Change: Television is obviously down. Cell phone lines are clogged to the maximum.The standard mode of inter-human contact in the movies is via short-wave radio. However, these have several significant disadvantages:-They are extremely heavy and bulky. You will have to   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1217)

Change: need our own radio frequency for Z-day, Any good ideas?ww3sabiture: to make a fire smoke add any of thes grass/leavs/fresh cut branches/pine needles/Kno3+powder shuger=smoke bomb/green plants/trash but only use a fire if your despret save the wood for other things   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1124)

Change: the phone company in most cases. I would prefer a CB radio or a HAM radio.Happyman: The internet will be up, so a wifi connection will do the trick. Lucky for everyone in LA.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1072)

Change: different things.Smadmead: Ham radio is your best bet. You can use voice, data, and morse. You can use repeaters from 10 meters and up, and you can communicate around the world with HF radio or satellites. And you can build an antenna out of pretty much any wire.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 1019)

Change: Pros--Good eating-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If a nearby base is transmitting via short wave radio and you have no way to hear their broadcasts,Here Is An Easy Way To Transform A Normal Radio Into A Short-Wave ReceiverAgain, I developed this myself. Yes, I am 1337 with teh 'lectricities.Take   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 928)

Change: house, car, or hand held (battery operated).CBs, citizen's band radios, are probably a survivors best bet. They require next to no electricty, most people (around here anyway) already have one, and they have several different channels that could be used for different things.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 925)

Change: butterknife,butter knife, or anything that will work, and use it to bend the coils so the little ringlets are as far apart as possible. Just spread them out really wide. There should be about the same   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 857)

Change: would the phones still work? Or do they need electricity? I think so, maybe you if you had a complex of buildings phones between them   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 856)

Change: There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details. (Word count: 649)

Change: Morse Code via electronic devicesSee other page for an easy-to-build communication device. Carrier PigeonsPros--Quick, safe, efficientCons--Runs on precious bird seed-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If a nearby base is transmitteng via short wave radio and you have no way to hear their broadcasts,Here Is An Easy   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 649)