Ham Radio Repeaters for Non-Hams #emergencypreparedness

If there is a storm coming, get ready NOW! Know what you need to do so you can save lives!

If you're not practicing/playing ham radio before the emergency hits, its going to be really hard to learn all this stuff when the time comes. Take a quick second to see the directions below for how to program in a local repeater. It could save your life.

👉 Programing most cheap ham radios:
1. Turn Radio On
2. Take the radio out of Channel Mode and Put it in Frequency Mode
3. Type in Receive (R)X Frequency (usually the first one listed)
4. Enter Your Offset:
4a. Enter Menu, scroll to option 26
4b. Press Menu to make the change
4c. Enter in offset as 000.600 or 005.000
4d. Press Menu, hear "confirm"
5. Enter your offset direction:
5b. Press Menu, scroll to option 25
5c. Press Menu to make the change, select +/- as needed
5d. Press Menu, hear "confirm"
6. Enter Your "tones", if any:
6a. Press Menu, scroll to option 13 T-CTCS
6b. Press Menu to make the change
6c. Scroll to pick the tone, press menu, hear "confirm"
7. Press PTT to test (if you have a license)
8. Save your repeater:
8a. Press Menu, scroll to option 25
8b. Press Menu, hear "memory channel"
8c. Press Menu, hear "Receiving Memory"

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[NovemberOneOscarGrouch]

An amateur radio license is nothing more than a license to learn, practice and experiment. Knowing how your emergency communications plan works, and being comfortable with the gear and processes will better help you to make that vital contact in an emergency. Don't just count on the fact that in a life or death emergency you are "able" to call out. If you don't know how to use the equipment and feel comfortable you will be less apt to get the help you need when you need it. Get your license and enjoy the process of learning and gaining proficiency with your emmcom gear.

[auto]

Great information. Leaving the written instructions in the video description was an A-level decision.

[davidm.wilson]

Hi Steve, this is a very timely video considering the issues going on with the weather around the world. Keep the content coming. I think everyone need to be prepared and have the basics to keep them selves alive and in contact with help, should the need it. This includes a radio, food, water shelter and first-aid and medical supplies for themselves and their family for at least 7 - 14 days. Better to be safe than sorry. Be safe. David

[WOGW]

Great video TO! Very informative. Keep up the good work!
73

[Sonicgott]

Always good to know. You never know who will be listening on the repeater you’re trying to talk to, so always be nice.

[markw]

As someone who lives in an area with a lot of wildfires, ham radio repeaters have been life savers during evacuations and emergencies. On the east coast they have been used extensively to help hurricane victims with services and supplies.

[PaddyBoyy]

Love this Steve. I however opted not only to get my Amateur license but to get my GMRS (got this first). I acquired my GMRS (no test required) cause my immediate family can use my call sign to use for comms so we can practice before any event. Repeater Book also has some listings for GMRS repeaters in the area depending where you are. This is to add to what you are saying and gives a bit more options. I also opted to have a low powered local portable GMRS repeater added to my vehicle just in case which we use when we go off the beaten path.

[bland-be]

Awesome video! I will be sharing this with my neighbors.

[Dazdigo]

This is good information. When I was looking for emergency frequency information, all of them just went to the frequencies that Emergency Services use for communication and prerecorded messages (so the public trying to get help over them is not allowed). They don't give you the channel information for calling for help. I wish GMRS had a designated an official channel designated (from the FCC) for hailing and/or calling for help.

[dougdaniels]

Excellent tutorial, I know this is for non-Hams, but even Hams should have a crib sheet with step by step programming instructions like you put in the notes. I have Kenwood and Yaesu HTs and they're very different. One of which I rarely use. I started making hand written sheets because if it's an emergency, you might not have power to bring up your computer with the .pdf in it.

[rl]

Another nice video! Thanks for the tutorial...!
Funny you mentioned POTS; I have a telecom background...!
Keep having those Good Times! 73, wherever you travel...!
-KN4KZT

[TravelinHam]

Repeater Book is a good place to start, but I encourage scanning the bands. When in a new location, I frequently find three or so repeaters that have regular traffic. Often only one of those is in Repeater Book.

[westtexasprepper]

You were close, I am in Lubbock
Great video!

[victorcharlie]

Great potentially life saving info, tnx Man!

[thistlemoon]

So glad I found you. Directions for these radios don’t make a lot of sense sometimes.

[KQPMDBrandon]

1:05 I see China Grove. I live 39.6 miles from that repeater. That repeater got a good footprint. a good video. Steve keep up the good work 73 KQ4PMD

[Obeeewaan]

good overview .. nice condensed 'howto' also...

[alantincher]

First time I seen how to program one the little baofeng radio thanks

[bendeleted]

All preppers should also have every radio service for radios that people tend to have laying around plugged in, such as FRS/GMRS (I have mine in the first 30 channels), MURS, Marine channels 16 and 9 (plus channels you can move to) plus any business band freqs of local businesses you are affiliated with, utility companies, major construction contractors, etc. The goal is to be able to receive emergency traffic from your neighborhood on whatever radio they have lying around, plus useful information about your surrounding area. Get a scanner for all of this as well.

[niui]

Nice video Steve. I haven’t used any of my UV5R’s for quite a while but if I remember right the receive frequency must be input into the memory channel as well. On simplex, the radio knows to use the offset but when you save it to a memory channel it somehow forgets to change the frequency when you transmit. That’s what makes the UV5R a little more difficult to program from the keypad. 73