Ham radio operators?

Thanks 67Dart273, I’ll look into some traditional brands. Was specifically looking for a portable handheld and a quick search brought up BaoFeng stuff, it seemed to fit the bill. Understand I have to study up for the test, really don’t have a lot experience with radio communications or any of that stuff. My motivation is if shtf and just talking about with others. I thought it was a pretty heavily regulated community. As in, if your weren’t a licensed operator, people can get your location and alert authorities. Either way I’ll stay on the up and up. Just thought of the old school way and my grandfather was a communications guy in WW2, thought it would be cool.