Quote Originally Posted by ldmaster View Post
I just dont get how the news helps one on a bug-out or repatriation. I dont think that radio communications at all are helpful to the situation.

I do think that it MIGHT be valuable to have a scanner capable of dealing with trunked radio communications. It would be useful to find out what the authorities are doing, and how you can avoid it. But so many systems are going encrypted it might be of marginal usefulness.

but in Colorado they have interagency mutual aid channels that are NOT encrypted or trunked.

I see why you need first aid, I see why you need fire/food/water and new socks. I don't see how finding out what is happening in Guatemala is going to help me on my (hopefully) short bugout/repatriation.

I want to cover as much ground as possible, in the quietest way I can, while avoiding ALL authorities and other people. Anything that helps me make mileage is good.

But suppose this is a simple survivalist thing, my car goes off the road in a snowstorm. Would a typical radio help me? A strobe would, or a whistle (that's an accessory on my knife).

I'm just thinking it's something that would be "nice to have" that adds weight and distracts me from being inobtrusive. I can't even see why a pair of walkie talkies would help, because I believe in strength in numbers and getting separated in ANY survival/bugout is such a bad idea that I should even have stuff that would encourage me to do so.

But it comes up so often with folks, I guess I'm still needing to be convinced as to why it has a place in a bugout bag?
I will agree. I myself do not have a "go bag" I am ether in or out and at my age I am not going to grab a small bag and leave. Some of the younger members may try this but unless one has practiced it I do not see the need.

I will have a thread in a couple of days that addresses some needs in a current light. In some ways the "bag" is already there. Many topics like this have been covered on countless forums.

I have let some of these topics run there course even though it was a concern of the staff when this section was started.



Stay tuned.