How to choose Radios for Novice Preppers?
This blog is to help Novices, to help them how to choose the radios for them. If you’re a veteran prepper, you need to choose more professional radios or have already have done that. Hopefully, this guide to prepping for Novices will clear up any questions about how to choose the radios, and help you on your journey towards preparedness.
So what is prepping and how do you become a prepper?
Essentially speaking, it is planning and training towards being prepared in emergency situations. You could keep some water and food in your car or in a prepper house. Teaching yourself first aid skills and ready for the communication gear.
You need to keep yourself alive when doomsday is coming. And if you have family, you need to keep others. So communication tool is very important for your family.
Here are some tips about how to choose the Radios for Novice Preppers?
1, Lots of families or Novice Preppers Don’t have the license for radios
As the FCC rule, if you want to own and operate the two way radios, you need to get the license. If you don’t have it, don’t worry, you can choose the License-free Radios. Now For US people, there are some bands no need license, like the FRS band, MURS band.
FRS band usually with 22 channel UHF band, if you are in city, choose the FRS radios will be better. But the VHF has a longer wavelength that allows it to travel further than UHF, so VHF radios could be right if you are primarily looking for two-way radios for outdoor use.
So if you live in the mountains or in the suburbs, we recommend MURS band Radios. MURS also the license-free radio band, with the 5channels with VHF frequencies. very fit for outdoor use or use in the mountains.
2, Battery
For preppers, when choosing the radios, the first thing is consider the battery. Choose the replacement battery or standard battey will be better than others. And for the replacement battery, it is better to get the same one in your local.
Here we suggest you choose the AA or AAA battery or rechargeable AA or AAA standard battery. You can easily buy them anywhere.
3, Radios need to easy to learn and simple to operate.
Lots of Novice Preppers don’t have many skills on radios, so here we suggest you choose the simple radio, it is very easy to learn, and simple to operate. It doesn’t take much time to learn how to use it.
4, Affordable Price
This should be a very important factor. Choose the affordable price radio, will not cost you so much money on this gear. Help you save more money for other necessities.
5, NOAA weather Function
Know The Weather In Advance. Keep updated with real-time weather conditions by turning on the weather channel or initiating weather alerts. With these capabilities, you will always be prepared for the unexpected.
Retevis Recommendation
1, Retevis RT49
The license-free FRS band two-way radios, with the NOAA weather channels, and with the replacement and rechargeable AA battery, it is the standard battery, you can buy the Same size battery in your place. Also the standard package with 2pcs RT49, if you order it for your family, 2pcs is very cost-effective.
Two colors License-free FRS band two-way radios, with the replacement and rechargeable battery. Also comes with 2pcs radio.
These two models are the license-free radios, also they are simple and easy to operate, with the standard battery and for RT49B with the NOAA weather channels.
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