In a world where the power grid is becoming increasingly unstable, mobile radio is a essential tool for preppers. A prepper Morgan from Brazil tells about her outdoor experience without cell signal, and what she thinks about Retevis RA25 GMRS Mobile Radio. Read on!
My Outdoor Experience
Now that we have communications everywhere, we can manufacture them for various functions. However, after we took off, we traveled with the crew on the best mountain and there was no cell signal. Due to the storm, we had no cell service and no weather data. There were also two hunting trips where we were in places with no cell phone signal. That’s why we need walkie-talkie communication.
We Installed Retevis RA25
The two way radio was a great way to communicate and also let the other person know when we got in touch. After hunting, we will accompany the children alone and go hunting alone. We can communicate through the walkie talkie.
I have installed Retevis RA25 GMRS Mobile Radio in my car. Because it is made using GMRS frequency band, so you need to have a GMRS license to operate it. The GMRS radio comes preprogrammed with 30 GMRS frequencies. These frequencies are the ones that GMRS is allowed to use.
It can be quickly installed in your car. It comes with a mounting bracket and no tools are needed to tighten the screws, they are finger tight! This is a very simple setup. For that purpose, you can attach a car antenna to the back of the radio. For energy, plug into car outlet (cigarette lighter).
It comes with an instruction manual to help you understand how to use the transmission and reception. Its talking distance really depends on your antenna, you can always improve your car’s antenna for greater coverage. RA25 supports receiving NOAA weather alerts. When you need weather data, you tune into your local NOAA channels. The last one, there are many function buttons on the microphone, which is very convenient to operate.
My Thought
If you’ve been looking for a mobile radio for your vehicle, this could be one of the many that is easy to learn and use. This RA25 mobile radio is very easy to learn and use even for beginners. I really recommend you to get a GMRS license and install this model. If you are a ham radio operator, you can choose its ham version Retevis RA25 Dual Band Ham Mobile Radio.
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Every ham radio is capable of doing GMRS, but many GMRS radios can’t do ham. In an emergency shituation, communicators are going to have to rely on the POWER of their rigs, the EFFICIENCY of their antennas, including type, height and design, and the POPULATIONS of their listeners. Power and antenna efficiency mean nothing if the only people who can hear you are a couple of kids in a treehouse.
I live in the Washington, D.C., area and I’m disappointed by the numbers of people who are NOT listening or communicating via ham. We have one of the best ham repeaters in the region, yet I can most always fall asleep listening to the gentle hiss of the frequencies that are not being utilized by ham radio operators, and it’s even worse on the GMRS bylanes. I’ve never yet heard any traffic whatsoever on those frequencies.
Not that it’s much better on ham, but it is substantially better. We have a former submariner, an ex-sky marshal and the conversations are usually very interesting. One conversation was on how to install Windows 95 on an old machine. The younger crowd, I’m sorry to say, mostly talks about radios, antennas (can you hear me now?), the power of their rigs (can you hear me NOW?), then *poof!* — they’re gone. What good is any of that if they don’t bother to communicate?
But that’s not to discourage those who want to try to vitalize GMRS. I hope they succeed. But right now I’m sticking with ham. Even though hams aren’t legally supposed to use the GMRS frequencies, those on GMRS don’t care. The reverse, sadly, isn’t true. Even though the FCC doesn’t really care if non-hams use ham frequencies, hams do, and many think their licenses are badges. And they can get ugly if someone pushes that button on the sides of their HTs without a duly-assigned call sign.
GMRS people are far less dogmatic and I hope they remain that way. I also respect the others on the ham frequencies. If I were lost in the mountains, I’d prefer having a ham radio with me, though it’s always better that someone knows your preferred emergency frequency. I guess either would do, all things being equal.