@ai6yr Ham is awesome, but I think low powered short range is the rule in a disaster for the reasons you are finding.
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@ai6yr Ham is awesome, but I think low powered short range is the rule in a disaster for the reasons you are finding.
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In response to this post@malachi17RV Mostly, however, you can do better. The repeater in North Carolina stayed up after Helene and was a lifeline.
@ai6yr oh sure, you can, but it requires your community to care...
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@ai6yr How is ARES in your area?
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@ai6yr @malachi17RV Hell, it stayed up with the antenna half destroyed too. Power should not be the limiting factor in SoCal. You don’t even need to count on a diesel generator. 1kWh of battery storage can run a repeater indefinitely in SoCal if you have solar generation. You don’t even need fancy lithium batteries, cheap lead acid stuff can do this.
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@malachi17RV @ai6yr As I understand it, the Mt. Mitchell repeater has government support.
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