Emergency Communications

[Caute_cautim]

Well, that was an eventful weekend, go rough, set up a communications stations in a bare field, erect aerials, and put life skills into practice and then communicate without a normal source of power on generators and solar power with batteries.  Under canvas, in the rain and wind and communicate worldwide using low RF power on dual frequencies.  Good team sport and collaboration all weekend in the wind and rain, in shifts over the weekend with little sleep - like a real emergency situation.   How many people, in this day and age, have practiced these skills and put them into practice and proven they can survive, when all else fails? 

Even had to put up lights, to reduce the likelihood of unwanted visitors wanting to sneak a view of activities and pinch equipment, so even had to put up light sensors to switch on the lights on night to detract them.  

Regards

Caute_cautim

[Caute_cautim]

@vt100Yes, they were really built for hazardous duties and rough terrain.   Ideal for emergency purposes.

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Caute_cautim

[Early_Adopter]

Chunky sets.

Usually this kind of setup is used for rebroadcast stations for VHF, or sometimes even linking HF  to VHF(to folks who’ve not played with radios think about making the WiFi coverage work in your apartment house - but your house is a circle with an 80 kilometre radius. Lost of fun, because you get to slink away from every one else’s and you and your mate(or mates) can just brew up and listen to the nets - ok not all that great, but very probably better than actually fighting.

i wonder in practic practice how many would still use this kind of setup? It would seem that drones or autominous vehicles could do the same for less cost, either in war or disaster and of course one thing about a node like this if it’s war they are very visible via RF, so it’s probably a good thing for everyone If there are no people in them.

[Caute_cautim]

Well there has been examples used by the International Red Cross, for reusing old Mobile Phones as instant relays for communications purposes using voice and TXT facilities - within the Pacific Islands.

However, drones - land based ones could also be used to set up analogue or digital communications networks in the battlefield, and perhaps the same in Civil Defence emergencies as well.

Regards

Caute_cautim