Call to Action Checklist: Survival Technology

The hands-on list for Survival Dispatch Insider Vol. 4 Issue 2, Survival Technology. Six small jobs that make sure your gear works for you when the power and the cell network do not.

Find north in an unfamiliar place using only a watch, or a clock face drawn on paper. Load a tablet or phone with the survival books and references you would want if you were stuck away from home. Take a set of walkie-talkies, send someone out until the signal fades, and have them describe what they see while you draw it, then compare. Inventory your devices and make sure you have the cables and portable power to keep them running in an outage. List the emergency information sources for your area, radio, weather and local alerts. And write down the walkie-talkie channels and ham frequencies your family will use, with a copy kept with every radio.

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