Survival & Emergency Preparedness

An online journal devoted to taking responsibility for getting through whatever life throws at us.

Sunday, August 25, 2024

The 3-3-3 Radio Plan for SHTF Communications

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I mentioned this in my post the other day but want to call it out for greater exposure. As far as I know this originates in a 2013 post at ...

Hard Case for my Yaesu FT-187ND

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Last week I took advantage of the most recent Harbor Freight Parking Lot Sale and picked up an Apache 3800 hard case to use with my Yaesu FT...
Friday, August 23, 2024

Getting Comms Squared Away

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links . After a couple years away from doing anything with ham radio, a coworker has rekindled my intere...
Sunday, August 18, 2024

Using the RTL Dongle and SDR on Apple Silicon

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It's been a few years since I played with a software defined radion (SDR). I have one of the inexpensive RTL dongles and on Intel based ...
Tuesday, August 06, 2024

Kosher Meal Review 2

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Continuing my post from yesterday, tonight I had another one of the KJ Poultry kosher long-term shelf-stable meals I got from Amazon . Tonig...
Monday, August 05, 2024

Kosher Meal Review 1

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Something I'm trying to do is get more prepping info out to my fellow Members of the Tribe. Observant Jews will follow the laws of kashr...
Saturday, August 03, 2024

Water for Emergencies

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I've been more active on X (Twitter) recently. I published an article, Water for Emergencies , over there. Please go check it out and if...
Friday, July 19, 2024

Thoughts on the Crowdstrike Outage

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By now you're probably aware of the massive outages caused by a bug in Crowdstrike . The bug is the result of an update pushed out overn...
Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Prime Day Deal on the Frankford Arsenal Hand Priming Tool

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It's Prime Day at Amazon and something that's on sale is the  Frankford Arsenal Hand Priming Tool . I bought one a couple months ago...
Friday, July 12, 2024

Guns for Jews v3.1 Now Live

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My ebook, Guns for Jews v3.1 is now live. Compared with the earlier versions it is greatly expanded including additional gun recommendation...
Thursday, July 11, 2024

Sig Sauer P365X Micro 9mm

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The other day I traded off a few guns and came home with a Sig Sauer P365X. The gun comes with two 12 round magazines. I had enough store cr...
Tuesday, July 02, 2024

Concealed Carry Vest

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I just got one of these vests in gray for $27 on Amazon Prime , for use as a cover garment. It looks more REI rather than tacticool. Actuall...
Sunday, June 30, 2024

Revolver Chamber Brushes from Brownells

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Cleaning the charge holes is an important part of maintaining a revolver. If you shoot .38 Specials in a .357 Magnum it's especially imp...
Saturday, May 18, 2024

S&W Model 640 Range Report

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I'm pleased to note that the gunsmithing I did on my S&W Model 640 I did this morning worked out. I took it to the range tonigh and ...

Replacing the Hand Spring in a Smith & Wesson Revolver

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If you need to replace a hand spring in a Smith & Wesson revolver this video shows how: In the video he used a dental tool to push the s...
Sunday, May 12, 2024

Cast Bullets Using the Lee TL358-158SWC Mold

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Over the past month I've done a couple bullet casting sessions, mostly making 158 grain (nominally) lead semiwadcutters in a  2-cavity L...
Sunday, May 05, 2024

FN PS90

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One of the guns I've had an interest in for several years is the FN PS90. This is the semiauto-only civilian version of the P90 submachi...

Yom HaShoah 2024

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Yom HaShoah / Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG'vurah , known in English as Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day begins tonight at sundown a...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Major Updates to "Guns For Jews"

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Today I posted a major revision with many updates to my ebook, "Guns For Jews." It's now hosted as a PDF on my Google Drive. D...
Monday, March 11, 2024

World War Supply Canvas M3 Tanker Holster

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Last year I posted about the virtues of the M3 Tanker Holster . I have copies of those made for the M1911 and the S&W Victory Model, and...
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