If you get the right fcc license, you can [legally] have a GMRS PTT radio go 30 miles.<br><br>-Grant<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Peter Rossi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:phpete@gmail.com" target="_blank">phpete@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I figured this was the main issue, I just think it's more practical to<br>
expect the aforementioned Grandma to both live within a mile of<br>
someone else, and be able to operate a PTT radio. If we're talking<br>
about residences over a mile apart, then we're talking about more<br>
isolated areas than north Jersey, which was mentioned.<br>
<br>
I have a problem, and I realize it sounds conspiratorial, but I feel<br>
people should try to be a bit more self-sufficient (at least at the<br>
community level) and rely a bit less on the higher and more removed<br>
levels of government to help them deal with their problems, but that's<br>
a completely different discussion, I suppose.<br>
<br>
Oh well,<br>
<div class="im HOEnZb"><br>
-Peter<br>
I'm just this guy, you know?<br>
<br>
</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Bill Wichers <<a href="mailto:billw@waveform.net">billw@waveform.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> The usual range on those is less than a mile so they are of limited<br>
> usefulness in a large scale disaster. The ham stuff mentioned earlier can<br>
> use repeaters to cover a good-size area (small city) with handhelds. The<br>
> shortwave stuff can be setup to cover either a region (using NVIS) or<br>
> internationally. All of that can be done with simple and hastily erected<br>
> antennas in a pinch.<br>
><br>
> Sent from my iPhone<br>
><br>
> On Oct 30, 2012, at 5:16 PM, "Peter Rossi" <<a href="mailto:phpete@gmail.com">phpete@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Peanut Gallery / Lurker here,<br>
><br>
> Why has no one mentioned good old fashioned 2way radios? I know cell<br>
> phones have all but replaced them for Joe Average User, but who<br>
> doesn't have a set sitting up in the attic? We charged our EM1000Rs<br>
> before the storm and used them both for weather updates, and for<br>
> finding other people in our area who needed help by scanning<br>
> periodically. The batteries when fully charged can be made to last<br>
> quite a while by using them sparingly, and they're cheap.<br>
><br>
> Maybe my issue is that I'm of the opinion that the most important<br>
> contact is within your local community, and this wouldn't help with<br>
> "official" contact for everyone, but mesh networks can be powerful,<br>
> and someone's bound to be connected to an official channel.<br>
><br>
> Just my $0.02.<br>
><br>
> -Peter<br>
> I'm just this guy, you know?<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Byron L. Hicks<br>
> <<a href="mailto:byron.hicks@tx-learn.net">byron.hicks@tx-learn.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>> On 10/30/2012 10:27 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Yeah, 'cause so many people have short wave gear that operates when<br>
>>> power has been out long enough for their smartphone to stop working<br>
>>> (or at all) these days.<br>
>><br>
>> Well, that is the point of ARRL Field Day:<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.arrl.org/field-day" target="_blank">http://www.arrl.org/field-day</a><br>
>><br>
>> 73 de KD5KLL<br>
>><br>
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