Communication is vital during times of distress or emergency. Normal means of communication will not always be available, especially during a power outage. In those cases, another means of calling for help must be available; and it must not rely on any outside infrastructure. Radio is the only alternative that can fill those requirements.
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President: Tom Bailey - archerytom@gmail.com
Vice President: Bruce Bromley - bruceandlonni@gmail.com
Secretary: Paul Jespersen - pjespers@hotmail.com
Tech Support email: nauvooradio@gmail.com
Team Leaders:
Gary Fagersten - gfagersten@gmail.com
Beth Rice - beth@bestcapitalservices.com
Michele Roberts - michele.roberts@yahoo.com
Anyone living in the Nauvoo, Illinois area can join the network. Contact us by sending your name, address, and phone number in an email to nauvooradio@gmail.com and we will guide you through the process of becoming an emergency communicator. If you would like to volunteer as a team leader, please let us know in your email.
This network can request police, fire, and ambulance services directly from the Hancock County Emergency Services department and the Hancock County Sheriff's Office 911 dispatchers. Joining this network will allow you to call 911 for help even when phones and the internet are not available.
Owning your own radio is vital for effective emergency communication. There are many radios to choose from and you may already have one. If your existing radio is older or you are not sure it will work with the network, send an email to nauvooradio@gmail.com for help.
Purchasing and operating a new radio can be daunting, but we will help with suggestions, training, programming, and troubleshooting. Our goal is to make your radio experience as simple as 1,2,3.
1. Power on 2. Select channel 3. Push to Talk
Here are a few radio suggestions
Low power (2 watts or less) (License Free) radios:
Motorola Talkabout (various models) - 2 watts or less
Radioddity FS-T1 - 2 Watts
BaoFeng MP31 - 2 Watts**
High Power (over 2 watts) (License required) radios:
BaoFeng G11S - 3 watts
Retevis RB17P - 5 Watts
Radioddity GM-30 - 5 Watts
BaoFeng GM-15 Pro - 5 Watts
BaoFeng UV-5G Plus - 5 Watts
TIDradio TD-H3 - 5 Watts
Radioditty DB20-G - 20 watts (requires external power and antenna)
** The MP31 is License Free after we re-program it to comply with FCC rules.
Members can buy any radio they like but the officers and team leaders will only be experts with the above listed radios. This list will expand as we become more familiar with additional radio brands and models.
This is a list of radio models we have recommended in the past but are no longer in production. We still support these radios and we always will until no one on the network uses them anymore.
Retevis RB27 PoFung P11UV Baofeng UV-11R
Residents living in one rural Northern California community were tired of feeling helpless during recent wildfires and public safety power shutoffs. They didn't have the ability to communicate with friends or loved ones because cell service, land lines and the internet were all down. So, they took it upon themselves to solve the problem, at least for their own community. They gathered their neighbors, communications experts and first responders and came up with a plan. Their solution was GMRS: General Mobile Radio Service.
Grass roots emergency radio network