For anyone in the Union City, CA area.

Union City & Newark CERT: Practical Emergency Radio Communications — June 10

UPCOMING TRAINING
Ham Radio

Chris Wong, a Union City CERT volunteer and licensed amateur radio operator, will present a beginner-friendly training on practical emergency radio communications. The class will introduce common radio options, including FRS, GMRS, and amateur radio, and explain how radios can help when cell service is limited or unavailable.

Attendees will learn how to make clear, concise radio calls and use handheld radios with more confidence. This training is in person only due to the hands-on portion.

Date/Time: Wednesday, June 10 from 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Union City CERT Building - 33555 Central Avenue, Union City
Registration: To register for training, visit the Eventbrite page https://www.eventbrite.com/e/union-city-ca-newark-ca-cert-introduction-to-communications-tickets-1989915871940?aff=oddtdtcreator

#CERT #UnionCity #Newark #CA #HAM #FRS #GMRS

https://www.unioncityca.gov/344/CERT

RE: https://solarbird.net/blog/2026/05/21/lets-talk-being-able-to-talk-when-internet-and-cell-phone-service-both-go-down/

In these pleasant (relatively) days of late spring, it's probably a good idea to follow the EFF's advice and figure out how to set up emergency communications for when things go very wrong, and there's no internet, and no cell phone service.

I've done a lot of thinking about this the last year or so, and actually set up, tested, and used three different approaches, and here I share that with you:

#EmergencyPrep #EmergencyPreparedness #radio #GMRS #FRS #AmateurRadio #LoRa #MeshCore #Meshtastic #HamRadio #cascadia #seattle #oregon

Huh, I can't quoot my own comments from my blog. That's interesting, since posts are fine.

I might want to look into that, too.

Anyway, here's why FRS radios are good at protests:

https://solarbird.net/blog/?c=54567

#gmrs #frs #AmateurRadio #protest

Thoughts on Retevis license free HTs (FRS)? Helping a favorite local place upgrade their radio situation, and saw the MateTalk B4. AI noise cancelling supposed to have been trained on 100k samples. $140 for a six-pack with a charging station.

I have a pair arriving tomorrow to check out - does anyone out there have prior exposure to this model? Is the advertising realistic?

Gonna find out soon enough, but if you've heard them.. let's me know what you think 🤔

#frs #gmrs #hamradio

new (to me) radya all cleaned up ^_^

(gmrs/frs)

(it was reasonably clean already I just made it cleaner, there was sticker residue and such)

#radio #gmrs #frs

My old #FRS radios still work. The Motorola Talkabout FRS radio was first sold in 1997, but I bought my pair around the year 2004. It's like #AmateurRadio except it requires no license. I gave one of our cats an opportunity to say something over the radio, but he was too busy eating.

#cats

Sending data over free radio waves with no license.

Digital modes are allowed over #FRS radio (as of 2017), without an #AmateurRadio license. Here is a test I performed, using #fldigi to decode the data.

http://john1126.com/697