Mr. Peasant's Quick And Dirty Guide To Radio Prepping

President's Fireside Chat, 1930s Aimee Schweig

I talk about weird stuff. What I do only works at night, only on the radio.

ART BELL

The Peasants miss Art Bell. He was the pioneer in paranormal talk radio. Art confessed to being bored with politics, so he went after topics that he found interesting. Combine that with a radio in a dark room late at night, and you have a source for cheap but thrilling entertainment. They still play old Art Bell episodes on the radio. The man had a gift. He also had a love for radio being a ham radio operator.

I love radio as well. Radio is my top choice for information and entertainment. Some years ago, Mrs. Peasant tasked me with researching the use of radios for prepping. I had all these visions of complicated ham radios, walkie talkies, scanners, and expensive shortwave radios. When I was done with my research, I concluded that these were the only radios you need for prepping:

1. An AM/FM/WX radio

2. A CB radio

That's it. I can give all the details why I settled on just these two radios, but I did all of that research to spare you having to read all of that. Just buy these two radios if you don't already own them and move on with your prepping.

Charlie Lingar and his son listen to their battery radio. 1945, Four Mile, Bell County, Kentucky

The AM/FM/WX radio should have a ferrite rod antenna built in. Sony has been good with this as well as C.Crane and Sangean. You want quality AM reception, and you want to listen at night when you can get many more stations than you will ever hear on the shortwave bands. You also want the weather band because weather info is the top priority for any prepper. This one radio will keep you informed. I use my radio daily just for ordinary times.

The CB radio is for communicating with friends, neighbors, and family in the event that the phones go down. This happens. There are millions of CB radios out there. and you can still buy them at truck stops and Walmart and Amazon. You don't need a license, and they are stone simple to operate. There are better radios except very few own them or possess the licenses to operate them. You don't need them. Most of your communication needs will be trying to locate a gas station that still has the pumps working. The truckers that still have CB radios in their rigs are good for that sort of information.

Anyone who tells you that you need more equipment than this is trying to sell you equipment. Buying this stuff may boost your confidence, but it really just drains your wallet. Save your money by keeping it simple.

Thank you for reading!

Radio on the Great Northern Railway 1925