Category: Guest Contributions

Articles submitted from readers of prepper-resources.com for the knowledge of other readers.

How to: Stylish Two Drawer Faraday Cage

by Lux If you think you may need a Faraday cage and you don’t want to spend too much time or money and you want it to look nice in your den or home office then this is the project for you. You can use your Faraday cage to store some of your electronic devices …

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Surviving a Heart Attack

By Ditch Doctor The first step to prepare and protect your family from disaster is to first protect yourself.  You can’t take care of your family and friends if you become a victim.  Did you know that 2,150 Americans die each day from cardiovascular disease?  You need to know the risk factors, symptoms, and treatment …

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.22 Caliber Mini-Sentry Trip Wire Alarm

**Note from PJ (06/01/13):  I’ve had emails about the video and website for this product being removed, I’m not sure what has happened or if these are even being sold anymore.  I don’t know the contributor personally so I won’t be able to tell anyone where or when they might become available once again. Many …

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Survival Clothing Tips

By Nightgear Survival Clothing While it’s not the most important thing on the list, being prepared also means being able to keep warm and dry, which is why clothing must be given some thought. That’s fine, you say, I’m always wearing something sensible. But think about your wife or your kids, especially if they’re older. …

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Outdoor surveillance with condenser microphones

by Lux Condenser Microphones typically sound better than dynamic microphones. If you are unfamiliar with these two types of microphones you may want to read about them in this Wikipedia article. The short version is this: Dynamic microphones have a coil and a magnet. So they act like little electric generators. They do not require …

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Ham Radio, The Only Form of Communication After T-SHTF

By JM We take communication for granted because if we want to talk to someone we have multiple ways of contacting them:  home phones, cell phones, email, and instant messaging.  We are used to instant gratification by calling or texting and pretty much getting an immediate response from virtually everyone on our contact list.  But …

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Burying the Box, SHTF Shipping Container Tips

By JD at Cherokee West As a child my first concept of prepping was a basement in a large log cabin sort of house in which lived some friends of our family. The stairs in the house were wooden and unfinished, the type you might see on an outdoor deck or patio. I could see …

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Prepping with the Rule of 5’s

By Ditch Doctor Don’t be discouraged when starting to prep since prepping can be overwhelming, confusing, and expensive.  I started prepping using the “Rule of 5’s”.  Here’s the list I started with and then expanded it when I reached my goals.  Get your family involved but remember to have the quantity end with five.  This …

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Gear Review: Gerber LMF II Infantry Knife

By JM I know, I know, everyone has the perfect survival knife.  But if you are in the market for a new survival knife or if you just want a new knife take a look at what the Gerber LMF II has to offer.  Before I purchased the Gerber LMF I did a lot of …

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The Benefit of Army Surplus Gear

By RV Ops The use of good quality gear and clothing is important to anyone involved in prepping as well as the outdoors life in general, and unreliable gear may well be worse than useless-a multitool that breaks, for example, or a an inadequately sealed water container may well result in fatal consequences if the …

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Top Secret Places to Hide Food Storage in Your House

By Agnes Jimenez In dire situations where families are presented with emergencies, they must do everything they can to protect the supplies that they have prepared. Food storage is something that every family should consider because in emergency situations, the grocery store shelves aren’t going to be stocked and if you don’t have food storage, …

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Containerized Housing: Steve’s Tincan Cabin

By JD at Cherokee West Enterprises So if there was ever a blog to read about shipping containers, (aside from this one of course) I would have to say it would be TincanCabin. I have read many blogs in my lifetime, and quite a few over the last few months that deal with shipping and …

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Living in a High-Risk Environment: My childhood in Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War of 1975-1990

By Georges Z. Fahmy – Senshido International Hello guys and gals, my name is Georges Fahmy; I’m a Lebanese national, and a long time lurker of this wonderful blog. I read this blog on a weekly basis and find most of the articles to be very informative and well-written. After reading Tom B’s accounts of his stay in …

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Mobile Ammunition Production – The Lee Hand Press

By JM Ammunition storage for SHTF is a must.  It is often recommended you store (at minimum) a thousand rounds of ammunition for rifles and five-hundred rounds for handguns and shotguns.  Having that number of rounds on hand is a great idea but what do you do when that stock is depleted?  Do you simply …

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Camping Gear on the Cheap

By Trailmeister The average Joe, or Jane, when planning for an overnight (or longer) camping trip, puts together a packing list and then assembles their kit by visiting the local outfitters, searching the ‘net, etc. Generally this is the point where sticker shock kicks in. Sticker shock can be painful and injurious to one’s health. …

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