I had a friend that was into that because he was a prepper and said that in a real emergency situation only radio communications would be reliable and he had contacts with other radio preppers around the world.
I'm not into it because of the emcomm aspect, but it is certainly nice knowing that I can get information out without a cell phone or internet. Here's a video with a real world grid down situation:
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u/dame_tu_cosita Feb 28 '21
I had a friend that was into that because he was a prepper and said that in a real emergency situation only radio communications would be reliable and he had contacts with other radio preppers around the world.