40 phone was good to me tonight!

[Kesephist]

What I'd LIKE is to be able to get onsite, not have the mast I worked on fall to bits, and start up proper, and be able to have something that would reach out and contact someone. I now have an antenna setup that will get me on 40m, but the only f'ing radio I have that will do the job is a base, not a mobile, and would not hold up to the manpacking part.

SO i get to settle for 10m and 6m. Fine, fine... all FM. The whole prep premise was to get as much all-mode gear as possible, 'cuz there's no telling what the other poor schlub on the other end has. that's part of me being (deep breath) PREPARED.

I've not been as able on that front as I would like.

$fourdigit 'shack-in-a-box' rigs, or any more internet-dependent stuff are also things I am unable to do. (gimme a break, I work at Walmart)

HAM was gonna be pricy; this was known the day I got my Tech. I get it.

What I have so far:

RIG______|.7M|2M|6MSSB|6MFM|10MSSB|10MFM|20MSSB|20MFM|40MSS B|40MFM||
TM-241___|___|XX|_____|____|______|_____|______|_____|_______|____ _||
HTX-10 __|___|__|_____|____|xxxxxx|xxxxx|______|_____|_______|_____||
TYT-9800 |xxx|xx|_____|xxxx|______|xxxxx|______|_____|_______|_____||
IC-735___|___|__|_____|____|xxxxxx|xxxxx|xxxxxx|xxxxx|xxxxxxx|xxxxx||


It doesn't show everything, just the ten bands I'm pretty sure of being most in use at this time by other preppers.