Bugging Out in a Disaster
On today’s show, I talk about the lesson’s learned when we had to bug out last summer for Hurricane Irma. I give a gear review for a particular piece of equipment utilized during the bug out and also issue a retraction on a recommendation I’ve made in the past.
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Some great info Mark. As an avid Ham Radio operator and a Yaesu fanboy, 🙂 That is my radio of preference, BUT, for the bang for the buck the Baofeng’s are great little radios. I have 4 of them, one for each of our get home bags and 2 in a Faraday cage. The beauty of them is, the price of course, but also they are a police/fire/EMS scanner. The range is so-so for hitting a repeater and on simplex, it’s Ok too. Since the folks I’m going to be talking to in a grid down situation are pretty close to me, I think they are well worth the money. Get a cheapo case and a few extra batteries and you are good to go. de N4WSH
Thanks for the recommendations!
Mark, it makes me mad to hear that Medi-shared ripped you off and is dragging their feet on the refund. Let’s face it; they want you to give up.
What you need to do is sue that company in the local small claims court. Look up the company on your state’s Secretary of State website, under agent for service of process. That is where you mail the lawsuit. Send a copy of the small claims suit to that agent certified, return receipt requested. In court, make sure you have print-outs of all your e-mails with this company, and a print-out that shows when this money was taken out of your bank account. Be respectful of the judge and clear and simple in what happened. You might also get costs for the filing fees and the mailing fees. Go for it!
Our family has Samaritan’s, and we have never had any problems, but then again, we have never made a claim.
Cal, they finally paid up after about 8 weeks of persistent weekly phone calls and several hours spent on hold being passed from uniformed department to uniformed department. Thanks for the advice!
Hello Mark
I have dropped and busted the same battery hook. you can get a new one for a few bucks and its very easy to replace.
http://www.409shop.com/409shop_product.php?id=108583
Almost all the parts in a Baofeng are available from 409shop.
I also have a vid on this repair at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBQCVT-Ub5k
I have one uv5r with a busted LCD display. I got a replacement for 5 bucks and will do a vid on that repair soon.
I also have a FT-60. It is a much more rugged radio and weighs more than a Baofeng. But, I still prefer the Baofeng. It has better receive audio and light weight that slides into a shirt pocket. It will monitor two frequncies, the ft-60 only one. I do not use software to program my radios. The Chinese HTs are a little different than the Japanese HTs , but once you learn it’s very easy. I think it is very important to be able to program a rig in the field.
thanks for all you do. I enjoy your podcast. 73
Thanks for the info! And thanks for listening!