USA neighborhood use of PMR radios in disaster preparedness.

[Lightspeed]

An interesting initiative in USA is to use PMR type radias as a resiliant comms network.

Some interesting ideas are described that might be useful to us during early stage emergencies.

http://www.adlerbooks.com/radio.html

also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8twBaixrvCo

[Scythe13]

How do the 'cheap radios' work by covering all of the state of Columbia?

Is it like Chinese Whispers, where one person reports to the next who then sends it down a chain to the next and all the way round?

[00111001]

(27 April 2012, 12:08)Scythe13 Wrote: How do the 'cheap radios' work by covering all of the state of Columbia?

Is it like Chinese Whispers, where one person reports to the next who then sends it down a chain to the next and all the way round?

Yup. message is relayed from person to person until it finds it's destination.

Used to work in ye olde days of yore - just not with talkie-walkies

[Scythe13]

That's really cool! I guess, if a radio had a couple of mile range, it should be pretty doable. Especially here in Bristol.

[Paul]

Nearest intellegent neighbour 2 miles.
I'm sunk using PMR.
Good job I've got CB.

[bigpaul]

(27 April 2012, 14:07)Paul Wrote: Nearest intellegent neighbour 2 miles.
I'm sunk using PMR.
Good job I've got CB.

your lucky! i wouldn't call any of my neighbours intelligent!