Neighborhood Radio Watch Programs ARE NOT a replacement for Emergency Services such as Police, Fire, the Sheriff's Office or 911. These programs are intended solely as a backup communications solution When All Else Fails.
Current Net Schedule:
GMRS Repeater Net Sundays at 6:00 pm on GMRS repeater channel 19Frequency 462.6500 offset +5 tone 136.5
HAM Repeater Net to be determined at
KG5LVG 449.3750 offset -5 Tone 127.3
If Cell Phone and Internet service fails, and you can't reach 911 or Emergency Services...
How Will You Keep Your Family Safe?
Over 50% of US Homeowners and 70% of Renters (Probably even higher in Rim Country!) depend entirely upon cell-phones to stay in touch with our friends, our families, and Emergency Services. Cell phones, in turn, depend upon billions of dollars of technology not to fail. Here in Rim Country we experience severe storms, fires, flooding events and power shutdowns – events that disrupt vital communications services and can place lives at risk.
How will you keep yourself, your family, and your friends safe in a disaster when landline, cell phones and Internet service fails? Organizing a Neighboorhood Radio Watch Program in PLEASANT VALLEY could be the solution...
Radio For The Rest of Us
For years, Amateur Radio Operators (aka "Hams"), have used radios when normal communications fail. Radio also aids First Responders during disasters. However, it's become increasingly critical for "The Rest of Us," our families, our friends, and our community, to also have access to reliable communications when cell phone and Internet services fail. Getting a Ham Radio license requires passing a test beyond the interests of most. But there are radio alternatives that citizens can use without passing a test. PLEASANT VALLEY residents can learn how to use simple & affordable ($35 covers your immediate family for 10 years) GMRS radios to communicate when phone and Internet services are disabled.
Cost? It costs $0.00 to join us.
Radios start around $20 and can go as high as $200+. If you are not sure what to get, email pvradiowatch@gmail.com
NOTE: We will NOT share your email address with ANYONE without your explicit permission.
INFORMATION
Join Our Groups.io eMail ListA video Introduction to GMRS 2-way radio.
A video explaning GMRS VS HAM VS CB Radio
An Introduction to GMRS (pdf)
How to get a $35 GMRS license.
GMRS Buyer's Guide (pdf)
MyGMRS.com (for more advanced users)