I can still communicate via Amateur Radio. I’ve been doing it for 57 years.
Great. We have some good Ham operators on board from New England to California. Join if interested in getting involved. I will connect you to the Ham members.
When all else fails —— Amateur Radio!
Amateur radio has been made easier with the removal of the requirement to be proficient in Morse Code. It is a wonderful hobby. Like anything else, it can be as complex as a person wants, but the entry-level license allows emergency communications and the technical aspects of the test are not complex at all.
Having ham radio equipment gives a person the means to communicate with others without any outside infrastructure, and an antenna can be as simple as a piece of wire a few dozen feet long.
Taste the ignorant bliss of the typical liberal.
I’ve always thought that sounds fun, but don’t know how to get started.
I have not been active since 1994. I just lost interest in it. After many years of the same thing, I talked to the Europeans on 10 and 15 meters in the morning, and the Asians, mostly Japanese, on 12 meters in the afternoon, I just could not take it anymore. I got caught in more pile ups than carter has little liver pills. It seemed to always be the same, call sign, rig, RST, QTH, you speak good English, then on to the next one. I will never let my license expire, and if need be, ref this thread, I could always go back to it if I had to, but for the time being, I just don't have the fire in the gut that I had at one time.
Same here. Plus I have other means of wireless comms. It ain't the internet but HF radio traffic will explode after the interwebs go down.
Trying to fit my licensing study in between College, work, being a dad, etc. Not easy but then again, anything worthwhile will take effort.