Emergency Preparedness Thread

[FN Phat]

Is there a naked woman sitting on it? My server is blocking it, and the only things I block with OpenDNS is porn/lingerie.

it is porn for the outdoorsman!

[Surfah]

too bad you cant get one in the states...not that I could afford it anyways. The 490 is badass as well

It's not as expensive as I expected. The 490 fully loaded is about $54k US dollars.

[FN Phat]

It's not as expensive as I expected. The 490 fully loaded is about $54k US dollars.

Thats not as bad as I thought either. You can drop some serious coin for a toy hauler.

[old_gregg]

Is there a naked woman sitting on it? My server is blocking it, and the only things I block with OpenDNS is porn/lingerie.

in addition to sweet content like this, liveleak tends to host videos of cartels chopping people's heads off. probably why it's getting filtered.

[beefytee]

This direct link to the videos probably won't be blocked:

http://uev.com.au/show-dates

The video from liveleaks is for the 440.

[Surfah]

in addition to sweet content like this, liveleak tends to host videos of cartels chopping people's heads off. probably why it's getting filtered.

Yeah Live Leak can be a risky click. Sorry.

[cowboy]

This direct link to the videos probably won't be blocked:

http://uev.com.au/show-dates

The video from liveleaks is for the 440.

We used to have several of those, back when they had less gadgets and were called sheepwagons.

[wuapinmon]

Now that I can afford to do it, what's the best electronic communication system, without getting crazy, after a natural disaster? Walkie talkies?

[Uncle Ted]

Now that I can afford to do it, what's the best electronic communication system, without getting crazy, after a natural disaster? Walkie talkies?

https://www.amazon.com/BaoFeng-UV-5R.../dp/B007H4VT7A




Get one of these cables to program it: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

With this software: http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home

[wuapinmon]

https://www.amazon.com/BaoFeng-UV-5R.../dp/B007H4VT7A




Get one of these cables to program it: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

With this software: http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home

So, it looks like you have to get a license to lawfully use one of those. Is that what you did?

[Jeff Lebowski]

Now that I can afford to do it, what's the best electronic communication system, without getting crazy, after a natural disaster? Walkie talkies?

[Uncle Ted]

So, it looks like you have to get a license to lawfully use one of those. Is that what you did?

(1) You can use it all you want without a license to receive only. You only need a license to transmit. If you don't trust yourself or your kids to not transmit then you can program it to receive only. Note that programming this radio can be done with or without the above cable. With the cable and the free software it is much easier to program, however. If you have a buddy with a HAM license they may already have this cable and know the local frequencies that the police, fire department, emergency weather, etc. use. They would be able to load these up for you fairly quick. If not, a little internet research you can find the frequencies that you will want to have.

(2) In a state of an emergency you don't need a HAM license to transmit on any frequency. Of course, getting a HAM license these days is just a matter of memorizing the questions and answers from a question pool and taking a 30-minute test. The question pool is relatively small and there are lots of smartphone apps they help you memorize the pool questions/answer pairs.

[old_gregg]

Now that I can afford to do it, what's the best electronic communication system, without getting crazy, after a natural disaster? Walkie talkies?

[BigFatMeanie]

Ooh, good idea! It totally worked in Independence Day when the aliens didn't know how to decipher Morse code. And because the aliens were so dumb, the humans were able to upload a virus to the alien mothership, complete with an "uploading virus" progress bar!

[Uncle Ted]

Ooh, good idea! It totally worked in Independence Day when the aliens didn't know how to decipher Morse code. And because the aliens were so dumb, the humans were able to upload a virus to the alien mothership, complete with an "uploading virus" progress bar!

LOL... Aliens are so dumb.