the video.

Great video. You hit all the points needed to explain this hobby. Not too deep but not shallow by any means. You also drove home the concept “Its too late to start reading the book on how to swim when the ship is going down.” Well done sir. 73 de KD3E

Thank you Sir I'm currently studying for my Technician License You made my life much simpler by explaining everything you covered that I didn't know yet I'm mostly interested in the emergency aspect of becoming a Hammer out to at least 50miles from my home I live on the highest elevation in Laurens Co. Georgia Thank You Sir🙏 I have subscribed 👍

I just got my technician license. Thanks for the info, I appreciate it.