>>961839>>961840Very nice, thanks for this info. Looks a bit bigger and chunkier than a UV-5R, but the built-in USB charger makes it ideal to charge with a powerbank and regular MicroUSB cable.
Sure, I do have that capability at this time with a 5V to 10V step-up cable, but you'd still need to carry the charging cradle with you.
>>961798When the grid goes down, they might be a good source of information (given that they have a battery backup). Some hams might be discussing some info he or she heard on shortwave ham bands, from outside your area of effect (of the disaster) or from ARES or one of the many survivalist nets on the shortwave bands.
The more frequencies you have programmed or the capability to listen to, your chances of getting some worthwhile info when the grid is down will increase.
Please buy a 5 dollar programming cable so you can give the frequencies a alphanumeric name.
Since the ISS repeater is extra-terrestial, it will still work in almost any scenario. It's a bitch to work though. Just get your ham license, and check in with local VHF and UHF nets. Might want to get a Diamond X-50 or X-30 (or N9TAX antenna if you don't want anything permanent) on your house and a cheap base rig like the Juentai or Leixen. that way you can be a lot more sure of being heard on simplex ham frequencies (not using a repeater to talk to hams) and when checking in with nets.
Commsprepper and Guerrillacomm are some good YT accounts.
Getting your FCC general license is a piece of fucking cake.
