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Yaesu FT-60R
Rugged dual-band handheld with a better receiver than the cheap imports; a reliable mid-priced ham HT.
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Understand it first
Radios and comms, without the felony
FRS, GMRS, ham, and P25 — what each actually is, what needs a license, and how headsets connect.
Off-grid networking: comms when the towers are gone
Mesh radios, LoRa, and ham data — how small groups stay connected with zero infrastructure.
Digital security for normal people
Why attackers bother with you, the five habits that stop most of it, and what a hardened home network actually buys.
Civil unrest: getting home and staying out of it
The whole strategy is distance — leave early, route around, and be somewhere else when it gets bad.
The first 72 hours without power
The order things break in, what the food in your fridge is actually doing, and what $50, $200, and $500 each buy.
The 72-hour kit, item by item
The baseline list with the reasoning attached, what it honestly weighs, and what $150, $250, and $500 each cover.
Comms when the grid is down
What each radio service legally is, what the batteries actually do, and the household plan that makes any of it useful.
Staying put: the first month
Bug-in is not bug-out. The water arithmetic, the pantry, the power, and the paperwork for keeping a household at home for about a month.