Small comms advice needed

[Back Pack Hack]

An Aldis lamp might work as well.

[RubberDuck]

There about 5 frequencies that are no license required and with the right antenna more than capable of the range needed also keep in mind during a emergency no license is required on any frequencies.
We have the baofeng uv5r not overly complicated and many antenna options

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[MountainGirl]

An Aldis lamp might work as well.

Yeah, I'm considering homing pigeons as well. Or falcons. They would be cool.

Of course there's always this

[MoreAmmoOK]

So... a completely stand alone offline computer can still send out wifi?
Huh. Didn't know that.
Told ya I'm clueless, lol.

You would just create your own network, a kinda mini "Internet". Ubiquity, http://www.ui.com has good and reasonably priced hardware for creating WIFI networks.

[MountainGirl]

You would just create your own network, a kinda mini "Internet". Ubiquity, http://www.ui.com has good and reasonably priced hardware for creating WIFI networks.

Right, it's the distances involved that surprises me. I'll check out that link for sure. Thanks!

[MountainGirl]

You would just create your own network, a kinda mini "Internet". Ubiquity, http://www.ui.com has good and reasonably priced hardware for creating WIFI networks.

I checked out the UI site...and the penny finally dropped lol. I'm gonna go explore the GoTenna site again - I don't know if we can do this without line of sight but who knows at this point. Thanks again, friend!

[MoreAmmoOK]

I checked out the UI site...and the penny finally dropped lol. I'm gonna go explore the GoTenna site again - I don't know if we can do this without line of sight but who knows at this point. Thanks again, friend!

WIFI won't work without line of site but one radio has to be visible to at least one other, two if it is in the middle of a chain. With the proper app you can use your phone over the network to make calls or send messages. You could also communicate PC to PC, share data, and if someone was ambitious they could set up a local email server.

Using regular radios would be more plug-n-play and would have the benefit of receiving communication from outside the network.
I don't know much about radio but I do know networking and WIFI and have most of the necessary hardware in place to create a WIFI network that can cover about 10 acres.

[Back Pack Hack]

Why not a simple GMRS license? I think that's just filling out a form and plunking down $70 to get the Kings' Permission to use.

[MountainGirl]

WIFI won't work without line of site but one radio has to be visible to at least one other, two if it is in the middle of a chain. With the proper app you can use your phone over the network to make calls or send messages. You could also communicate PC to PC, share data, and if someone was ambitious they could set up a local email server.

Using regular radios would be more plug-n-play and would have the benefit of receiving communication from outside the network.
I don't know much about radio but I do know networking and WIFI and have most of the necessary hardware in place to create a WIFI network that can cover about 10 acres.

There would be no line of sight up here. Hmmm...

Small favor?
Would you (or anyone!) check out this link? While researching the GoTenna mesh comms thing, I found this:

https://www.allhomerobotics.com/gote...0dense%20areas.

I haven't looked at Beartooth yet, but if it has anywhere near the range it claims - it might be the simplest solution for us.

Thanks again for all your help MoreAmmo, very much appreciated.

[MountainGirl]

Why not a simple GMRS license? I think that's just filling out a form and plunking down $70 to get the Kings' Permission to use.

Because...I don't ask for permission to do anything, especially from Kings.