Stephan
February 3rd, 2008, 08:45 pm
I posted this question a while back in the old SnoWest.com forum but wasn't able to find it again. I bought a VHF radio late last season in case of emergency- for monitoring forest service roads and logging areas in the summer and basic backcountry communication. I'm usually fooling around the foothills near gas plants and mills. In the winter we're all in and around heli/cat skiing tenures. There's repeaters scattered all over the mtns.
I felt that for myself, this was a more cost effective solution vs. buying a sat phone. Personal locators are another whole story and posting.
Was wondering if people were willing to post or PM useful
-VHF radio frequencies for their riding areas (police, SAR, lodges, logging, highways etc...)
-general radio protocol and procedures. How-to autopatch to a repeater to make a call for aid. In jobs past, I have mostly used generic APCO 10 codes, but I am not well versed in ham radio land.
I could compile an excel spreadsheet for those interested. One worksheet per state/province for an easy quick printout. And again, this is for emergency use only.
PM me if ya like. Thanks,
TP
here's the original thread...
http://snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52573
I felt that for myself, this was a more cost effective solution vs. buying a sat phone. Personal locators are another whole story and posting.
Was wondering if people were willing to post or PM useful
-VHF radio frequencies for their riding areas (police, SAR, lodges, logging, highways etc...)
-general radio protocol and procedures. How-to autopatch to a repeater to make a call for aid. In jobs past, I have mostly used generic APCO 10 codes, but I am not well versed in ham radio land.
I could compile an excel spreadsheet for those interested. One worksheet per state/province for an easy quick printout. And again, this is for emergency use only.
PM me if ya like. Thanks,
TP
here's the original thread...
http://snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52573