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- Tue Oct 25, 2016 1:09 pm
- Forum: Radio Communications
- Topic: recently bought a yaesu vx8
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7177
Re: recently bought a yaesu vx8
Hi, just one question before I/we offer any thoughts, Do you have an amateur radio licence ? Those bands are amateur bands which require a licence to transmit on. Assuming you have, 70 cms is a bit short range, 2 meters is pretty good with good repeater coverage around the UK, 6 meters straight FM i...
- Tue Oct 25, 2016 12:35 pm
- Forum: Homes and Retreats
- Topic: Where to live post SHTF?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 12716
Re: Where to live post SHTF?
Did anybody see the link on tbe BBC news page yesterday about a group of people living in woods in the south of England? Been there for some years I think. It looked absolutely horrible. A few falling-to-bits sheds with a kitchen outside that consisted of huge horrible old pots and pans, and a line...
- Mon Oct 24, 2016 6:29 pm
- Forum: Homes and Retreats
- Topic: Where to live post SHTF?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 12716
Re: Where to live post SHTF?
The only trouble with your thinking is that everyone else will have thought of it as well so it will be first come first served or who can hold it the longest off the top of my head I can think of at lest 5 ways of getting someone into a castle to open a door to let me in so I can kill you and take...
- Mon Oct 24, 2016 6:23 pm
- Forum: How are you preparing
- Topic: What preps are you doing this week? Part 3.
- Replies: 903
- Views: 241537
Re: What preps are you doing this week? Part 3.
I bought a military style folding shovel, can you dig it !
Wulfshead,
who really did buy the shovel, lot easier than cleaning the concrete off my old one that some dork of a labourer used and didn't tell me.
Wulfshead,
who really did buy the shovel, lot easier than cleaning the concrete off my old one that some dork of a labourer used and didn't tell me.
- Mon Oct 24, 2016 4:50 pm
- Forum: DIY and Handicrafts
- Topic: Living in a new build, Need storage, thinking under stairs
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12510
Re: Living in a new build, Need storage, thinking under sta
If it's a new build there will be a good chance the plasterboard is held on with plasterboard screws, if that's the case I think the board would snap no matter how careful you are. Simple tip to find where your horizontal timbers are is to use the handle of a hammer to gently tap the middle of the b...
- Mon Oct 24, 2016 4:24 pm
- Forum: Books and Educational Materials
- Topic: SurvivalMonkey resources
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9678
Re: SurvivalMonkey resources
I just clicked on the link and it's all there on my first visit. There was even the DIY firearms stuff is there but I'd be careful to not download it. Word of wisdom, a friend of mine made a comment on a particular subject which had the Old Bill knocking on his door. They took his computer and later...
- Sun Oct 23, 2016 12:45 pm
- Forum: Homes and Retreats
- Topic: Where to live post SHTF?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 12716
Re: Where to live post SHTF?
There are groups, such as the one I belong to, that would positively be quite happy living in a world that has gravitated to an elder time and mind-set. If fact our group/s being folkish already have an established order of social rank, and number in the many thousands world-wide. Fortunately for me...
- Fri Oct 14, 2016 10:45 pm
- Forum: Radio Communications
- Topic: Baofeng GT3-MK2
- Replies: 3
- Views: 22878
Re: Baofeng GT3-MK2
Ian2509, If that new antenna is a Nagoya NA771 then it will make the radio a load better. However, make sure it's a real Nagoya and not a fake. I use my UV-5R with the Nagoya771 and I can hit the Wickhambrook repeater and have a reasonable QSO from my QTH 38 miles away, something the stock antenna w...
- Fri Oct 14, 2016 10:14 pm
- Forum: Logistics and Transport
- Topic: Not sure which would make the better BOV
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8006
Re: Not sure which would make the better BOV
Glad you got the warranty . You'll need it. Hopefully not but ........ J Nope, you was right, sadly for the dealer I have a few close friends in the trade, all were unable to get over with me to see the car but came to see when we got it home. Day 2 and we had a list of things that were not right, ...
- Fri Oct 14, 2016 10:03 pm
- Forum: Homes and Retreats
- Topic: Theory behind bunker construction - Anyone ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3233
Re: Theory behind bunker construction - Anyone ?
Assume that any shuttering will stay in place, reinforced and able to accept the next load right the way up to the require level. Until the concrete has set the reinforcement od shuttering IS the strength of the wall. After the shuttering has been struck the walls will need tanking to withstand wate...