Ctrl Alt Del – But who would you talk to? Very few people here in the CR are Hams. Does your family and friends have them? The Gov. doesn’t use Ham frequencies to alert people in emergencies. They use news outlets (Eg. Radio, TV, internet). If these are down -the cops go around with loud speakers to give anouncements.
If you don’t want to wait till they come to your neighbohood for the anouncement, buy a hand-held scanner. You’ll know what the emergency services are doing at the same time they find out what they’re doing. And the equip is a lot cheaper than Ham equip.
If you must have a talking option, consider FRS radios or CB radios, if the other party is not too far away, which are also cheaper than Ham equip.