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best shtf handheld radio — Independent communications are vital for sharing information, coordinating resources, and also just for keeping in touch when traditional communications infrastructure fails. Using your own encrypted radios can protect your communications from 3rd parties listening in.
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handheld radios

Get yourself a pair of Baofeng UV-5R’s. This is the cheapest solution to get started with communications independent of a 3rd-party / centralized cellular network.

long distance radio communications

radio repeaters

encrypted communications

(Note: for educational purposes only. The FCC prohibits amateur radio users from transmitting “messages encoded for the purpose of obscuring their meaning” i.e. encrypted communications. In emergency situations however, it is good to have this knowledge and capability.)

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