#HamRadio is being used to save lives during #Hurricane #Helene response.
Watch a summary from the Ham Radio Crash Course:
https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=-NqU790vavI
Listen online to a local repeater being used to coordinate response efforts:
https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/42258
Use this as motivation to learn ham radio yourself! There are a ton of great, free learning resources online including HRCC channel linked above and hamstudy.org
You don’t need hundreds of dollars in gear to get started.
You can get a decent starter handheld radio for $20-$50. Many people start with a Baofeng UV-5R:
https://www.amazon.com/Baofeng-Handheld-Battery-Programming-Rechargeable/dp/B0BHP1FBLB/
Can someone share the external share link of this post from primal maybe? The Amethyst njumps historically don't work and my primal search doesn't work so I can locate this npub and note on it. 🥴
(Sidenote: This is bringing up a feeling of old relationship patterns of overcommitment and over giving leaning on topping the scale on one sided relationships. i.e. going every which way overinvesting to try and make things work)
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