Real Life Prepper by Frank Cohee Iii

Author:Frank Cohee Iii [Cohee, Frank Iii]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780615985084
Amazon: 0615985084
Publisher: Intelligent Arms
Published: 2014-03-20T04:00:00+00:00

Communications

Be aware that this can be a confusing and technical topic. RLP recommends you refer to the glossary for terms you may not be familiar with. You do not have to know everything here. Pick and choose what you are interested in and use some of the links for more education. RLP did not become this smart by just reading one chapter. Did I say that out loud?

Radio Communications

In a survival situation, radio communications boil down to two categories: listening and talking. You may want to do both. You can further refine those two categories depending on who you want to listen to and who you want to talk to.

Back in the day when I first started hunting, I purchased a Motorola TalkAbout Distance DPS radio (like a walkie-talkie). The walkie-talkie is more formally known as a handheld transceiver. I was not planning on just listening. I wanted to talk to my hunting buddies. So I got the same type of radio they had. It was expensive. The TalkAbout used both a rechargeable Ni-Cad battery pack and disposable AA alkaline batteries. Ten channels were on the dial: 1 through 7 then A, B, C, and S. Stay tuned to see why they add up to 11. I was told to put my radio dial on “C” because that was what they were using. Of course, I complied. I could not talk with them if we were not on the same frequency. Other than being expensive, this seemed very innocuous and benign.

My first real mistake was not completing my research before I bought the TalkAbout. When it arrived, I made my first recognizable mistake by partially reading the manual. A small section said that the TalkAbout operated on General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) frequencies and required a FCC license. I was somewhat familiar (I thought) with the FCC license because I had to get one to operate a radio in a private plane. Accordingly, I went to the FCC website, registered, and signed up for the free license. Unfortunately, the FCC website was as bad then as the Affordable Care Act website was in 2013. It took almost ten years for the FCC to catch up to me with a bill for the $50 license fee and $100 fine for not paying for and renewing the license. Life is hard. Life is harder when you are stupid. My hunting buddies had not read the manual, had not registered with the FCC, and did not get any bills. Ignorance is bliss.

After using the TalkAbout for a few years, the Ni-Cad pack would not hold a charge. It took another couple of years before my replacement Ni-Cad pack also failed. Unwilling to make another $500 purchase for another TalkAbout, I started wondering if I could buy and use some of those cheap bubble-pack radios sold at every Walmart and Academy Sports across the country. It was time to dig the TalkAbout manual out of the unused hunting gear box and read the whole thing.

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