Someone in a helicopter that knew how to communicate i simplex mode would be extremely useful also - maybe Mass State Police ops on 42 Mhz could be useful also - I wonder if the State Police helos can talk on 42 mhz?
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 7:38 PM, Peter Szerlagi <[email protected]> wrote: > If there was a massive telecommunications failure during the Boston > Marathon, how would comms be provided? > > 1. hams could be used to relay messages from town command posts to a > central command post > > 2. but how would messages get from the field units to and from the > town command posts? > > Each town or city would need a plan to move all field users to simplex > ops - someone would need to go to a high spot in each community with a > mobile radio or a portable radio - and serve as a relay for all > messages > > Maybe these relay operators could also serve as the town to town relay > operators. For example if the Framingham relay operator was in the > Nobscot Fire Tower, they could relay all intra Framingham messages via > simplex ops on the Framingham police and fire radio channel - > intertown messages could be relayed via simplex ops on BAPERN West or > D14 Fire > > Bottom line - everyone would need to be familiar with simplex radio ops > > Can I get an amen? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
