It's Friday nite, a line of thunderstorms is coming in, so what else would I be doing while working on articles and my talk? Two receivers, picked up used at swapmeets for less than the cost of dinner for two at a halfway-decent restaurant. I can hear out 40+ miles depending on the direction and frequency band; and not have to deal with fake news and doom posting by whack jobs.

I wrote a book about how to do it: Down-Grid Communications. You can find it at litchfieldhillspress.gu…. It's 50% off until I give my talk at HOPE: VUA76B5. It has 43 years of experience distilled into 151 pages of commo DIY. No fake news. No whack jobs telling you the world is ending next week. Just the raw signal picked up live and direct by you.