No cellphone? No problem! The vintage radio enthusiasts prepping for disaster

Left: Glenn Morrison standing with a U-band vertical antenna in his backyard. Right: Morrison’s main ‘rig’ in his home radio room. Photo credit: Adam Amengual / The Guardian. Article by Amanda Ulrich in Palm Springs. The Guardian – May 27, 2023.

Ham radio users, from teenagers to eightysomethings, are ready to communicate in the next crisis – be it a wildfire, pandemic or ‘the big one’

There’s an ancient fable that Glenn Morrison, a pony-tailed, 75-year-old who lives in the California desert, likes to tell to prove a point. As the lesson goes, one industrious ant readies for winter by stocking up on food and supplies, while an aimless grasshopper wastes time and doesn’t plan ahead. When the cold weather finally arrives […]

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