[SampleMan]

Johny,
I've used HF, UHF, and VHF. And FYI, SATCOM has supplanted HF sets for real wilderness/3rd world travel. You are MISSING THE POINT of this thread.

How many people on your street have HF? How many within 50 miles of you? If I want to rally 50 people or 100,000 people to action (this Wednesday) who I don't even know, how exactly do I do that via HF?

This is a thread concerning the control of communication during a crisis. Believe me, during the Green Revolution in Iran, HF was at the very, very bottom of the government's “gotta control” list.

If aliens attack and take out all of the infrastructure, I'll be thinking of you and your HF. But if Obama declares an emergency and cancels the November elections on Oct. 30th, you aren't on my priority list for fast response.

[JRandomFreeper]

Oh, I'll bet there are enough on my street that have HF.

Some even have the ability to transmit on the commercial AM bands if required.

If you want to rally 50 or 100K people, turn their lights off for 2 weeks. Then let the guys with HF coordinate and diseminate the information.

/johnny