Comments on: SOS Radio Network? http://kb6nu.com/sos-radio-network/ My personal adventures in amateur radio Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:12:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Eirikr1 http://kb6nu.com/sos-radio-network/#comment-297 Eirikr1 Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:23:00 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/?p=729#comment-297 Seems like everone opposed just focuses on the challenges. Didn't 911 have problems and challenges when it first got started? BTW, 911 wasn't the answer during Katrina, either, the phones were dead. Seems like everone opposed just focuses on the challenges. Didn’t 911 have problems and challenges when it first got started? BTW, 911 wasn’t the answer during Katrina, either, the phones were dead.

]]> By: Bob K0NR http://kb6nu.com/sos-radio-network/#comment-82 Bob K0NR Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:04:23 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/?p=729#comment-82 The National SOS Radio Network idea does have its challenges, but I think it depends on your expectations and what value it might deliver. For starters, the name is probably wrong...their won't be much of a "network" and certainly not on a national level. My interpretation of this idea is "hey, when things get weird, put your FRS radio on Channel 1". Here in Colorado, I could imagine my neighbors firing up on FRS during one of our winter blizzards and exchanging info. "Harry, are you guys doing OK over there?". "Yup, but the phone is out". I can also imagine that some of those folks stuck in their attics as the water rose during Katrina might have been able to hail a passing Coast Guard helicopter using FRS. So my expectations are low....with FRS good for maybe 1/2 mile reliable communication. In some places it would get jammed with undisciplined operation. In other locations, it could be valuable. 73, Bob K0NR The National SOS Radio Network idea does have its challenges, but I think it depends on your expectations and what value it might deliver. For starters, the name is probably wrong…their won’t be much of a “network” and certainly not on a national level.

My interpretation of this idea is “hey, when things get weird, put your FRS radio on Channel 1″. Here in Colorado, I could imagine my neighbors firing up on FRS during one of our winter blizzards and exchanging info. “Harry, are you guys doing OK over there?”. “Yup, but the phone is out”.

I can also imagine that some of those folks stuck in their attics as the water rose during Katrina might have been able to hail a passing Coast Guard helicopter using FRS.

So my expectations are low….with FRS good for maybe 1/2 mile reliable communication. In some places it would get jammed with undisciplined operation. In other locations, it could be valuable.

73,
Bob K0NR

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