Survival Radio Musts, Shoulds, Coulds

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(2 August 2012, 00:27)Paul Wrote:

(1 August 2012, 23:23)Martin200261 Wrote: Funnily enough that's exactly what I was talking to the missus about last week, got a great big hill right behind the house so was wondering about setting up my own low powered repeater to cover things in that direction and of course to get the kit away from the house - thinking opsec and a few other ideas I've got buzzing around such as bulletin boards.

Martin.

Cautious thoughts for you.
1. Lugging car batteries up and down hills is very tiring if not blooming hard on the back.
2. The closer someone gets, the easier it will be to spot the repeater aerial let alone any solar panel you might be thinking of installing.
3. It's dead easy to find a repeater with a simple handheld with a signal meter on it.
4. Hams do that for fun!
5. If it's found by someone, you can't exactly go to the plod and say it's been vandalised or even nicked. (especially if it's unlicenced)

5 Thoughts, 1 for safety, 3 for security, and 1 for the loss of gear.

Hi Paul,

If the hill was big enough I'd go about it with a pair of back to back PMRs with PV topup charging.

Better still there are the little parrot repeaters that just require one other transceiver. The ones I've looked at are DTMF controllable so can be activated and deactivated on command.

There are also full duples boxes available for around fifty quid.

Then its a matter of finding a place to hide the kit.

After a SHTF incident I guess thatthere's be less liklihood of widespread DFing. ..... and if anyone was looking for you, they'd be drawn to your repeater first ( assuming a low power ,out of band uplink)