Radio Frequencies of note

[lee3]

Leo. Who can I call???

Ghostbusters!

[Jack the Lad]

Leo. Who can I call???

Ghostbusters!

[Donquay]

Get a license, and then the world could be your Oyster.

I don't want fish. I want a straight answer! It was a useful post until you said it was all rubbish and came up with a number with no further info.

[Briggs]

Get a license, and then the world could be your Oyster.

I don't want fish. I want a straight answer! It was a useful post until you said it was all rubbish and came up with a number with no further info.

I don't think there's a straight answer. You want a BOB portable radio that can cover all frequencies and call the emergency services. A small two way radio with 5watts has a range of around 5 to maybe 10 miles if it is flat direct line of sight and will be restricted to the 70cm/430Mhz and 2m/144Mhz maybe 4m/70Mhz bands. That's just not going to work as you want it to.

Leo and I both came up with the Yeasu 817ND without conferring. I stand to be corrected but this is the smallest portable radio with coverage from 1.8Mhz to 430Mhz. It can do 6m 2m and 70cm with the supplied rubber antenna. For all other Freq you will need the antenna Leo recommended if you want to transmit. I have one and it is very good but at £400 to £500 it's not cheap. You get what you pay for...

And, as Leo also said, you need a licence to operate on anything but the public PMR bands. Although if the SHTF occurred I'm sure anyone using other frequencies for an emergency would be forgiven.

My question for you is who exactly do you think will be answering your emergency call?

[Donquay]

Phones down. Rescue services searching... Hello I am here!

[Briggs]

Phones down. Rescue services searching... Hello I am here!

You seem to disregard what Leo and I have tried to explain about radios so here is the answer to your specific scenario: Get a loudhailer.

[Donquay]

Your radio. Same as Leos Radio. Who will you call with it? If local phones all go down and you are cut off by flood or fire or strikes or whatever. You tell me you have answered this but it is nowere to be seen to me.

[Donquay]

Just read somewhere else that search and rescue teams in flooded areas are using 169.

[ForgeCorvus]

Your radio. Same as Leos Radio. Who will you call with it? If local phones all go down and you are cut off by flood or fire or strikes or whatever. You tell me you have answered this but it is nowere to be seen to me.

There is no perfect option, you can either have a portable radio that will cover a lot of the frequencies, or a base-station that covers a lot more and broadcasts further, or a light-weight hand-held that has a limited range and fewer frequencies.

You best bet is to find out what the search teams (Mountain Rescue or WHY) use and get one of them

[Donquay]

Thanks. That is the most helpful post in pages! Do rescue use 14.215.00 Mhz, am, usb?