Secure (Private) Radio Communications

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Many of us use radios for daily (regular) communication. Radios work in remote areas, where there is no cellular service, and provide a back-up means of communication when primary means fail.  But for the most part, the radios we are commonly using - Amateur Radio, CB, FRS/GMRS, MURS - are not in any way secure or private. What we transmit over the air can be heard by whomever might want to listen.

However, there are things that we can do to make our radio communication at least a little more private. The following YouTube videos discuss some possible options for more secure (private) radio communications:

Secure Comms with Ham Radio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIyckKhZrpA) 

Secure Radio Communications (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apLxePngNlM) 

Ham Radio SHTF Digital Mode for Tactical Comms (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnr_6gHBjuY)

Secure Voice Communications - Part I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=youElAJGmgM) 

Secure Voice Communications - Part II Field Test (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeER-EB6Axo)

Motorola DTR550 Scanner Proof COMMS License Free (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U88KDD7Ta_w) 

Secure Radio Comms For SHTF & Now (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhmiMQNUQBA)

Surveillance & Security using cheap Chinese Walkie Talkies - Make your Comms More Secure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjJHH1no3I4) 


Another option is DMR SMS Simplex Messaging, which we previously discussed here: (https://cascadiasurvivalist.blogspot.com/2022/02/dmr-sms-simplex-messaging.html)

None of the methods discussed above will provide you perfect security for your radio communications (there is no perfect security), but they will perhaps provide you with some ideas for keeping your communications a little more private when you need to do so.

 



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