Get your HAM license just for fun and buy a $40 Baeofeng. It's easy.
During the Snowpocalypse I was able to find gasoline for my Parents' generator only because I could talk on the local repeaters and see where availability was located.
Houston has many repeaters:
https://www.repeaterbook.com/repeaters/location_search.php?state_id=48&type=city&loc=Houston
JohnBennson / John Bennson
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2024-04-15 10:31:58
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