HAM Radio – A Critical Piece Of Equipment For Survival Communications

Ham Radio Antenna

The worst happens. Overnight America’s sophisticated, fragile public communication systems are turned into scrap metal, high-tech junk. What happens to you and your survival group? Sure, you’ve provided for as much as you can of your own medical care, and the group is well drilled in protecting itself in the absence of constituted authority—or the presence of unconstituted authority—but what about communications?

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How To Make Wine – An Easy Process

How To Make Wine

As a prepper, you may want to try learning how to make homemade wine using an inexpensive process that you can easily replicate whenever and wherever you want to. That is the case even more so with preppers! To do this right, you need to have the capacity to follow detailed instructions to the letter – that is how you can get the correct results every time you attempt to prove you do know how to make wine to everyone. (Or just yourself for a little gratification when bugging in.)

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Top Tips For Camping In Winter

Camping in winter

Who said you could only go camping during the warmer months?  With proper planning, you can enjoy camping in winter in the same way you would in summer. Camping during the winter is an enjoyable experience, and I can tell you from experience that nothing compares to the tranquility of the white scenery. It feels like time stops and you are surrounded by snow and ice, and every once in awhile, an animal will cross your path.

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Volcanoes in the US – Disasters Waiting To Happen

Volcanoes in the US

The schoolroom view of volcanoes depicted entire cities inundated by white-hot lava, then buried under tons of ash, in times long ago and far away: Pompeii, the island of Crete, and the lost city of Atlantis, all were destroyed in the mists of antiquity. Many people believe volcanic activity in recent times has been confined to the Hawaiian Islands, where physical evidence of volcanism serves as a tourist attraction. This is only part of the picture.

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The Lost Book Of Herbal Remedies

TLBHR

Herbal remedies and natural medicine, along with domestic supplies, are, in essence, the way of a Prepper. The Lost Book Of herbal Remedies is a book that fills all three of those criteria straight away. One of the most daunting ideas as a prepper is that you have no medicinal supplies, and have to fend for yourself. Well, with this book, we may well have found the answer to all of your worries.

We have had emails and messages asking what we thought about the book, so we decided to tell you a little bit more about it and allow you to get hold of it yourself. Keep reading for more information!

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Freeze-Drying Food At Home – 3 Easy Methods

freeze dried food

Learning freeze-drying food at home is one of the best things that any prepper can do. As we have said in many articles, food should be a last resort of anyone who is in danger. However, if you have already thought about it beforehand, you will not need to think about it at all. Dehydrating your food is one way to keep food in long term storage, but in this article, we are going to look at how and why you should be freeze-drying food at home.

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Hand to Hand Combat – 8 Practical Tips

hand to hand combat

This theoretical article will explore the different elements of hand to hand combat, also introducing several practical tactics that can aid in a valid conclusion to a fight. Although we discuss supplementary weapons, the term “hand to hand” as applicable here relates to conflicts where the only defense is the hand.

One of the best ways to prepare yourself for any fight is to take up martial arts training. There are many types of martial arts that you can take up, and it all depends on what your goal is and how long you have to train for them. The earlier you start, the more prepared you are going to be if you need to use it. We have recently published an article about Asian Martial Arts, and we highly recommend you read that before you decide which you take up.

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Food Poisoning Symptoms and Prevention

Food Poisoning Symptoms and Prevention

“You are what you eat,” goes an old saying. Each year in the U.S., an estimated 8 million cases of food poisoning prove the wisdom of that saying.

Most of those suffering from food poisoning experience stomach cramps, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever for a few days before getting better on their own. They often come through the experience a few pounds lighter, but far wiser (at least concerning food safety) than they were before they got sick.

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