A simple AM radio can keep you abreast of events during a disaster. However, a smartphone is ideal for two-way communications, as well as for news and government messages via text message and social networks like Twitter. I’ve been using a signal booster kit while backpacking around network-sparse, sunny Southern California. You could also hack together a kit to provide communications in the event of your local mast being out of service. The kit includes backup battery, a cellular amplifier, and an extended antenna for bringing in distant signals.
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An All-Occasion Mobile Signal Booster in a Backpack
Posted by: Patrick Nelson November 29, 2012 05:00 AMA simple AM radio can keep you abreast of events during a disaster. However, a smartphone is ideal for two-way communications, as well as for news and government messages via text message and social networks like Twitter. I’ve been using a signal booster kit while backpacking around network-sparse, sunny Southern California. You could also hack together a kit to provide communications in the event of your local mast being out of service. The kit includes backup battery, a cellular amplifier, and an extended antenna for bringing in distant signals.