Gadgetmonster
Expert
For the last couple years I have been making preparations. Water, food, medical, solar power, generators, fuel and some coms. I purchased a BaoFeng BF-F8HP radio, a couple hams and coms books and looked briefly at diving into the licensing requirements but something always jumps in the way and I'm not getting it done.
Frequently when I am in the storage room with my stuff I look at that radio and wonder what would I do with it if I needed it tomorrow. I understand the responsibility of licensing but if something happened tomorrow I would sure like to have some capability of monitoring a local frequency or two that would be a lifeline.
Is there a frequency (like a channel 19 on a cb radio for example) that I could tune to to monitor emergency information?
Frequently when I am in the storage room with my stuff I look at that radio and wonder what would I do with it if I needed it tomorrow. I understand the responsibility of licensing but if something happened tomorrow I would sure like to have some capability of monitoring a local frequency or two that would be a lifeline.
Is there a frequency (like a channel 19 on a cb radio for example) that I could tune to to monitor emergency information?