For all those that are just beginning in HAM radio. You hear all of us push you to get at least to the general stage of the license. The reason is, from a preppers POV, You want local and regional information and HF radio w/ an NVIS antenna setup is the answer. VHF capabilities using repeaters is your answer if the repeater towers are active. However, if the repeaters are down, your Tx/Rx ability is drastically reduced. We push you to the general license so you can get access to HF and then utilize a NVIS setup for regional commo. Here is a slide show just scratching the surface of true independent commo
http://s3.amazonaws.com/emcommeast2008/NVIS.pdf
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