The previous post is very good advice to people living in the United States.

In my country, Norway, there have been similar weather emergencies this year, affecting thousands of people.

Unfortunately, AM and FM have been discarded, and replaced with a new concept: DAB and DAB+:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Audio_Broadcasting. Unfortunately, IMHO:

QuoteAs of 2023, Norway is the first country to have implemented a national FM radio switch-off ...

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

It's quite all right to open old threads with relevant questions. The group you are asking about must be answered by Gil.

You can find much information about that radio in this forum. Just use the Search button and enter < RT-320 > and search in all boards. I got about 35 hits, you might find something useful, and further links.

If you are on Facebook, there are two Clansman groups, one private and one public:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/3430377437041093/ [PRC-320 and Clansman Radios]
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1142368462513405/ [Clansman Information Group - Buy Sale And Trade - Show off your things!]

Quote from: RadioRay on March 13, 2024, 10:07:54 AMThe reality is that I'm just not able to hike and enjoy outdoor radio much at all, these days: welcome to old age and injuries ;-)  .

I recognize that. I am in similar circumstances. Still, we must keep up spirits and hope for good times ahead!

Thanks, a good laugh! What do you think about this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xacdDrylrek

I recognize the Redifon R50M receiver, my main RX 1968-69, when I was a Merchant Marine Radio Officer.

https://trafficlist.altervista.org/marine-receiver-redifon-r50m/

https://www.qsl.net/w4amc/case_for_cw.pdf

At this URL you will find 8 pages of well-written arguments in favor of CW. Recommended reading!

COPYRIGHT 2006: James Wades for the Michigan Net, QMN and National Radio Emergency Net. This article may be reproduced and distributed provided credit is given to the author and the Michigan Net, QMN and National Radio Emergency Net.

Quote from: Tom Line on January 13, 2024, 12:09:09 PMTrying to figure if Facebook group got smoked, or if it's just me.  Haven't been here for a while, and it's certainly more civilized here anyhow.

The Radio Preppers private Facebook group is certainly still there. 9,4 K members. Activity only 2 hours ago.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/712048515800613/

Quote from: gil on April 23, 2023, 11:26:59 PMYep, there was also the case of the ship Bounty, reproduction of the original, that sailed in a hurricane off the coast of Florida years ago. Their satellite comms failed in the storm but they were able to send an email to the coast guard via Winlink! If I remember well the captain did not make it but around 14 crew were saved (can't remember this second).

Thank you Gil, most interesting! I never heard about this. Here are more details:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_(1960_ship)

Thank you, Gil. You kind of curtailed my enthusiasm as a possible buyer.

In the links I provide below I found:

QuoteLab599 is a new radio manufacturer in Rubtsovsk city in the Altai region of Russia.

QuoteTX-500 is assembled in UAE. [United Arab Emirates]

About these two places:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubtsovsk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates

16 reviews here: https://www.eham.net/reviews/view-product?id=14781
https://swling.com/blog/2020/08/lab599-discovery-tx-500-answers-to-your-questions/
https://swling.com/blog/2021/07/lab599-discovery-tx-500-uk-distributors-and-dealers/
https://lab599.eu/  >  https://pileupdx.com/product/discovery-tx-500/

OH8STN also has a blog: http://oh8stn.org/  (OH8STN HAM RADIO)

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/OH8STN/  (SurvivalTech North)

Some earlier mentions of OH8STN here in this forum:

The Radio Emergency Challenge from Julian, OH8STN.

Man Portable Off-Grid Power for Amateur Radio

Contact Failure With OH8STN Julian, at Survival Tech Nord.

It's now for sale here at "HRO Discount Price" $1,149.95.

https://www.hamradio.com/detail.cfm?pid=H0-017255

Have any of you guys any experience of this one?

Off-Grid Ham Radio OH8STN: https://www.youtube.com/@OH8STN

This YouTube Channel contains a wealth of useful information!

— Numerous videos are ordered in categories (and much more):
• Portable Ham Radio Reviews
• Portable Ham Radio Go Kits
• Ham Radio for Preppers
• Microsoft Surface for Ham Radio
• Ham Radio with a Raspberry Pi
• Battery & Solar Power for Ham Radio

Some of these videos have been linked to as comments in various topics here.

I thought it would be nice to have them at your fingertips.

For those who thought HF and MF can be scrapped and replaced entirely by satellite, you can read here what happened when one of the major providers of satellite service was hacked the day Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022:

https://nrrl.no/nyheter/nrrls-assistanse-til-meteorologisk-institutts-stasjoner-pa-ishavet/

Google Translate will do a decent job here if you don't read Norwegian.

A couple of background links about the break of communications:

https://thestack.technology/viasat-ka-sat-outage-cyber/
https://news.viasat.com/blog/corporate/ka-sat-network-cyber-attack-overview

Quote from: RadioRay on June 15, 2022, 01:43:21 PMThe training schedule can be found here: http://radio-relay.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/RRI-Training-Classes-3Q-2022.pdf

Information from RadioRay in another thread today:

"The website has been changed to radiorelay.org — No hyphen between words."

Quote from: RadioRay on September 03, 2018, 10:36:08 PMRadio Relay International  after action report on exercise contains useful information about QRP CW for emergency communication.

http://radio-relay.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/RRI-2018-Q1-and-Q2-Exercise-Evaluation.pdf

Please note: "radio-relay.org is parked free, courtesy of GoDaddy.com".