There are so many unanswered questions for the new HAM enthusiast. In this HAM Radio 101, we’ll find out what you need to do to get your HAM Radio License

When we look over our survival gear, it seems to be a ton of stuff. You need to have multiple use gear. This is why your handheld radio should be able to take the place of multiple radios. You need a multi-use radio, like the BaoFeng UV5R and we’ll show you how to add all the important channels fast.

Preppers know that you need to have backups for essential and emergency items; but do you have a hard copy of your phone contacts?

Handheld HAM radios are great since they are small and portable, but you may find yourself needing to extend their range. A BaoFeng Antenna upgrade might be exactly what you need.

If you want to do more than simplex communications over short distances, then you’ll need to use a repeater. In this post we’ll show you some simple Keypad Programming the BaoFeng UV-5R.