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Re:Handheld two-way radios for preppers and other curious folks by jasonwatkinspdx on Saturday February 20, 2021 @03:06PM (#26207331)
HAM is still a very necessary tool for keeping in contact in the mountains and such. When I was younger I did some SCCA rally events. Those events would be impossible without the volunteer HAM operators that show up and set up temporary relays on a couple of the biggest foothills in the race area. Cell coverage is just too spotty, and satcom stuff is just too expensive. My understanding is that search and rescue uses the same approach for the same reasons.
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Re:Handheld two-way radios for preppers and other curious folks by thangalin on Saturday February 20, 2021 @03:21PM (#26207570)
> HAM is still a very necessary tool for keeping in contact in the mountains and such.

Depends on the location. The company I work for produces a mountain-top repeater[0] series. Hundreds of them are distributed throughout the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia, providing an expansive coverage for handheld devices.

If you're curious about what an installation site looks like atop a mountain, check out pages 38-39 in an older product guide[1].

[0]: https://codancomms.com/products/mt-4e-series

[1]: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/38724760/land-mobile-...

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Re:Handheld two-way radios for preppers and other curious folks by mleonhard on Sunday February 21, 2021 @12:32AM (#26211082)
NSFW WARNING: The link [1] above (yumpu.com) is showing an ad with topless women over the document.
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Re:Handheld two-way radios for preppers and other curious folks by thangalin on Sunday February 21, 2021 @04:43PM (#26217547)
Oof! Thank you for pointing that out. I'll check into why this file isn't on our public CDN and why a spam site has our document. Meanwhile, a few safer links:

* https://caraham.org/resources/Documents/Learning%20Conferenc... - page 37 in the PDF (29 in the document) shows various radio towers atop of mountains

* https://cdn.codancomms.com/general-downloads/Products/User-G... - overview of radio communications fundamentals

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Re:Handheld two-way radios for preppers and other curious folks by kwhitefoot on Sunday February 21, 2021 @05:35AM (#26212398)
Not when I looked :-(

:-)

Perhaps you should install UBlock origin.

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Re:Handheld two-way radios for preppers and other curious folks by imwillofficial on Saturday February 20, 2021 @05:12PM (#26208468)
This is cool! Thanks for sharing!
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