Posted on 01/08/2021 8:20:28 PM PST by jimjohn
Having no inside information, the trend appears that conservative networks are under assault. Now is a good time to have a plan B.
This is an alert to Ham operators, shortwave and low-power FM broadcasts. Frequency and contact info needs to be made available where possible. If you have a web site and/or podcast, please make your ip address available in case of domain blockage.
Any sensitive and/or peronal isnfo you wish to keep should be copied to local hardware. (get a min 2TB drive to backup everything).
This is not a drill or 'the sky is falling'. Do not panic. But Comm nets may drop at any moment.
Yes, It's time people. Doesn't matter if you were in Washington or now. 11 days to go, and they are scared of something.
More later - as long as we have signal. Have faith, and mount up.
jimjohn
I recently got a Whistler TRX-2 scanner. Learning the deeper configuring soon.
“Got reaady two weeks ago. Baofeng radio... steep learning curve.”
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ChiCom communications gear. What could possibly go wrong?
Bookmark.
Placemarker ... me too!
Which conservative sites, besides FR?
Okay....what’s your suggestion for one that’s USA made?
Made in China 2-way radio from Amazon? I’ll pass.
Interesting but the internet protocal will work over shortwave. Not a lot of bandwidth, but it will work.
Years ago, when I first found Free Republic, a bunch of us used to gather in an IRC chat room every night. I don’t even know if people do that anymore. I know there are chat rooms, but I have no idea on how to set one up. A lot of us that frequented that chat room met in D.C. for the March for Justice, and we attended most of the other events...The Republican House Managers Dinner after Clinton’s Impeachment, and then of course FR 2001 Inaugural Ball.
You should do that anyway.
Thumb drives are cheap, portable and hold a lot of data. I keep my business records on thumb drives and just unplug them when I am through.
Air gap security.
Okay....what is your suggestion for a USA model? Thx
jimjohn. IMO, and it is just my opinion, I have been going over this the last few.
I will mail you.
BTW, I aint got any of those things so.
Yaesu FT-65r for a nice, inexpensive handheld here. 2-meter and 440mhz:
https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-015573
For what it’s worth, I’m an Extra Class Amateur Radio Operator.
The Big Chief tablet is hard to swallow. Sharpen your erasers.
Thanks!
I have zero on any cloud, and everything I have is backed-up on 3 WD ‘My Book’ 2Tb external drives. My 3 websites are also zipped-up and saved. Only one is active now, and my ISP servers are well backed-up.
Bttt
As will DRM, which has limited data capability including EWF - Emergency Warning Functionality which is intended to convey emergency inforamation. There is also a digital program guide that allows listeners with suitable radios to schedule and record program material for a later time. Essentially it is digital radio with most of the same features as we’re accustomed to over the internet, but at a much lower data rate. So no videos, no big graphics but for basic text information, news, event or rally information, etc it would be quite usable.
And the beauty of shortwave is, it doesn’t have to rely on any US-based infrastructure - no internet, not even AC power. Put a transmitter wherever in the world you want to and aim it this way, I was even hearing Algeria and Morroco on longwave the other night! Sure it can be jammed just like during the cold war but there are countermeasure for that.
We may well be at - or get to - a point where the only secure communications platforms are those that are not under the control of the US government. Just like in all banana republics! Except it will be us behind the iron curtain this time...
CHIRP is a free, open source tool for programming frequencies, tones and offsets into many of today’s VHF-UHF radios using a PC, Linux or Apple computer and programming cord. Follow this link to download the version you prefer for your operating system… https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Download To program a radio using CHIRP, a special formatted file listing of frequencies, tones, with associated offsets, must be IMPORTED into the CHIRP application, which will then use the file to program your radio. Creating the programming file (in CSV format) can be time consuming and error prone. It is most handy to start with a file with many of the local area frequencies of interest, then add or delete to suit your own needs.
Is that FR?
Thx, if so!
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