Portable Solar Powered Repeater Finished.. Wanna Come Play With Tech Toys...

I installed my GMRS repeater at the house here on 9th in Dolan a month ago and I've had some interest from people who want to form a local emergency communications group.
462.675 PL tone 100.0


UPDATE
Aug 1st Added a duplexer so I only need one antenna....

GMRS Repeater

You will need a GMRS or amateur radio license. If you don't have your license it's pretty easy... Radios are cheap $50 or so... Look at your smartphone, now imagine it's going to be down for a couple weeks...

I finished my solar powered portable GMRS repeater in an ammo box. 462.725 PL tone 100.0 It can be deployed on a high spot for local communications or mountain top for communications in remote areas. With it's built-in battery and solar power it can provide communications over a wide area for some time.

Portable Repeater

Solar Powered Repeater in an Ammo Box

The GMRS license from the FCC is $70 for 10 years. It gives you 8 repeater frequencies and most cities have GMRS repeaters you can use in that area. GMRS Repeater List I can hit a repeater GMRS on Mt Charleston with a handheld radio and talk to anyone else who can see Mt Charleston, 150 miles or so...

There's no test you just fill out the application pay your money and in a few days you have your license, it covers you immediate family too.

The Amateur Radio License is a little harder to get. 

This one takes study, you will need to know basic radio theory, frequencies, and FCC rules. If your interested 

I'm told there are very limited government capabilities at the local level to assist with emergency communications. We need to improve not only our local capabilities but the regional HAM communities capabilities and response planning. 

Without communications nothing works, nothing! 
Law enforcement, fire service, and EMS have no way be dispatched, no way to know who needs help or where to respond, no way to know what roads are open or closed, and no way to call for help...

You will need to take the basic National Incident Management System or NIMS training from FEMA's Emergency Management Institute if you would like to be involved in emergency communications.

Anyone interested in being involved in a local communications group please contact me.