How Do We Communicate if a Melt-Down Occurs?

vanity | 6/11/10 | jobim

[jobim]

In the event that the catastrophe takes place which we all are thinking about and talking about in these days under this regime, whether it be a global financial shut-down (see this scenario: http://www.grandpappy.info/honehour.htm), a military strike somewhere, or some such dire event unleashes sudden freeze-up of our society: How do citizens communicate?

CB? Short wave? Our lifeblood is communication. What are our options to maintain this link to patriots across the country?

[jobim]

Solzhenitsyn says in The Gulag Archipelago: How we burned later after being arrested, that we didn't put up a resistance. What if each Black Maria that prowled the streets at night feared that citizens would run out of their apartments and rip the driver to shreds, grab axes and clubs to kill the agents going door to door to arrest people?

Because they couldn't communicate, they were kept in isolated fear. How do we prevent this? We all pray to Our Great Protector that such a time will never descend upon our nation, but it doesn't hurt to take some prudent precautions.

[muddler]

At the very least get a CB radio.

[dragnet2]

Amateur radio works really well....

[Scythian]

We shoot every damn thing that moves, that’s how ...

[cripplecreek]

Morse code.

Single shots for dots, busts for dashes.

[roses of sharon]

We need a meet-up.....the UP of Michigan? Texas?

[Jim Robinson]

Smoke signals, gun powder and lead.

[BiggieLittle]

Communication broke down in NY on 9/11. Cell phones did not work. Rumors flew. In the NYPD we thought that some of our top commanders were dead and found out otherwise days later.

[UCANSEE2]

Signs work pretty good.

[DTogo]

NOW is the time to organize and create the grassroots networks that can leap-frog over/under conventional means of communication.

[Deb]

We can meet at Saks!

[Buckeye McFrog]

One if by Bicycle,
Two if by Light Rail...

[Wings-n-Wind]

[teletech]

When all else fails.....AMATEUR RADIO!

[UCANSEE2]

Amateur radio works really well....

As long as it's battery powered.

[UCANSEE2]

And sealed in a Faraday cage.

[Rapscallion]

Across the US there are amatuer radio clubs whose members work tirelessly with HF and UHF and HF Internet communications during emergencies. These men and women were the unsung heroes in Katrina. When nothing else worked, they were there communicating all the way to Omaha, East Coast and West Coast passing on requirements and information. Locate the nearest club. Make discrete contact. They are US!!

[July4]

Is this another manufactured crisis (think Millenium computer panic, influenza scare, etc.) designed to enable Obama and comrades to take over all sources of public communication, especially the unruly internet?

[Syntyr]

“We shoot every damn thing that moves, that’s how ..”

Were gonna need IFF codes for fellow Freepers

[Jim Robinson]

We all speak in code. Especially the government. “Martial Law” is government code for “the military portion of the Marxist Revolution is now underway.” Act accordingly.

[Sparky1776]

The latrine wall....worked great before the internet, I still use it for my deeper thoughts I want to share with the world.

[GonzoGOP]

Single shots for dots, busts for dashes

If it gets that bad you won't want to waste the ammo. I suggest building a trebuchet and hurling liberals. One for a dot and two for a dash. You never run out of liberals. And hurling them into the pond never gets old.

[beefree]

I have taken note of the HAM radio antenna on a house down the street, now, I just need to make friends with him/her.

[JoeFromSidney]

Amateur radio works really well....

As long as it's battery powered.

Don't forget solar power. Lots of hams add solar cells to their field day equipment.

[devere]

The internet was originally designed to work under nuclear war conditions.

[what's up]

If they capture the radio waves we can try homing pigeons.

[TheConservativeParty]

Thank you Obummer, World’s Greatest Guns and Ammunition Salesman, because of you...

There is a gun behind every blade of grass.

We’ll get back to basics if the worst happens.

[ASOC]

Are round up a AN/GRC-109 and a GN -58 to power it.

THe tubes are becoming hard to find tho.

Other good choices

AN/PRC-74, AN/PRC-104 and the ubiquitous AN/PRC-25

[GonzoGOP]

Amateur radio works really well....
As long as it's battery powered. >

Get one of those old army hand crank generators. That's what the kids are for.

[GonzoGOP]

GMTA

[Syntyr]

I have been thinking about putting together a bug out trailer. A small 4’x4’ trailer that I can pack up with tents, shovels, axes, lanterns, matches, first aid kits, water, water filtration, rope, canned food, mres, weapons, ammo, etc etc. Something that I can hook up to my Jeep and bug out with.

This is another one of those things I would like to add. Some sort of HAM radio rig.

[abishai]

Early Christians used the sign of the fish to communicate with each other in Rome. Perhaps we’ll sneak around a heavily guarded downtown area looking for the sign of a cheese eating moose?

[TheConservativeParty]

I like the previous poster’s idea of liberals being used as ammo in trebuchets. Finally, a use for liberals. They’ll really freak out when they’re not issued safety helmets for their flight!

[cripplecreek]

If you freeze your liberals and strap them to your feet, they make damn fine cross country skis.

[hoosierham]

I predict most people will be staring at their non-working cellphones.

All too many ham operators are repeater-dependent so that is not so much help.I am afraid that a great many hams have gone overboard in their desire to be "official communicators" associated with the government;but then again some of those could be in a position to warn the the patriots of any planned patriot round-ups.There are standard simplex frequencies no longer widely used;plus ,unless the government gone bad is unusually stupid they will jam the airwaves while broadcasting denunciations against all resisters and promising great rewards for informants. CB,FRS, and 2-meter ham radios are all inexpensive new and probably ought to be a part of an intelligent emergency stash,along with a survival-type AM/FM/shortwave receiver.A spare ,cheap laptop with a modem might not be bad,either.

Don't forget a few carefully chosen books and manuals ,wire,and connectors.

Then there are the age-old bell,gongs, or the like. For instance a 3 foot steel crowbar suspended by a string and stuck with a hammer can be distinctive and loud.A variety of codes or actions can be sent by car horns,too.

Think of the effect on a team when upon exiting their assault vehicle for the forced entry ,they are greeted by the echoing sounds of alarms and find themselves surrounded by ........

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I'm all set. Several sets that will work on a WIDE range of frequencies, a nice array of antennae on the roof and a variable 500 watt amp for just in case.

Believe it or not, there is a fair amount of chatter across many bands about this very subject. People are creating new, and maintaining older current nets.

[mountainlion]

AARL has some practice programs on the Internet to learn the code.

[combat_boots]

I am already CB radio, thank you very much. ;>

By definition.

combat_boots

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Is this another manufactured crisis

Use a search engine and look up what happened in Argentina. Then look at Greece. Not a manufactured crisis at all. It could happen.

[glorgau]

At this point, the internet in some form or other will be running - barring a global asteroid strike.

Just have something that is buried in otherwise innocuous business traffic.

[ASOC]

You win the prize for both the shortest and most incomprehensible answer to date! Congratulations.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

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[combat_boots]

With nasty, bity teeth, too, I’ll bet.

[P.O.E.]

[I see my hands]

"A small 4’x4’ trailer... that I can hook up to my Jeep and bug out with."

You will be targeted on the road, IMO.

[mrmeyer]

"That's what the kids are for."

LOL. Dad said we were for carrying groceries into the house and shoveling snow. Your comment takes me back.

[GonzoGOP]

GMTA = Great Minds Think Alike

[Right Wing Assault]

GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike.

[Mr. K]

Yeah- I remember the classics

“Here I sit, broken hearted...”

[occamrzr06]

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