Primarily got into HAM so I would be able to communicate with the wife across the SF Bay (SF to Oakland/Richmond) in the event of an earthquake. I've gotten my technician ticket and wife is studying for hers now. I work in SF and she works in Oakland/Richmond.
I’ve tested a couple of repeaters from SF and wife was able to hear me (she hasn’t passed her test yet so didn’t reply)
145.290 KB6LED
146.850 K6LNK
I imagine these repeaters will be saturated with emergency comms so it might not be possible for us to give each other a status report for how we’re doing, and radio to radio would likely not work since we’re anywhere from 12 to 20 miles from each other. Aside from just searching for a low traffic repeater, which might not exist, and it is unlikely we'd be able to synch up to the same one at the same time- what alternatives methods might we try? I’m trying to figure out how to determine if a repeater will not be dedicated to emergency traffic only so I could set that as the first channel she tries when switching on. We’re both running BF-F8HP’s @ 8Watts.
Newbie thanks to you for your responses. Also, thanks for this forum! I’ve learned a great deal (CHIRP, repeaterbook.com, hamqth.com etc.) here.
~df
I’ve tested a couple of repeaters from SF and wife was able to hear me (she hasn’t passed her test yet so didn’t reply)
145.290 KB6LED
146.850 K6LNK
I imagine these repeaters will be saturated with emergency comms so it might not be possible for us to give each other a status report for how we’re doing, and radio to radio would likely not work since we’re anywhere from 12 to 20 miles from each other. Aside from just searching for a low traffic repeater, which might not exist, and it is unlikely we'd be able to synch up to the same one at the same time- what alternatives methods might we try? I’m trying to figure out how to determine if a repeater will not be dedicated to emergency traffic only so I could set that as the first channel she tries when switching on. We’re both running BF-F8HP’s @ 8Watts.
Newbie thanks to you for your responses. Also, thanks for this forum! I’ve learned a great deal (CHIRP, repeaterbook.com, hamqth.com etc.) here.
~df