On: Amateur radio skills prove useful during bushfire ...

[Fricken]

When I was a bicycle messenger 13 years we used two way radios, celphones weren't reliable enough. They still use two-way radios out there today.

When it's clear that civilization is going to collapse, I'll figure out how to use grampa's old ham radio equipment.

[adrianpike → Fricken]

You might want to do it early - it's so much easier to learn with the wealth of the internet to help you. I'm a huge fan of https://hamstudy.org/, I've gone from zero to making my own gear and playing a lot with gnuradio in a little bit of time. It's really fun stuff. :)