<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>The usual range on those is less than a mile so they are of limited usefulness in a large scale disaster. The ham stuff mentioned earlier can use repeaters to cover a good-size area (small city) with handhelds. The shortwave stuff can be setup to cover either a region (using NVIS) or internationally. All of that can be done with simple and hastily erected antennas in a pinch. </div><div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Oct 30, 2012, at 5:16 PM, "Peter Rossi" <<a href="mailto:phpete@gmail.com">phpete@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p><font size="2">Peanut Gallery / Lurker here,<br>
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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>
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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>
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Just my $0.02.<br>
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-Peter<br>
I'm just this guy, you know?<br>
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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>
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>> 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">http://www.arrl.org/field-day</a><br>
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> 73 de KD5KLL<br>
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