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    Absolute beginner with a BIG question - cross country communication.

    I appreciate the info. I'll do research on repeaters and 10 meter SSB Radio. I have access to a PC12 and Cessna Citation, if anything unprecedented happened to America I'm going to do my best to go get my family and bring them home, however unlikely and unrealistic that may be. I see...
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    Absolute beginner with a BIG question - cross country communication.

    The satellite route has been considered, but it falls into a similar category as cell phones. The whole idea behind the radio communication was if America was attacked or if the internet went down, I need to contact my parents and let them know where to go and at what time so that I can fly a...
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    Absolute beginner with a BIG question - cross country communication.

    Now this was very useful information! I have been doing more research and have read about licensing. I made a mistake and bought baufang radios without doing any research, finding out that I cannot legally use them for FRS or GMRS, only HAM frequencies. So I will be getting my technician license...
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    Absolute beginner with a BIG question - cross country communication.

    This helps! I actually currently work at a Radio Station (RadioWorks, KWOA AM-FM) with 4 FM stations running and 1 AM station. I should know more about licensing from this but I do not :) . All I know is that my engineer says I can't buy a 100,000 watt system like we run, he says 2 watts maximum...
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    Absolute beginner with a BIG question - cross country communication.

    I don't even know where to start with something like this, so I chose you guys (be kind, I am new). I spent 15 years as an IT Professional and now I am a Media Producer so I know my way around technology, but I know little to nothing about long distant radio communication. Here is my wild idea...

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