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Are you curious about what it truly takes to be prepared for unexpected disasters? Join me, Bill Bateman, as we unravel the essentials of survival beyond the typical bugout bag. You'll gain insights into why prepping has become a crucial aspect of modern life, especially with natural disasters occurring more frequently in places like Los Angeles and Maui. We’ll discuss how being self-sustainable for at least 30 days, stocked with necessities like water, food, and medicine, can transform your approach to emergencies. I draw from my experiences in Oregon, where seniors are setting impressive examples in preparedness. Plus, you’ll get a taste of our hands-on classes that feature gear, designed to equip you for any situation.
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Bill Bateman (00:08):
Well, hi everybody and welcome to Refuse to be a
Victim Personal ProtectionTraining.
This is Survival Beyond theBugout Bag and I'm Bill Bateman,
part of the team here at thecompany and as you kind of look
around, you're going to see,yeah, things are a wee bit
different.
I've been threatening to dothis for years, trying to get
(00:31):
the resources and the time isthe big issue together to make a
video version of SurvivalBeyond the Bugout Bag.
And here we are.
This is version number one.
There will be some changes.
The more I look at this, themore I'm going to be able to
refine it and make it better.
I hope you'll give it a fairtry and we're going to continue
(00:51):
with the information we've gotfor you.
So let's look at our goals.
Basically, I'm going to do someof the things I've been doing
sharing resources andinformation with you and,
secondly, we're going to changedirections big time.
This is Survival Beyond theBugout Bag 2.0.
The whole business in LosAngeles really got to me the
(01:13):
fires down there.
I spent time in some of thosehomes that burned down there.
I walked those streets, I knowthe people and that really,
really bothered me to see thatwhole big hunk of history, both
my history and the history ofthe neighborhood going up in
smoke.
What it also brought home to meis that we're not going to see
(01:37):
any kind of changes anytime soon.
It's not going to get betterinstantly.
Each time I do one of thesestories, starting with the fire
in Malibu, I'm sorry.
Well, the fire in Malibu, thefire in Maui, the fire up in
Paradise, paradise, california,and even our own fire here.
(02:02):
We were part of the Alamedaopen chain fire that burned down
a goodly portion of the town Ilive in, missing me by about 300
yards the last time a majorfire came through.
This is not new.
This is not something that'snot going to happen again.
It's a one in a million.
No, this is.
(02:23):
All it takes is bad weather,heat, lack of rain and, in some
cases, an idiot, because a lotof these things are proving to
be arson related.
So what does that mean to ushere?
How is that relevant to whatwe're talking about today?
And what that means to us hereis prepping is no longer a good
(02:47):
idea.
Prepping is vital.
Getting started as a prepper isyour responsibility, because
it's not because people are notwilling to help.
It's because, quite frankly,frankly, there's not enough
sandwiches for this picnic.
Let's put it in that simpleterms we have so much help or so
(03:11):
many first responders available, and God bless them.
They do a great job.
No way, in shape or form, am Itrying to throw shade on our
first responders.
That's not it.
There's just limited resourcesand you and I each need to be
able to take care of ourselves.
(03:31):
It used to be.
When I started this eight yearsago nine years ago actually it
was kind of a hippie thing.
It was kind of a not quite asurvivalist, but yeah, it was
kind of cute.
You get a little backpack andyou put granola bars in it and
you're good for 24 hours, 48hours, and the initial
(03:51):
literature I was reviewing saidyou got to be good overnight,
maybe two days at the most.
Now they're saying if you'renot good for 30 days, fully
self-sustainable.
If you're not good for 30 days,fully self-sustainable and that
means water, food, medicine,first aid, safety, all of the
things you need to be healthyand happy If you can't provide
(04:21):
that for yourself for a minimumof 30 days, you're not ready.
You are going to have somedifficulties.
Now let's look a little bitfarther at this.
Let's look at people of my age.
I'm over 70.
I can no longer do what I usedto be able to do 10 years ago.
I could walk 25 miles.
I'm still pretty active today,but I can no way in shape, I'm
(04:42):
not in shape to do what I usedto do.
Many of us are in that position.
Seniors, interestingly enough,are the most prepared of the
entire population and in Oregonseniors lead in prepping, and
(05:02):
that's good, that's smart.
Congratulations, neighbors, youhave to be.
So what I've done?
I've decided to take mySurvival Beyond the Bug Out Bag
lectures, my courses, myinformation.
I've done this for Ollie at SOUseveral times, so let's go
ahead and I'll see if I cantrack down the web page and
(05:25):
we'll give you an opportunityhere on the web page.
This is Refuse to be a Victim.
Personal Protection Training.
The website link is in thelogin where you come in to the
program I'm going to scroll down.
Now there's a thing here at thetop right for podcasts.
That's part of it, but let'scome down to the bottom.
We have a number of differentclasses.
(05:49):
Here we're scrolling, scrolling, scrolling, and here it is
lower left-hand corner.
Beyond the Podcast, realityPrepping.
I have four, actually fiveclasses that I'm going to be
presenting in person and I findin person is much, much stronger
(06:10):
and much more effective thaneven listening to the podcast
for what we're doing here.
As you can see, I bring allkinds of toys to play with.
What am I talking about when Isay a Nalgene water bottle that
doesn't have BPH in it?
And why is that important?
Those type of things.
(06:30):
So I'm going to bring a wholebunch of toys.
I'm going to bring some of mysolar gear.
I'm going to bring a wholebunch of toys.
I'm going to bring some of mysolar gear.
I'm going to bring all kinds ofstuff to talk about and I've
divided it as I do when I do myOLLI class.
There are class one, preppingfor home.
Class two, prepping to bug out.
(06:51):
Class three, prepping to be onthe road, when you're out and
about, when you're in your car,and class four, prepping for
your workplace.
The last class is class five,putting it all together, and
that's a little of the prequeland a little of the front, a
little of the back.
The idea is that we're going tobe sharing information on how
(07:16):
to think about it, becausereally, without a plan, a bug
out bag is just something youtake on a walk.
If you don't plan, you're introuble.
So, basically, I'm going to beoffering these classes.
They're 90 minutes.
They're technically two hours90 minutes of instruction and 30
minutes of questions.
But it's not just a visit.
(07:38):
You're going to get some links.
You're going to get somehandouts.
The links are live links onyour computer you can go to for
the sites that I use and forsome vendors that I like.
Now I've got to be reallyserious and direct on this.
I'm not sponsored by any ofthese folks.
There's no sponsorship.
(07:58):
I buy a product, I like it andI recommend it.
If I don't like it, I'm goingto tell you.
So I'm not going to be sendingyou.
Don't bring a credit card tothese classes, because you're
not going to be ordering allkinds of stuff.
The first time I got into doingthis was because I got a very
bad bug out bag when I made myfirst purchase.
(08:22):
I basically got taken.
So I don't want that to do you.
We're not selling any products.
We're showing you how to createa bug out bag.
We're showing you thephilosophy, we're showing you
the mental preparation you need,and this is something you have
to make part of your daily life.
So this is, I'm hoping, goingto be something that you are
(08:45):
interested in.
These classes are available.
I'm going to start offeringthem on weekends.
I can come to you.
If you have like your rec roomor a club clubhouse, maybe your
church.
If you'd like to have somethingfor a group of people, I will
come to you and I will do theclass.
You can also come out to theRogue Valley Shooting Sport
(09:08):
RVSSA.
We have a meeting and trainingroom on the campus of Jackson
County Sports Park out there andwe will be offering classes
smaller.
These classes are physicallysmaller I don't like to get much
above 15, 16 people in therebecause it gives you time for
one-on-one questions and if it'sa group of seniors, it's going
(09:31):
to be a different class thanit's a group of young people.
Now, this is very importantbecause if you have like, if
you're a grandparent and thekids come over for a weekend,
something happens, you're goingto be dealing differently than
if it's just you by yourself.
It's the same thing if you'reout in your car driving around.
(09:54):
It depends on the kind of workyou do.
It also depends if you're atraditional couple of one spouse
at work, one spouse at anotherjob and the young ones at school
or daycare.
Those are three differentpeople have to get from three
different areas and know what todo when the excrement hits the
(10:14):
air conditioning.
This is a lot more than granolabars and water bottles, so
we're keeping it veryinexpensive $30 per person or
$50 for a couple, two persons,two spouses.
This is for a two-hour class,plus links, plus handout, and
(10:34):
we're going to be also givingyou access, as you now have
nothing extra, but you're goingto be getting also all the last
eight years of survival beyondthe bug-out bag.
That's an awful lot ofinformation and a lot of
expertise.
Another thing we're going to bedoing is viewer mail your
(10:56):
correspondence.
A friend of mine I used to workwith.
His name is Jason and he livesup in the Vancouver Washington
area At least he did when I knewhim and we worked together at
the university and he was highlyskilled, a sharp young man, and
he said hey, bill, listen, whatabout two-way radios and
communication during a disaster?
(11:17):
Have you done anything on that?
I think it's a good idea.
He is right.
I pointed him back at anearlier broadcast we had done
and, oh yeah, we have some stuff, but it could use some updating
.
So thank you, jason.
That's exactly what we're goingto do on this program.
For example, they're looking atyour two-way radios and I'm on
(11:40):
the deep end of the pool here,I'm sorry.
Two of the types, the FRS, andone of the other types.
Okay, they have merged and sothere's different licensing and
stuff.
So that's what we're going totalk about.
Let's consider some of thedifferent types of radios and
communications.
I will say phones are mostlikely to go down.
(12:01):
The cell phone is very likelyto go out.
I know it did when we had ourfire here to go out.
I know it did when we had ourfire here.
First of all, there is the verybasic walkie-talkie.
Put a picture up of some basicwalkie-talkies.
They range between two to fourmiles, could be as short as a
(12:23):
half a mile.
This is line of sight.
If you have stuff in the way,if you're going to be blocked by
something that's going to blockthe radio signal as well.
They're good.
In a small organization in ourneighborhood, in our mobile home
park where I live, we havewalkie-talkies to communicate
with other ends of the park andit's very simple.
(12:43):
No license is required andthey're fairly inexpensive.
They run around $60 to $100,depending on the type you buy.
They do come in packages andit's a good idea to buy at least
two, otherwise you're justtalking to the trees.
You can get a four-pack and Ido know of six and eight-packs
available if you head on out toCostco, and this is good.
(13:04):
You put them all on a specificchannel and you can talk back
and forth within the complex.
This is not a bad product andthey are useful and fairly
simple to use.
Next are CB radios.
Now CBs can be handheld ormounted as a base station.
They also go in the car.
(13:25):
They have greater range than awalkie-talkie and no license is
required.
This is kind of good.
Keep in mind, if you're inmountains or heavy urban terrain
again, less coverage.
Radio waves bump into stuffwhen they have stuff in front of
them.
So if you're trying to talkaround Mount Ashland, be
(13:47):
prepared, it's not going to work.
Cbs do have Channel 9 foremergencies.
I have not ever had a goodexperience on CB, quite frankly,
because of the nitwits.
There's a lot of folks who wantto yell and scream and give
fake messages.
It's kind of like radio lightand I'm sure I'm going to get
(14:08):
some angry emails and I hope I'mwrong.
Please prove me wrong.
I've had bad luck in the past.
And if, in fact, you've gotbetter information, let's kick
it up another notch.
Now, when we get to ham radios,this is another option.
They have more range.
This is another option.
They have more range.
(14:29):
They are, in fact, morecomplicated and do require both
an FCC license and advancedskills.
Training is required to usethem and you got to have someone
with a ham radio at each end totalk just like with a
walkie-talkie.
Now this set I bought I got onAmazon for about $80.
They're a name brand.
(14:50):
They're very, very good.
They came with a little earbudsand stuff like that and some
antennas.
The problem was I couldn't getthem to work.
I admit that I am radiochallenged, so know your
technical ability, maybe reachout.
And there are some organizations, there are some classes.
I will include some links inthe front.
(15:11):
Good things to find out inadvance.
Yeah, can you do it?
Look at the classwork.
A lot of the classes are freeor low cost.
If you can't qualify, if it'sjust too much techie, go another
direction.
Another way you might want tolook at are personal satellite
locators.
(15:31):
Now these are emergencylocators.
They allow you to send texts,pre-selected messages and even
an emergency SOS, and this allwill depend on the plan that you
buy.
These work off satellites,although and you got to be
careful.
This is where careful readingis important they require you to
(15:52):
have a cell phone to connect tothem.
That could make them useless ifthe cell tower goes down.
You also need access to the skyfor these and for sat phones
Now.
These run between $300 and $500, and this unit got kind of an
eh review when I read it.
This was a while back, so Iurge you always read the most
(16:14):
current reviews, not by thevendor, but reviews by customers
.
And the problem was it wouldget hot After 30 minutes.
It got so hot it would actuallyburn your hand or burn your
pocket.
Setting your coat on fire outin the middle of the woods is
probably not what you're lookingfor.
So careful, diligent research,user-based reviews on any
(16:40):
product that we talk about.
And then, when you finally getto the top of the heap, they are
satellite phones.
Yes, indeed, these are great.
The sat phone is a multiplepurchase item.
You must purchase the phone, aSIM card and the service plan to
go with it.
This is very important.
Now there are some companiesthat allow you to go on standby
(17:04):
after a certain minimum numberof months and also read very
carefully when you select theplan.
I found two that were wonderfuluntil I read at the very bottom
not valid in the United Statesor Canada, kind of the places
I'm going to be the most.
They're great for overseas, soif you're going on a Tanzania
(17:24):
safari you might want to look atthose, but make sure you get
where you're going to need to becoverage-wise.
These ones you're looking at,this one here is about $1,200
and comes with the extras.
You can extend the service andthat can be again an extra cost.
Read these plans carefully andconsider what you're going to be
(17:48):
using them for.
One thing to remember regardlessof the electronic items you're
using, if you're trying to textI know when we had the fire here
, phones went down texts werespotty.
My family knows and I have asister back in Chicago, so she's
going to wonder how do I get intouch with Bill.
She knows that at 15 minutesafter and quarter till on the 15
(18:15):
and the 45, I'm going to betrying for a few minutes to
communicate.
That way she can turn off anyelectronics she has and save her
power, instead of all trying tocall at the same time and we do
, and that's what causes towersto get overloaded.
I'm going to cut back to the15s and the 45s.
(18:38):
Come up with a plan that yourfamily knows, and this is part
of the whole bug-out bagplanning process.
So here's the new look of theprogram.
Here's me.
I just got my hair cut.
I hope it'll look good and wewill be talking about more
things Classes, final thing totalk about.
(18:58):
You will be encouraged, as youtake the bug, the bug out bag
classes, to see what otherclasses that we have that might
be of value to you.
Home security, home defense.
If you've decided to bunkerdown and stay in your home, what
are you going to do to securethat home?
We have a full range of classes.
(19:20):
If you go back to that page,scroll through it and there's
even more classes on another tab.
There's a lot of goodinformation and, frankly, ladies
and gentlemen, it's up to youand me to care for ourselves.
We are responsible for us.
(19:40):
It's not that nobody is going tohelp us.
They may not be able to.
You are going to need toprepare to help yourself, and I
wouldn't wait till tomorrow.
I'd start reading today thewindow of opportunity.
As prices continue to go up andas supplies continue to get
(20:01):
less and less, it's more andmore important for you to get
ready and get taken care oftoday, so I will leave the email
addresses.
I invite you to the website.
We all have an opportunity tosign up.
If you have phone calls, thenumber is there.
We'll talk more about classes.
We'll talk more aboutinformation on our next visit.
(20:23):
Thank you very much, be safe.
See you next time.
Well, hi everybody and welcome to Refuse to be a
Victim Personal ProtectionTraining.
This is Survival Beyond theBugout Bag and I'm Bill Bateman,
part of the team here at thecompany and as you kind of look
around, you're going to see,yeah, things are a wee bit
different.
I've been threatening to dothis for years, trying to get
(00:31):
the resources and the time isthe big issue together to make a
video version of SurvivalBeyond the Bugout Bag.
And here we are.
This is version number one.
There will be some changes.
The more I look at this, themore I'm going to be able to
refine it and make it better.
I hope you'll give it a fairtry and we're going to continue
(00:51):
with the information we've gotfor you.
So let's look at our goals.
Basically, I'm going to do someof the things I've been doing
sharing resources andinformation with you and,
secondly, we're going to changedirections big time.
This is Survival Beyond theBugout Bag 2.0.
The whole business in LosAngeles really got to me the
(01:13):
fires down there.
I spent time in some of thosehomes that burned down there.
I walked those streets, I knowthe people and that really,
really bothered me to see thatwhole big hunk of history, both
my history and the history ofthe neighborhood going up in
smoke.
What it also brought home to meis that we're not going to see
(01:37):
any kind of changes anytime soon.
It's not going to get betterinstantly.
Each time I do one of thesestories, starting with the fire
in Malibu, I'm sorry.
Well, the fire in Malibu, thefire in Maui, the fire up in
Paradise, paradise, california,and even our own fire here.
(02:02):
We were part of the Alamedaopen chain fire that burned down
a goodly portion of the town Ilive in, missing me by about 300
yards the last time a majorfire came through.
This is not new.
This is not something that'snot going to happen again.
It's a one in a million.
No, this is.
(02:23):
All it takes is bad weather,heat, lack of rain and, in some
cases, an idiot, because a lotof these things are proving to
be arson related.
So what does that mean to ushere?
How is that relevant to whatwe're talking about today?
And what that means to us hereis prepping is no longer a good
(02:47):
idea.
Prepping is vital.
Getting started as a prepper isyour responsibility, because
it's not because people are notwilling to help.
It's because, quite frankly,frankly, there's not enough
sandwiches for this picnic.
Let's put it in that simpleterms we have so much help or so
(03:11):
many first responders available, and God bless them.
They do a great job.
No way, in shape or form, am Itrying to throw shade on our
first responders.
That's not it.
There's just limited resourcesand you and I each need to be
able to take care of ourselves.
(03:31):
It used to be.
When I started this eight yearsago nine years ago actually it
was kind of a hippie thing.
It was kind of a not quite asurvivalist, but yeah, it was
kind of cute.
You get a little backpack andyou put granola bars in it and
you're good for 24 hours, 48hours, and the initial
(03:51):
literature I was reviewing saidyou got to be good overnight,
maybe two days at the most.
Now they're saying if you'renot good for 30 days, fully
self-sustainable.
If you're not good for 30 days,fully self-sustainable and that
means water, food, medicine,first aid, safety, all of the
things you need to be healthyand happy If you can't provide
(04:21):
that for yourself for a minimumof 30 days, you're not ready.
You are going to have somedifficulties.
Now let's look a little bitfarther at this.
Let's look at people of my age.
I'm over 70.
I can no longer do what I usedto be able to do 10 years ago.
I could walk 25 miles.
I'm still pretty active today,but I can no way in shape, I'm
(04:42):
not in shape to do what I usedto do.
Many of us are in that position.
Seniors, interestingly enough,are the most prepared of the
entire population and in Oregonseniors lead in prepping, and
(05:02):
that's good, that's smart.
Congratulations, neighbors, youhave to be.
So what I've done?
I've decided to take mySurvival Beyond the Bug Out Bag
lectures, my courses, myinformation.
I've done this for Ollie at SOUseveral times, so let's go
ahead and I'll see if I cantrack down the web page and
(05:25):
we'll give you an opportunityhere on the web page.
This is Refuse to be a Victim.
Personal Protection Training.
The website link is in thelogin where you come in to the
program I'm going to scroll down.
Now there's a thing here at thetop right for podcasts.
That's part of it, but let'scome down to the bottom.
We have a number of differentclasses.
(05:49):
Here we're scrolling, scrolling, scrolling, and here it is
lower left-hand corner.
Beyond the Podcast, realityPrepping.
I have four, actually fiveclasses that I'm going to be
presenting in person and I findin person is much, much stronger
(06:10):
and much more effective thaneven listening to the podcast
for what we're doing here.
As you can see, I bring allkinds of toys to play with.
What am I talking about when Isay a Nalgene water bottle that
doesn't have BPH in it?
And why is that important?
Those type of things.
(06:30):
So I'm going to bring a wholebunch of toys.
I'm going to bring some of mysolar gear.
I'm going to bring a wholebunch of toys.
I'm going to bring some of mysolar gear.
I'm going to bring all kinds ofstuff to talk about and I've
divided it as I do when I do myOLLI class.
There are class one, preppingfor home.
Class two, prepping to bug out.
(06:51):
Class three, prepping to be onthe road, when you're out and
about, when you're in your car,and class four, prepping for
your workplace.
The last class is class five,putting it all together, and
that's a little of the prequeland a little of the front, a
little of the back.
The idea is that we're going tobe sharing information on how
(07:16):
to think about it, becausereally, without a plan, a bug
out bag is just something youtake on a walk.
If you don't plan, you're introuble.
So, basically, I'm going to beoffering these classes.
They're 90 minutes.
They're technically two hours90 minutes of instruction and 30
minutes of questions.
But it's not just a visit.
(07:38):
You're going to get some links.
You're going to get somehandouts.
The links are live links onyour computer you can go to for
the sites that I use and forsome vendors that I like.
Now I've got to be reallyserious and direct on this.
I'm not sponsored by any ofthese folks.
There's no sponsorship.
(07:58):
I buy a product, I like it andI recommend it.
If I don't like it, I'm goingto tell you.
So I'm not going to be sendingyou.
Don't bring a credit card tothese classes, because you're
not going to be ordering allkinds of stuff.
The first time I got into doingthis was because I got a very
bad bug out bag when I made myfirst purchase.
(08:22):
I basically got taken.
So I don't want that to do you.
We're not selling any products.
We're showing you how to createa bug out bag.
We're showing you thephilosophy, we're showing you
the mental preparation you need,and this is something you have
to make part of your daily life.
So this is, I'm hoping, goingto be something that you are
(08:45):
interested in.
These classes are available.
I'm going to start offeringthem on weekends.
I can come to you.
If you have like your rec roomor a club clubhouse, maybe your
church.
If you'd like to have somethingfor a group of people, I will
come to you and I will do theclass.
You can also come out to theRogue Valley Shooting Sport
(09:08):
RVSSA.
We have a meeting and trainingroom on the campus of Jackson
County Sports Park out there andwe will be offering classes
smaller.
These classes are physicallysmaller I don't like to get much
above 15, 16 people in therebecause it gives you time for
one-on-one questions and if it'sa group of seniors, it's going
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to be a different class thanit's a group of young people.
Now, this is very importantbecause if you have like, if
you're a grandparent and thekids come over for a weekend,
something happens, you're goingto be dealing differently than
if it's just you by yourself.
It's the same thing if you'reout in your car driving around.
(09:54):
It depends on the kind of workyou do.
It also depends if you're atraditional couple of one spouse
at work, one spouse at anotherjob and the young ones at school
or daycare.
Those are three differentpeople have to get from three
different areas and know what todo when the excrement hits the
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air conditioning.
This is a lot more than granolabars and water bottles, so
we're keeping it veryinexpensive $30 per person or
$50 for a couple, two persons,two spouses.
This is for a two-hour class,plus links, plus handout, and
(10:34):
we're going to be also givingyou access, as you now have
nothing extra, but you're goingto be getting also all the last
eight years of survival beyondthe bug-out bag.
That's an awful lot ofinformation and a lot of
expertise.
Another thing we're going to bedoing is viewer mail your
(10:56):
correspondence.
A friend of mine I used to workwith.
His name is Jason and he livesup in the Vancouver Washington
area At least he did when I knewhim and we worked together at
the university and he was highlyskilled, a sharp young man, and
he said hey, bill, listen, whatabout two-way radios and
communication during a disaster?
(11:17):
Have you done anything on that?
I think it's a good idea.
He is right.
I pointed him back at anearlier broadcast we had done
and, oh yeah, we have some stuff, but it could use some updating
.
So thank you, jason.
That's exactly what we're goingto do on this program.
For example, they're looking atyour two-way radios and I'm on
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the deep end of the pool here,I'm sorry.
Two of the types, the FRS, andone of the other types.
Okay, they have merged and sothere's different licensing and
stuff.
So that's what we're going totalk about.
Let's consider some of thedifferent types of radios and
communications.
I will say phones are mostlikely to go down.
(12:01):
The cell phone is very likelyto go out.
I know it did when we had ourfire here to go out.
I know it did when we had ourfire here.
First of all, there is the verybasic walkie-talkie.
Put a picture up of some basicwalkie-talkies.
They range between two to fourmiles, could be as short as a
(12:23):
half a mile.
This is line of sight.
If you have stuff in the way,if you're going to be blocked by
something that's going to blockthe radio signal as well.
They're good.
In a small organization in ourneighborhood, in our mobile home
park where I live, we havewalkie-talkies to communicate
with other ends of the park andit's very simple.
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No license is required andthey're fairly inexpensive.
They run around $60 to $100,depending on the type you buy.
They do come in packages andit's a good idea to buy at least
two, otherwise you're justtalking to the trees.
You can get a four-pack and Ido know of six and eight-packs
available if you head on out toCostco, and this is good.
(13:04):
You put them all on a specificchannel and you can talk back
and forth within the complex.
This is not a bad product andthey are useful and fairly
simple to use.
Next are CB radios.
Now CBs can be handheld ormounted as a base station.
They also go in the car.
(13:25):
They have greater range than awalkie-talkie and no license is
required.
This is kind of good.
Keep in mind, if you're inmountains or heavy urban terrain
again, less coverage.
Radio waves bump into stuffwhen they have stuff in front of
them.
So if you're trying to talkaround Mount Ashland, be
(13:47):
prepared, it's not going to work.
Cbs do have Channel 9 foremergencies.
I have not ever had a goodexperience on CB, quite frankly,
because of the nitwits.
There's a lot of folks who wantto yell and scream and give
fake messages.
It's kind of like radio lightand I'm sure I'm going to get
(14:08):
some angry emails and I hope I'mwrong.
Please prove me wrong.
I've had bad luck in the past.
And if, in fact, you've gotbetter information, let's kick
it up another notch.
Now, when we get to ham radios,this is another option.
They have more range.
This is another option.
They have more range.
(14:29):
They are, in fact, morecomplicated and do require both
an FCC license and advancedskills.
Training is required to usethem and you got to have someone
with a ham radio at each end totalk just like with a
walkie-talkie.
Now this set I bought I got onAmazon for about $80.
They're a name brand.
(14:50):
They're very, very good.
They came with a little earbudsand stuff like that and some
antennas.
The problem was I couldn't getthem to work.
I admit that I am radiochallenged, so know your
technical ability, maybe reachout.
And there are some organizations, there are some classes.
I will include some links inthe front.
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Good things to find out inadvance.
Yeah, can you do it?
Look at the classwork.
A lot of the classes are freeor low cost.
If you can't qualify, if it'sjust too much techie, go another
direction.
Another way you might want tolook at are personal satellite
locators.
(15:31):
Now these are emergencylocators.
They allow you to send texts,pre-selected messages and even
an emergency SOS, and this allwill depend on the plan that you
buy.
These work off satellites,although and you got to be
careful.
This is where careful readingis important they require you to
(15:52):
have a cell phone to connect tothem.
That could make them useless ifthe cell tower goes down.
You also need access to the skyfor these and for sat phones
Now.
These run between $300 and $500, and this unit got kind of an
eh review when I read it.
This was a while back, so Iurge you always read the most
(16:14):
current reviews, not by thevendor, but reviews by customers
.
And the problem was it wouldget hot After 30 minutes.
It got so hot it would actuallyburn your hand or burn your
pocket.
Setting your coat on fire outin the middle of the woods is
probably not what you're lookingfor.
So careful, diligent research,user-based reviews on any
(16:40):
product that we talk about.
And then, when you finally getto the top of the heap, they are
satellite phones.
Yes, indeed, these are great.
The sat phone is a multiplepurchase item.
You must purchase the phone, aSIM card and the service plan to
go with it.
This is very important.
Now there are some companiesthat allow you to go on standby
(17:04):
after a certain minimum numberof months and also read very
carefully when you select theplan.
I found two that were wonderfuluntil I read at the very bottom
not valid in the United Statesor Canada, kind of the places
I'm going to be the most.
They're great for overseas, soif you're going on a Tanzania
(17:24):
safari you might want to look atthose, but make sure you get
where you're going to need to becoverage-wise.
These ones you're looking at,this one here is about $1,200
and comes with the extras.
You can extend the service andthat can be again an extra cost.
Read these plans carefully andconsider what you're going to be
(17:48):
using them for.
One thing to remember regardlessof the electronic items you're
using, if you're trying to textI know when we had the fire here
, phones went down texts werespotty.
My family knows and I have asister back in Chicago, so she's
going to wonder how do I get intouch with Bill.
She knows that at 15 minutesafter and quarter till on the 15
(18:15):
and the 45, I'm going to betrying for a few minutes to
communicate.
That way she can turn off anyelectronics she has and save her
power, instead of all trying tocall at the same time and we do
, and that's what causes towersto get overloaded.
I'm going to cut back to the15s and the 45s.
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Come up with a plan that yourfamily knows, and this is part
of the whole bug-out bagplanning process.
So here's the new look of theprogram.
Here's me.
I just got my hair cut.
I hope it'll look good and wewill be talking about more
things Classes, final thing totalk about.
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You will be encouraged, as youtake the bug, the bug out bag
classes, to see what otherclasses that we have that might
be of value to you.
Home security, home defense.
If you've decided to bunkerdown and stay in your home, what
are you going to do to securethat home?
We have a full range of classes.
(19:20):
If you go back to that page,scroll through it and there's
even more classes on another tab.
There's a lot of goodinformation and, frankly, ladies
and gentlemen, it's up to youand me to care for ourselves.
We are responsible for us.
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It's not that nobody is going tohelp us.
They may not be able to.
You are going to need toprepare to help yourself, and I
wouldn't wait till tomorrow.
I'd start reading today thewindow of opportunity.
As prices continue to go up andas supplies continue to get
(20:01):
less and less, it's more andmore important for you to get
ready and get taken care oftoday, so I will leave the email
addresses.
I invite you to the website.
We all have an opportunity tosign up.
If you have phone calls, thenumber is there.
We'll talk more about classes.
We'll talk more aboutinformation on our next visit.
(20:23):
Thank you very much, be safe.
See you next time.
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