THAT MEANS THAT 72 THOUSAND PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAD TO TALK TO ONE ANOTHER FACE TO FACE, WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO 😂I wonder does that include a portion of the 18 million illegal immigrants with Obama phones 📱 🤷♂️
When hurricane Ida came through, my AT&T fiber was out an hour after I lost power. I had the router on a UPS. Neighbors on both sides had zero AT&T cell service, I still had Verizon service, and my son in the next block had voice only service on his Google phone. About 2 weeks before power was restored to my block.
I experience this nearly monthly with AT&T. We live at the end of the trunked line for the service. this trunked line provides all the towers and internet providers in our town and county with their data. I live on the edge of the desert about 75 miles east of a sizable city. We experience these outages so often that reliable internet, cell phones and electricity out here are things we laugh at and have to supply ourselves. My wife and I laugh often at the county dispatch center because this is an ever on going issue. My wife and I have radio. My kids keep a GMRS radio in their lockers at school just in case. Town is only about 3 sqr miles
Im in the UK. (Anglesey, North Wales to be exact) Regarding monitoring marine. I do this with simple baofeng HT's. In the UK the coastguard and RNLI use their comms on 156.000 (right at the bottom of the marine vhf band) its called "Channel Zero" and regular marine radios DO NOT have RX/TX availability. Its not even given with CHIRP software... so heads up if youre in the UK add this frequency to your Baofeng.... but whatever you do... dont press the ptt.. umm... unless you're sinking! (Btw its also used duplex +4.6
Garmin has their "InReach" pocket radios that transmit text messages (no voice) over the satellite network. They cost about $380, plus the monthly subscription fee.
I started setting up Meshtastick devices with all of my family members. I also have GMRS license and I gave everyone in my family an HT. I am still working on setting things up but what I have so far is over half the battle.
As long as the radios are within range of the signal. Some of the advertising for these radios makes it sound like you can talk all over the world with their GMRS radio. And there are those that believe it. 😂 Steve, k7ofg
I just found your videos searching for information on some radios advertised on Fb and Instagram. I appreciate the video you did on those. If I were to get the radios you demo in this video, would I be able to reach my family, who would have the same radio, 12-30 miles away? What is the longest distance they will reach?
Not from a handheld. They can reach a really long way if you have clear line of sight, which you won't if you're standing on the ground and the other station is also on the ground
I was just reading a ham radio with a repeater can reach up to 300 mi or even across the world. Could you recommend one, I'm on a budget and I'd need to get them for my family too. I know we have to get a license to use them. Would I also need an antenna? I'm obviously new to all of this. So, is there a package deal that comes with everything that I would need and directions for someone like me? I really appreciate any advice and recommendations. :) @@HamRadio2
thats where a Ic 2730A would come in handy or a radio like it! It has the capabilities of cross-band repeating! its mars mod capible at that too! one radio and one antenna with repeater capabilities!
In the summer of 2023, Verizon on the east coast went down multiple times for several hours after a series of strong storms. Having alternative comm options is great, but our economy is built on digital communications. If there is an extended outage, good luck getting gas or food with digital payment. Newer starlink satellites have 5G cell capabilities, so look for that as a last ditch option offered if SHTF…
100% right on.. radios should be kept in every home for emergencies vhf/uhf and i belive hf...if somthing happens how else will you be able to trade goods, find and help people or even jus have contact talk and stay up to date with things like dangers etc.
Hey George, you still got that old Win XP laptop? You know the one with the serial DB9 interface & the PCMCIA card with Net Hasp? Yeah, we need to change the config on the core switch again. 🤣
I really miss Nextel push to talk! Seriously, though another great video and redundancy is the key. I was waiting for you to break out the two cans connected by string to demonstrate talking directly lol.
What radio should I get? I don’t need the best but something good. I’d get a couple 2-3 of them. Thanks. I appreciate it. I’ve been meaning to get them but I don’t know what to get.
Glad T-Mobile is embracing satellites for their services in the near future. Though it would be sweet if they also used a better network like Mesh or something local, not something that requires a national or regional network to work, unless you're talking to another part of the country/world.
nice video. network down is not grid down . cell tower down is not the same either. best to have all radio bands . HAM repairers can be networked or not. GMRS repeaters may be internet connected . 2 way radios are great. can just use simplex or a outher repeater. even VHF MURS is nice to have as well. 5 CH in VHF and 2 watts . and free to use. like FRS and CB .for the most part grid down most cell phones and repeaters will work just fine. most have battery back up and more. also satellite's are effected buy solar weather as well. some went off line with that latest solar flair . some countries reported power grid down from solar flair. it took ham bands down for a wile. no skip. local comms only and noise on the bands. this can happen any time from the sun. it does fallow a cycle for the most part. 73's
It was widespread, as in... it affected more than just a small area. Also, since AT&T is apologizing and offering a $5 compensation, that says something to me.
@@HamRadio2 it says there’s an AT&T cellular outage at the top of this listing. So… since I am on AT&T I was wondering if it was still down and I would be able to see this when it comes on. Since it was in the title at the top I thought it would be more obvious, sorry.
@@rkwjunior2298 Line of sigh is only necessary for VHF and higher. HF signals travel via groundwave, or by bouncing off of the ionosphere. These are a few of the things you learn when you get your Ham Radio license.
Sure, if you have an HF Walkie, which aren't very common. Certainly not what this video was about. But yes.. you can talk around the world on a tiny HF radio with no repeater.
Having worked in the cell phone industry there is a lot of scenarios that can take down a cell network. And you are very correct in saying that tripping over a stray cable can take down the entire network. Dispite what the industry would like you to think the system is "VERY" fragile! The redundancy of "off grid point to point radio" makes it almost indestructible.
when I worked for Ericsson many moons ago, we used to laugh at how fragile the BCS really are. we would find loose cables to power all the time, or bad network cables, bad connectors is a common thing, and clumsy techs are even more common.
Those SAT phone charges are very similar to mobile phone rates back in the mid-90s. My plan was 30 minutes for $59.99 and unused minutes did not roll over.
It was my understanding, that Wireless Priority Services ( WPS) is little more than an access filter that is engaged during times of emergency bandwidth usage.
First net is on ATT network, they just have priority in an emergency. Different customers have different priority on networks. Cricket is owned by ATT and its is secondary to ATT customers. If the network has alot of traffic then Cricket customers can experience dropped calls. There is no different network for First Net. Other carriers have secondary discount companies as well, like Metro and others. Those are the same as Cricket.
One thing you didn't mention, the next World War will bring down all satellite communication systems so a satellite phone would be worthless along with anything requiring a Repeater for communication. A EMP explosion would also disable most electronic devices unless they were hardened and shielded. So, some tube Amateur equipment along with Military equipment would be working and even some CB equipment. The Police equipment would be down since I'd bet were not protected against a EMP attack plus, many of the Police communications equipment using repeaters won't be working. Point-To-Point equipment for communication if it was not destroyed by EMP would be the only communication system functioning. I might also add, the computerized electronics in cars even new fuel injection systems in trucks would be destroyed by a EMP attack. What would still be running would be the old point ignition and mechanical fuel injection (direct-injection) system on diesel trucks. The electrical grid would also be down so everything relying on solid state electronics would be have the electronics destroyed. Battery operated equipment like a Tesla car would be shutdown and the BMS protection circuit would cause the dreaded LiPo cascading affect from the batteries catching fire. None of our Consumer electronic devices are protected and hardened against a EMP attack. What would survive would be the old Tube radio equipment as long as the power supply was protected. I would bet that most of the Communications Network, Electrical Grid the we have in use today would be TOASTED!
just cheep chinisium analog radio is so simple to use and teach others to use, ofc its open transmision but still, plan ahead not to talk about sensitive stuff.... btw 11:52 qth Republika Srpska ;)
AT&T is such a scummy company. They charge every 30 days for their go phone. Which means you have to pay an extra 5 days each year. That's why your due date appears to be floating backwards each month.
Also, I found one that is 100 years old and works. It was from an army base. I'm thinking of purchasing but I only want it if I will be able to use it to talk to others. Do these have a repeater in them? I would need to to reach at least 3o miles. Would I also need an antenna?
Thanks for the video. To talk radio to radio with ham radios, you only have maybe one mile range, at best. Is there a way to extend the range, with portable antennas?
@@HamRadio2 No argument there. Just hear so many people blowing the problem that happened out of proportion. More people around here loose power when the wind blows or we have a ice storm and they can be out for days to weeks.
Jason I found a video on RU-vid about the Rapid Radios you did a review on man they are doing a great job the guy is a NAPA store dealer I think but they are clear as can be sounds like. 73
@@HamRadio2 I know I just watch that video and the way that guy was talking he was out in the desert I think and has fine service with it but said cell phone service wasn't no good. But if they are working on the LTE cell phone service if the cell phone service is bad that's going to be bad to is it not.73 K4BWN
During hurricane Irma, my rescue crew was able to talk to isolated neighborhoods thanks to VHF comms with HAM radio operators that were inside of the neighborhoods.
Hi Jason, I am old enough to remember when cell phones were new, and only city traders carried a"brick" around! Here in the UK coverage was not nationwide, mainly Lomdon and the big citys. We were charged £25 per month and a minimum of 25 p a minute. To give you an idea of the cost just replace the pound sign for a doller one! Who knows maybe in 40 years sat phones will cost as little as the current cell service. mine costs me only £10 per month but it is very light on data. 73 Jim M7BXT
I'm Metro by T-Mobile subscriber and when I heard this, I thought what a great excuse for thousands of people not to have cell service in of emergency to happen. I also have a uniden 980 ssb cb radio as a base station in case SHTF happens.
I'm in VA, and in my area they are pushing landlines. Don't know if that worked sense it looks like all phone lines connect regardless of cell or landline.
