Properly installing a CB radio Part 2

by Cameron | May 25, 2015 | Bug Out Vehicle, Communications, Gear, Preparedness

In part one of this arti­cle, we cov­ered the gear and tech­niques nec­es­sary for a prop­er instal­la­tion of CB radio in a vehicle…so now that the sys­tem is set up, lets learn how to opti­mize its trans­mis­sion capa­bil­i­ty. In part two, we will dis­cuss a few... Read more

Properly installing a CB radio Part 1

by Cameron | May 18, 2015 | Bug Out Vehicle, Communications, Gear, Preparedness

Cit­i­zen band radio is free and requires no FCC license to oper­ate so it is a good choice for local com­mu­ni­ca­tion. If cell phones fail to work for what­ev­er rea­son, it may be the best method for remote com­mu­ni­ca­tion since its range is bet­ter than FRS and... Read more

Travel EDC, Podcast Number 3

by suburban | May 11, 2015 | EDC, Gear, Podcast, suburban survival, Travel, Urban Survival

[pow­er­press] This week Cam and I talk about Trav­el EDC.  It’s a con­cept that is close to me because I do a lot of trav­el­ing for work.  For instance, while I’m not a fan of trav­el­ing for work, I’m trav­el­ing for three weeks out of four in the month... Read more

Dogs as prepper companions

by Cameron | Apr 20, 2015 | Bug In, Bug Out, Food Storage, Gear, General, Natural Disaster, Preparedness

In our mod­ern world, prep­pers need to be con­cerned with guns, ammu­ni­tion, food, gaso­line, med­ical sup­plies… the list goes on and its daunt­ing.  But don’t for­get about the fam­i­ly pets. An often over­looked and very help­ful resource to your preps is a... Read more

The Gray Man Concept, Podcast Episode 2

by suburban | Apr 16, 2015 | Gear, Gray Man, Podcast, Preparedness, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival

[pow­er­press] Wel­come to episode two of the Sub­ur­ban Sur­vival Blog Pod­cast.  Today we chat about the Gray Man con­cept, and why it’s impor­tant to the pre­pared­ness mind­set. Also please wel­come Titan Con­ceal­ment as our newest spon­sor.  Titan... Read more

Precision Rifles for the New Gun Owner

by Cameron | Apr 13, 2015 | Gear, Guns & Weapons, Hunting, Personal Security, Preparedness

This is the final install­ment in a series of arti­cles designed to intro­duce a new or novice firearm own­er to the weapons they should have and be com­fort­able using for a SHTF sce­nario.  The oth­er install­ments cov­ered car­bine, shot­gun, hand­gun, and... Read more