The national GMRS net saw a new record total of 125 check-ins this evening. Net control for the evening started with Mike, WRDR672 – due to a severed internet connection net control was later assumed by David, WQVS960 at 17:06 MST.
The topic of the evening was suggested by Doug, WRFL449: Have you thought about if and how you might use GMRS in an emergency, and what hardware do you think would be good to have for emergency communication? Responses are logged below.
The recording from the session is available on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/GFvMXALlep4
Attendees:
| Call | Name | Location | Traffic |
|---|---|---|---|
| WQVS960 | David | AZ | |
| WRCU527 | Darren | AZ | |
| WRDK713 | Dave | AZ | GMRS has been hobby for me; find a way to get handheld on base station antenna if you dont have a full battery operated station |
| WRFE219 | Mike | AZ | |
| WRFL884 | Darro | AZ | |
| WRFR554 | Mike | AZ | |
| WRFS422 | Patrick | AZ | |
| WRFT518 | Mike | AZ | |
| WRFU415 | Kelly | AZ | No traffic |
| WRFU591 | Russell | AZ | |
| WQND300 | Connor | CA | Local repeater has propane backup; have a good vehicle charger for your handhelds |
| WRFL821 | Darrell | FL | |
| WQTD542 | Brent | GA | Good to talk to others including family and community |
| WQYS400/Andrew | Andrew | GA | |
| WQYS400/Colton | Colton | GA | |
| WRAV504 | David | GA | |
| WQUY536 | Patrick | IL | What’s your budget? Portables and mobiles are helpful, portable repeaters are good too |
| WQYU376 | Kurt | IL | |
| WQZB946 | Eddie | IL | |
| WQZW575 | David | IL | |
| WRAF278 | Mike | IL | |
| WRAL939 | Vincent | IL | |
| WRBP334 | Rockford | IL | |
| WRCM330 | Bob | IL | Integrated GMRS into family comm plan. GMRS is a legal and good radio service with lots of commercial grade equipment for relatively cheap. Get both base mobile and portable. Need to get involved with mutual assistance group, radio is a great way to do that. Look at www.amrron.com like minded people doing this for a long time. |
| WRCV497 | Jeff | IL | |
| WRCZ886 | Bill | IL | |
| WRDK264 | Joe | IL | |
| WRDL342 | Moe | IL | |
| WRDU235 | Rob | IL | |
| WREM501 | Don | IL | |
| WREY611 | Jerry | IL | |
| WRFJ980 | Jeremy | IL | |
| WRFL209 | Todd | IL | |
| WRFL246 | John | IL | |
| WRFL449 | Doug | IL | Start with communications with friends and family; simplex may not reach far. Make sure your people know how to use use repeaters and PL tones |
| WRFM332 | Chris | IL | Looking to stay in touch with close friends and family. Standing up entry level repeaters for local use |
| WRFP921 | Dave | IL | |
| WRFQ535 | Ferdi | IL | |
| WRFQ969 | Matt | IL | |
| WRFR244 | Brent | IL | |
| WRFR502 | Artie | IL | |
| WRFR539 | Eric | IL | |
| WRFR912 | Justin | IL | Great subject! Others have already chimed in; will also be setting up friends and family to stay in touch with a cheap handheld pre-programmed that are easy to use as a gift along with some instructions. |
| WQVG601 | Mike | IN | |
| WQYW692 | Kevin | IN | |
| WQYZ296 | Dave | IN | |
| WRAN345 | Wally | IN | |
| WRAX542 | Buddy | IN | |
| WRCQ487 | Jay | IN | |
| WRCQ487/3 | Tyler | IN | No traffic |
| WRCW750 | Thomas | IN | |
| WRDE566 | Tim | IN | |
| WRDE566/2 | Andrea | IN | |
| WREY478 | JB | IN | |
| WRFC721 | Steve | IN | |
| WRFK894 | Tim | IN | Get a hold of family and emergency services and weather and other information. Need radio and power supply |
| WRFL246 | Don | IN | |
| WRFS907 | Karl | IN | |
| WRFS992 | Cody | IN | |
| WRFS992/2 | John | IN | |
| WREN806 | John | MN | |
| WQEN357 | Scott | NC | |
| WQTG303 | Brad | NC | |
| WRDA414 | Jason | NC | No traffic |
| WRFP283 | Cameron | NC | |
| WRFU630 | Roy | NC | |
| WQEJ577 | Rich | NJ | |
| WRAI650 | Mike | NJ | |
| WRAK968/101 | Mike | NJ | |
| WRAK968/201 | Mike Sr. | NJ | |
| WREM430 | Nick | NJ | Have a couple base units to relay to handhelds in emergency; worked for 2 weeks power outage during hurricane. |
| WRFQ897 | ??? | NJ | Tough copy? WRSQ? |
| WQJI810 | Russell | NM | |
| WRAN487 | Mike | NM | |
| WRBM681 | Rob | NM | |
| WRBM780 | Jose | NM | |
| WRBV308 | Kaden | NM | |
| WRCC714 | Bruce | NM | |
| WRCU852 | Levi | NM | |
| WRCZ417 | Paul | NM | |
| WRDS831 | James | NM | |
| WRDY651/Ellen | Ellen | NM | |
| WRDY651/Whitney | Whitney | NM | |
| WREE380 | Brett | NM | |
| WREI364 | Mark | NM | |
| WRFG930 | Andy | NM | |
| WRFH557 | Dwayne | NM | |
| WRFN434 | Dominic | NM | |
| WRFQ513 | Duke | NM | |
| WRFQ626 | John | NM | |
| WRFR533 | Jessie | NM | |
| WQCR739 | Joell | NY | |
| WQRL347 | Juan | NY | |
| WRCV353 | Pat | NY | No traffic |
| WREN359 | Mike | NY | |
| WRFQ418 | Marc | NY | |
| WQUZ499 | Edwin | PA | No traffic |
| WQLS991 | Randall | TX | |
| WRAI914 | Steve | TX | |
| WRCN926 | Cedric | TX | |
| WRCN933 | Greg | TX | No traffic |
| WRDF640 | Larry | TX | |
| WREP291 | Mike | TX | |
| WRES244 | George | TX | |
| WREZ914 | Mark | TX | |
| WRFI782 | Steve | TX | |
| WRFQ344 | David | TX | |
| WRFC637 | Dave | VA | No traffic |
| WQGT456/Jeff | Jeff | WI | |
| WQGT456/Juanita | Jeff | WI | |
| WQJV506 | Paul | WI | Use GMRS to keep in contact with friends and family using standalone repeaters |
| WQNM292 | Scott | WI | |
| WQVA593 | Corey | WI | |
| WQYE931 | Tawan | WI | |
| WRAB672 | Steve | WI | |
| WRAR309 | Matthew | WI | |
| WRAX620 | Ed | WI | |
| WRBR919 | Tom | WI | |
| WRCN930 | Steven | WI | |
| WREN713 | Rod | WI | Run repeater set up on travel & emergency frequency (675) have deep cell batteries to run things along with solar panel to recharge if necessary |
| WRFK796 | Dave | WI | |
| WRFK885 | George | WI | |
| WRFQ737 | Tom | WI | |
| WRFR376 | Steve | WI | |
| WRFT779 | Mike | WI |