Hello, I know little to nothing about amateur radio. Except, when I was in Desert Storm, I talked to my family via a MARS station, that was relayed via Ham operators in the states to my family.

So, Hoosier brought up the egypt thing. If they cut off the internet and phones, should we have amateur radio?

Cant the government cut that off too? Or how does it actually operate, that it could still be run independent of the governement?

I have looked at some HAM sites, and am thinking about it.