Basic Radio Skills
Basic Radio Skills
Communication Forms
Communication Forms
Connect with Others
Connect with Others
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Resources | Recursos
Resources | Recursos
Richmond Neighborhood Radio Communications Response Guide (ESSENTIAL GUIDE, please print!)
Radio Troubleshooting Resolución de problemas de radio (Spanish)
Radio Communications Cheat Sheet Hoja informativa sobre radiocomunicaciones (Spanish)
Types of Radios
Types of Radios
During a disaster, it is likely the phones will not work and we will need to communicate by radio.
There are three basic types of radios:
FRS (Family Radio Service) - works great on the block - no license or testing required
GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) - works great on the block and between neighborhoods - no testing required but you need to pay a license fee
Ham Radio - able to reach extended distances and can be used to communicate between neighborhoods and with the City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) - both a license fee and passing a test are required
Neighborhood Emergency Radio Messaging
Mensajería por radio para emergencias vecinales
Emergency Communication Nets
Emergency Communication Nets
Being able to effectively respond after a disaster requires practicing BEFORE a disaster. Here are ways you can get involved in a “Net”, which is a network of radios that are checking into to a central station called a Net Control.
Ham Radio Nets
Ham Radio Nets
Kensington-El Cerrito KARO-ECHO
West Contra Costa County ACS/RACES
GMRS Emergency Radio Practice
GMRS Emergency Radio Practice
West Contra Costa Emergency Radio Group (WCCERG)
WCCERG website has information about radios, antennaes, and nets. You go-to site for GMRS emergency radio communication.
Annotations:
Channels 8-14 are restricted to 1/2 watt for both GMRS and FRS and are to be used short range intra-block (SAR, Triage, Fire Suppression, etc)
Channels 1-7 are for longer range comms such as inter-block comms to and from the AREA ICP where GMRS are allowed 5 watts (FRS is limited to 2 watts) maximum.
Channels 15-22 are restricted to 2 watts FRS and 50 watts GMRS
Channels 23-30 are restricted for GMRS repeater inputs .
GMRS/FRS Mapping: Each CERT Neighborhood Area should be mapped so that block dead spots and hot spots are identified and remedial measures implemented.
Richmond Nets
The following CERT areas have asked to use the following frequencies:
Open GMRS Ch. 19/Repeater WCC 650 WRCF482 PL 123.0 Mgr WRCF/KE6BEE
North & East -- Burg Park Ch.6 Net 1st Mon - 1930 Ch. 6 (alt Ch. 4)
Dan Genova North and East KO6HWU WSGH969 Net Mgr GMRS/Ham
EAST Richmond Ch.7 Net 1st Wed/mo 1930
David Swanson Amador KJ6AAT WRDW815 Net Mgr GMRS/HAM
WCCERG Marina Bay Ch. 19s Net 1st Wed/mo. 1100 (alt Ch. 17s)
Karen Leong KK6ZPM WRAP287 Net Mgr GMRS/HAM
Breakers Ch. 5 Breakers HOA Richmond
Bayfront Ch. 5 Bayfront HOA Richmond Gary Harris KO6GXB WRFD578 Net Mgr GMRS/Ham
Brickyard Landing Ch. 5 (alt. Ch3) HOA Richmond NET 1030 first Wed/mo
SHORES currently Ch. 7 but plans to move to Ch. 6
94803 El Sobrante Ch.16 NET First Sat @ 1000 Ch.16 smplx
Rob Johnson Carter Ct 94803 WAN KK6JNI WRQC300 Net Mgr GMRS/Ham
Carriage Hills Starts on Ch. 3 & moves to Ch.18 Carriage Hills & Castro Hts Net 0830 Fri and 1930 Sun.
Xia Horowitz Carriage Hills/Castro Hts. K2XIA WRNC202 Net Mgr GMRS/Ham
Greenbriar Neigbors FRS Ch 7 - First Thu @ 1900 - AA6AT Chris Net Mgr.
Chris Harwood Greenbriar Neighb. AA6AT WRFE962 Net Mgr GMRS/Ham
Richmond Annex Ch. 2 Margery VanDerslice Richmond Annex WRPG950 Net Mgr GMRS
Pt. Richmond Ch. 0 (Inactive) Kristen Gates Pt. Richmond https://www.prcert.org/ KM6TBG WRBT716 Net Mgr GMRS/Ham
LaMOrinda ch. 21r pl 77 462.7 LaMOrinda GMRS https://lamorindacert.org/resource/radio-net/
El Cerrito & Kensington
DelNorte Ch.15 smplx Net 1st Wed/mo 1900 https://groups.google.com/g/elcerritodelnortecert
Don Simon Del Norte (North El Cerrito) NI6A Net Mgr WQXJ891 GMRS/Ham
KEN6 ch. 6 (alt ch. 4 & ch. 5 (HTs) SW Kensington: Nets 7pm 1st and 3rd Tuesdays
Ednalee Warnecke KN6VTY WRER735 Net Mgr GMRS/Ham
EC4 WAN Ch. 4 (Temp Inactive) Huber Park -- Midtown East EC
Rob McNicholas K6RJM WQTP332 Net Mgr GMRS/Ham
WECOM ch. 17r (pvt) East El Cerrito Hills
Armando Picciotto WECOM KE6HCE WRFX632 Net Mgr GMRS/HAM
Alameda County
Berkeley BECERTAINN ch. 22r (+5 PL 88.5) Net Tues. 1930 https://groups.google.com/g/becertainn
Geoff Lomax Berkeley KK6IZS WQTS528 Net Mgr GMRS/Ham
Albany Ch.19 smplx every Wed. 7 pm (Alt Ch 5) https://groups.io/g/albanyradio
Blake Yeaman KM6CMP WRJG271 Net Mgr GMRS/Ham
Oakland Ch.17r GENOAK/CORE Oakland Firesafe https://www.genoak.org/repeater/
Doug Mosher Oakland KI6DOG WQOY819 Net Mgr GMRS/Ham
Send corrections/additions to the Curator, Rob KK6JNI@Gmail.com
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