I was listening to a few hams on HF, who were taking a break by having a small roundtable chat from inside the destroyed area, HF radios, battery power, reduced outputs ( one station was 5 Watts SSB, weak readable here in Virginia). They mentioned recharging batteries "later" and one guy mentioned that had a place he could walk to that had power to recharge his batteries. One CLASSIC "food for thought" comment went like this:

" Well, I was listenin to my A.M. radio and
they told me that if I needed some help to just
call this number or send an e-mail to
some address or visit such-&-such a website .
That'd be just dandy, IF I HAD phone or internet!
What the #%^ are they thinking?"

OTOH, 40m and 80m radio is working rather well.
Of special mention the Tarheel Emergency Net
, Net Control Operators are doing yeoman service.

73 de Ray ..._ ._

Oh yes, just because you keep line-of-sight...
Gil.

I was curious why plane receiver/controller combos are able to get a further range than ground based rc controllers and receivers. I know that rc plane controllers often use a higher frequency, but I was curious if that was the reason for the further range? I've tried looking around online but haven't gotten a good answer. I appreciate any input!

@mrg9999: I think the second letter in your CAPTCHA example is an E, not a W.

Hello Gil,
I have purchased a nice Thomson TRC-372 radio with the battery box.
I have eliminate all old NiCad batteries.
Could you please tell me the + and - pinouts of the blue connector ?
I believe the pin 1 to be the minus but I am not sure if the positive is the 5 or 6.
Many thanks and best 73
Alex, HB9DTA

Hello, welcome aboard!
Unfortunately I have no control over the CATCHPA..
Gil.

Hello.
I do not quite understand your question, please explain further, thanks.
Gil.

DO I have to enter the Letters on every post?
I have to listen to them, and then it still is not correct.

CAPTCHA

Not sure how to post an image

I just joined.
Was it just me, it took me 10 attempts to pass the catchpa. I listened to it in the end and the audio only reads out the first 4 letters, so mine was WRVM PH. I had to employ online Catchpa solver in Korea!.

Bit about me.
I'm a UK (GB) HAM since 1977 and like QRP/ELP radio especially LoRa / Meshtastic.
I'll share more details later.
If I can pass the CATCHPA on this page  EVWBAC

As we used to teach in survival classes:
1. Shelter ( clothing is your first layer of 'shelter'.
2. Water.
3. Fire. kitchen.

https://activeprp2k24.law.blog/2024/04/06/the-7-apocalyptic-golden-laws-how-to-survive-more-than-3-months-in-case-the-most-horrible-scenario-called-shtf-happens/