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I run a homeless services non-profit organization. Our name is Haven-Beat The Street.
I am putting together a team of volunteer outreach workers to engage the homeless and provide any services that they may need in Atlantic City, NJ. We need a way to communicate within city limits so it is short range communication. I was thinking about MURS. They are low power, but VHF to hopefully get around a 2 mile range mostly line of site on the boardwalk and we can use CTCSS to ensure that no one else can easily interrupt the volunteers transmissions. (I do understand that even using a CTCSS or DCS that people could hear us but they can't talk to us)
We operate mostly on donations but with the lock down this past year many of our regular donors were not working so our donations have been drastically lower than usual. That being said I have two questions.......
1. Is MURS the way to go since they are license free or do you recommend something else?
2. Does anyone know of any organization that might either offer equipment at cost or possibly even donate used equipment?
Quantity need is 8 radios.
Thank you for any help.
I am putting together a team of volunteer outreach workers to engage the homeless and provide any services that they may need in Atlantic City, NJ. We need a way to communicate within city limits so it is short range communication. I was thinking about MURS. They are low power, but VHF to hopefully get around a 2 mile range mostly line of site on the boardwalk and we can use CTCSS to ensure that no one else can easily interrupt the volunteers transmissions. (I do understand that even using a CTCSS or DCS that people could hear us but they can't talk to us)
We operate mostly on donations but with the lock down this past year many of our regular donors were not working so our donations have been drastically lower than usual. That being said I have two questions.......
1. Is MURS the way to go since they are license free or do you recommend something else?
2. Does anyone know of any organization that might either offer equipment at cost or possibly even donate used equipment?
Quantity need is 8 radios.
Thank you for any help.