A walkie talkie tuned in on our favourite number, maybe, so we can keep each other around us updated. Keep it in a Faraday Box methinks with something to manually charge it.
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Ham radio > Walkie talkie. If the lights go out, you don't need to worry about FCC licensing issues.
"Licenses" will be your least important worry when TSHTF. The FCC has very few monitoring stations and they will go dark when the power goes off. Actually, during a Declared Emergency, Hams can and do transceive with military and civilian stations to pass Health and Welfare and other emergency messages. This has occurred during many disasters including hurricanes, earthquakes and mass casualty events. If you are licensed as an Amateur Radio Service (HAM) Operator, you just use your regular callsign as your identification. There are yearly military to HAM communications tests, most of which takes place on the 60-meter shared HAM and military/FEMA shared frequencies.
yes that was my point
And a good point too. Practice makes perfect pretty much. Hams learn correct radio procedure AND when to keep the frequency clear for real emergency traffic. Remember, use "BREAK" for a so-so important message. Use PAN PAN PAN for an immediate emergency and use MAYDAY only for an immediate life or death situation occurring in your presence. On a net, operator can use EMERGENCY to begin a vital Health, Welfare or Emgency message.