Communications

[MJFletcher]

i'm atruck driver so i have a couple of CB's and have in the past thought about HAM radio but unless you are at a base unit the mobile ones are expensive but should be in everyones plans to purchase at some point i think they have a CB/HAM deal but not sure its been a while since i looked into such things, i will check them out the next time i am at the truck stop

ETA: great idea for a post we should all be able to communicate and be able to join our forces if needed ....

Thats why I made it, Nepa and I were discussing it in the chat and figured it would be a good idea to post it.

HAM radios can be tuned to the frequencies the CB channels use, but that requires that either you know EXACTLY what frequency each channel is using, or you program them into the HAMs presets for quick access. I'd rather have one of each so I can save the presets for other frequencies (IE: ZRT Sector command posts is 7 frequencies right there, frequencies of known friendly survivor compounds could easily count in the hundreds, etc etc)

At a compound, multiple base stations would be a good setup. Different antenna types have different Rx/Tx capabilities, so we'd want to be able to harness that
ie:
omnidirectional antennas for general use and communicating with mobile users
beam antennas for straight line transmission when communicating with fixed locations
multi-frequency antennas for scanning a broad range of transmissions including the frequencies used by handheld walkies that passing survivor groups may be using