Comments by "kd1s" (@kd1s) on "Hawaii's False Alarm Missile Threat Highlights Use of Ham Radio | NBC Left Field" video.

  1. I'm a ham - in fact that's my call sign here on YouTube. I've had my Amateur Extra license since 1993. I live close to Boston and when the terrorists struck everyone assumed the government shut down the cell network - nope congestion was the cause. Amateur radio would have gotten through. And yes, point to point but for VHF/UHF you can setup generators are repeater sites and extend it to tens of miles range.Oh and I get tagged as a SHTF guy - just because I have radios and guns.
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  2. For a moment I was thinking if IRLP would work - but if everything goes down net services probably would too. So HF it would have to be. Or a 10GHz 1500W signal toward say Los Angeles.
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