EddieK

So what would be needed for setting up a home/rooftop repeater to start out with; just for here in town for now?

So what is the range for a GMRS repeater, in a hilly area?

To start out we are looking to cover the area around here in town and then being able to add from their....within our area we have a lot of "Off Gridders" in our area. So were looking to add-on and build from... As for one main "communicate area" it was just rebuilt-up 2 weeks ago after a wildfire hit our area...and is still burning...we lost everything - phones/cell, wifi, internet and ALL power we were in a "Grid Down" scenario...at the time my only communicates was coming from my UV5R handheld, for the scanner and the repeater up on Tunk MTN (to the South), so I was very lucky to have that running and a way to keep my neighbors up to date...

Well...Tonasket is at the bottom of a valley floor, we are at 1000ft. and have mountains on both sides of us that can reach up to and over 4000ft.. we do have some area USFS lookouts in the area and one HAM repeater to our South. I'm looking at 2 to 3 areas in our area that I maybe able to get a repeater setup on...I just need to find out what it will take...MTN Hall (to my North), Aeneas Mountain Lookout (to our West), Bonaparte Mountain Lookout (to our East) and tunk Mountain repeater (to our South)

Hello everyone... I just got my new GMRS call sign - WRJL204 and now I'm looking for info. on how I can set up a new repeater in my area? As of right now we have none in my area... And I'm working with others to try and set up a network of repeaters for our area....to be used day to day and during area emergencies. If anyone can help me with where and or who I should be getting in contact with would be greatly appreciate it. Thanks Ed Koonce Tonasket, WA. WRJL204