Tactical Communication Systems, Prepping Related Statistical Research, and Three Ways To Evade or Reduce Radiation Exposure in a Nuclear Accident

The Memorial Day Episode of The Prepper Podcast was Awesome!

Feedback submitted by Paul Freeland – From Kansas

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Thank you for your Memorial Day Show.  It has reminded me just how extremely important our fallen heroes are.

You Can Create Cheap Tactical Communication Gear With These Awesome Tips.

Feedback submitted by Warner – From Belgium

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Warner’s Question about Tactical Communication Setups:

Pretty much all electronic hearing protection is generally Comtac or Peltor (500 dollar headsets).

How can I achieve the hearing protection with radio communication on a budget?!

My Answer about Setting up a Noise-Blocking Communication Setup:

Create a Budget Friendly Hearing Protection and Radio System with a Few Cheap Components

Breaking it down, you need to:

Know Your Radio

Have a good headset

Have a radio

Need a “signal converter”

First, You Must Understand Your Radio and It’s Connections

You can adapt almost any radio for use with headphones, but you have to know what kind of connection type it has.

A great resource for this is the radio connection chart at Planet Head Set.

Next, get an electronic  headset that is comfortable and reliable.

Get a good quality headset with a 3.5 mm stereo jack for iPod.  These are fairly cheap in comparison to some of the more digital ones that are designed for more.

For the headset you could go with the Howard Leight 1030110 Sync Noise-Blocking Stereo Earmuff

Third, You Need a Decent Radio that You can Program.

If you don’t already have a radio, then you will need one.  My guess is that you already have one, because you are an awesome super prepper.

On the off chance that you DON’T have a radio in mind, I will be explaining how to connect everything using Baofeng Radio since it is a cheap programmable radio: BaoFeng BF-F8HP 8W High Power – BaoFeng’s Best TRI-POWER (1, 4, 8 Watt) (USA Warranty) Dual-Band 136-174/400-520Mhz (VHF/UHF) Ham Two-way Radio – With Large Battery, High Gain Antenna, Earpiece, Charger, and More

The Baofeng Programmable Radio has a Kenwood K1 Connection which you can find in the Planet Head Set Chart I mentioned already.

Baofengs have amazing capabilities, but are super cheap.  You can program it to do almost anything.

Fourth, Design a Simple “Conversion Kit” to Connect Your Headset to Your Radio

Really, all you need is a touch mic.  You don’t need some fancy hands-free gadget when these work just fine.

No one will be able to hear your mic as long as you have phones plugged into it.  You will need one that your phones WILL plug into.

Another benefit of this setup is that you can unplug your headphones, and use it as a speaker.