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How many of you have ham radios? They're worth their weight in gold. When I was growing up, nearly everyone in the neighborhood had one in Houston, Tx. I never learned how to use one, but CB radios were popular when I was a teen. "Breaker, breaker!" all up & down the highways.
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206,464 views Feb 8, 2018 Hawaii's ballistic missile false alarm showed us how reliant we are on cell phones and modern technology—and how unprepared we are if they become inaccessible. But in case the unexpected happens, such as the alert of an imminent nuclear attack, an unlikely group of hobbyists—ham radio operators—are standing at the ready and their frequencies may save us all.

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