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I haven't had any issues with noise in my transmissions when using my Bluetti solar system. I don't use the 12v socket, I use it's pure sine inverter. But, that's me and my setup.

I have 2, 300 watt/watt hour Bluetti solar generators, and 2, 100 watt solar panels to keep them charged. I like to use 1 to power the radio, as it's charging from the other generator, which is being charged with 1 solar panel. The way I use my radio during normal use, 1 of the generators will keep me powered up for an entire day. I've tested it. It will last longer, if using low power. I can even charge all of my HT's at the same time.

Well, it was worth thinking about. It would be cool to try something like it.

I'm also thinking Net Control would/could re-transmit on other frequencies as well. MURS, Marine, Business band...... Anything they can legally transmit on.

I'm not saying to use FRS for any distance stuff, obviously. We transmit on frequencies that they can hear, that's the point, them HEARING the message. I made my first GMRS contact with an FRS radio, trying to talk with people talking on a repeater. I heard them, called out, one of them happened to be about 1 mile away, and heard me on the open frequency. Contact made, message received.

I understand everyone saying AREL is the way to go, but I'm more concerned with getting as many people a message as possible. In the event of national, nation wide emergencies. With no Internet or cell service or power of any kind, people that aren't radio hobbyists will grab their FRS radios just looking for some info. I'm thinking of those people, because they are our countrymen.

I'm thinking of it like a relay system. Maybe not getting all the way over the mountains, but just to see how far and fast we can get a message it there. It's something for people to think about. A Radio Relay System, outside of HAM, is something I would like to see happen. Something that all the people with FRS only radios can hear. How many households in the country have those bubblepack radios. With FRS radios most likely the number 1 version of 2-way radio available to people, I try to think of them considering we share frequencies. Not to mention, they are our countrymen. Paul Revere didn't just announce that the British were coming to certain people, he's raised the alarm to all that could hear.

By "Grid Down" we typically mean " no Internet link". It is my understanding that most, if not all, Repeaters have a battery backup system. I could be wrong.

All Repeaters should be operating on a battery backup.

A thought about the next "Grid Down" Net. Could/would we be able to get a message from New York, all the way to California? Something like a radio version of the Pony Express. Net Control Operator/NCO on "Repeater A" transmits a message. NCO on "Repeater B" receives message, and Re-transmits message. NCO on "Repeater C" receives message...... The message should be something fun like, "THE BRITISH ARE COMING, THE BRITISH ARE COMING!!!!" Thoughts. Questions? Concerns.