One of the first things that will happen when the planned SHTF

You can't stop the signal.
You can kill the internet, but Ham radio is nearly impossible to stop.
You might run jammers in certain areas, but you can not block every frequency throughout the USA or the World.
There are just to many to cover and to many variables.

Thanks Capt. Obvious.

Too little too late.

Too few of them.

The plug will be pulled and everything fried.

Those who have it will be fighting for their own survival.

Those who talk will have little information and those who listen will be few.

Their locations are already known and they cannot hide their antennas.

Their batteries will not last for long.

They will slowly be whittled down to nothing.

The signal will die in many ways until it is all gone.

You're right about this, OP.

People will be left completely in the dark in more ways than one.

The only ones who won't be deceived by the "emergency communications" are the real lovers of truth.

There won't be many of us, but there will be enough.

God bless you for bringing this reminder to us.

It has been planned for a very long time by people who have done it many times before.

Joe blow cannot out think this.

The only comm link that thy cannot bring down is the one between you and the Lord.

How did Jesus walk so well on water with all those holes in his feet?

You were right in the first post. But you have little idea of what you're talking about here.

Not in the USA at least, there are to many prepper communication groups. They have solar power backups and spare faraday cage shielded radio's, Directional antennas and portable equipment.
You would be suprised at their numbers and their abilities. I was, when I started investigating SHTF communication.
What the larger Militia groups in the US have for communications could be quite extensive, they are quite secretive, so no one knows for sure.
There are just to many ways to communicate, even pony express style or smoke signals. So no you can't stop the Signal.

Ask him when you stand before him at judgement.

You will not last long.

you really have no idea what is coming your way

enjoy camp

Here is the crux of the matter. No one makes it through the end time without Jesus. Now, that is just a matter of faith and I have no proof so do not even bother responding if you do not believe. It just is not for you and I accept that. I am not here to twist arms. This end time thing may not even happen in any of our lifetimes.

However, none of you survival types are going to make it through. Your preps and bullets will run out. The people who have been preparing and diverting trillions of $ for decades will never run out. And if you think that the divide and con1uer is bad now then just wait until the lights go out, the gas and oil stop flowing and the walmart shelves go bare. For every survival type there will be a thousand sheeple with their desperate little hands out for the goobmint cheese and chips. And there will be a price on your head if you do not go along. You will not be able to fight it for long.

but hey maybe that does not ever happen while you are alive

That's not true at all because it will be a fear based techneek.

when the lights go out you keep us informed

That was well said.

Ham radio could even be used to transmit encrypted messages e.g. using open-source software which works offline:

[link to www.majorgeeks.com]

Search at github for code and executables for
Linux
OSX
and
Windows

ok bro