#frs — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://solarbird.net/blog/2026/05/21/lets-talk-being-able-to-talk-when-internet-and-cell-phone-service-both-go-down/

In these pleasant (relatively) days of late spring, it's probably a good idea to follow the EFF's advice and figure out how to set up emergency communications for when things go very wrong, and there's no internet, and no cell phone service.

I've done a lot of thinking about this the last year or so, and actually set up, tested, and used three different approaches, and here I share that with you:

#EmergencyPrep #EmergencyPreparedness #radio #GMRS #FRS #AmateurRadio #LoRa #MeshCore #Meshtastic #HamRadio #cascadia #seattle #oregon

RE: https://solarbird.net/blog/2026/05/21/lets-talk-being-able-to-talk-when-internet-and-cell-phone-service-both-go-down/

In these pleasant (relatively) days of late spring, it's probably a good idea to follow the EFF's advice and figure out how to set up emergency communications for when things go very wrong, and there's no internet, and no cell phone service.

I've done a lot of thinking about this the last year or so, and actually set up, tested, and used three different approaches, and here I share that with you:

#EmergencyPrep #EmergencyPreparedness #radio #GMRS #FRS #AmateurRadio #LoRa #MeshCore #Meshtastic #HamRadio #cascadia #seattle #oregon

RE: https://solarbird.net/blog/2026/05/21/lets-talk-being-able-to-talk-when-internet-and-cell-phone-service-both-go-down/

In these pleasant (relatively) days of late spring, it's probably a good idea to follow the EFF's advice and figure out how to set up emergency communications for when things go very wrong, and there's no internet, and no cell phone service.

I've done a lot of thinking about this the last year or so, and actually set up, tested, and used three different approaches, and here I share that with you:

#EmergencyPrep #EmergencyPreparedness #radio #GMRS #FRS #AmateurRadio #LoRa #MeshCore #Meshtastic #HamRadio #cascadia #seattle #oregon

RE: https://solarbird.net/blog/2026/05/21/lets-talk-being-able-to-talk-when-internet-and-cell-phone-service-both-go-down/

In these pleasant (relatively) days of late spring, it's probably a good idea to follow the EFF's advice and figure out how to set up emergency communications for when things go very wrong, and there's no internet, and no cell phone service.

I've done a lot of thinking about this the last year or so, and actually set up, tested, and used three different approaches, and here I share that with you:

#EmergencyPrep #EmergencyPreparedness #radio #GMRS #FRS #AmateurRadio #LoRa #MeshCore #Meshtastic #HamRadio #cascadia #seattle #oregon

RE: https://solarbird.net/blog/2026/05/21/lets-talk-being-able-to-talk-when-internet-and-cell-phone-service-both-go-down/

In these pleasant (relatively) days of late spring, it's probably a good idea to follow the EFF's advice and figure out how to set up emergency communications for when things go very wrong, and there's no internet, and no cell phone service.

I've done a lot of thinking about this the last year or so, and actually set up, tested, and used three different approaches, and here I share that with you:

#EmergencyPrep #EmergencyPreparedness #radio #GMRS #FRS #AmateurRadio #LoRa #MeshCore #Meshtastic #HamRadio #cascadia #seattle #oregon

Huh, I can't quoot my own comments from my blog. That's interesting, since posts are fine.

I might want to look into that, too.

Anyway, here's why FRS radios are good at protests:

https://solarbird.net/blog/?c=54567

#gmrs #frs #AmateurRadio #protest

new (to me) radya all cleaned up ^_^

(gmrs/frs)

(it was reasonably clean already I just made it cleaner, there was sticker residue and such)

#radio #gmrs #frs

My old #FRS radios still work. The Motorola Talkabout FRS radio was first sold in 1997, but I bought my pair around the year 2004. It's like #AmateurRadio except it requires no license. I gave one of our cats an opportunity to say something over the radio, but he was too busy eating.

#cats

Sending data over free radio waves with no license.

Digital modes are allowed over #FRS radio (as of 2017), without an #AmateurRadio license. Here is a test I performed, using #fldigi to decode the data.

http://john1126.com/697

@kd8bxp
#FRS has the advantage of being free to use without a license. I never felt compelled to get GMRS, since I already have an #AmateurRadio license I could use if I wanted more power.

So, why did you consider #GMRS worth the additional effort?

After seeing the videos of #Japanese #radio enthusiasts using low-power radios to hopscotch a message for the funz, I have the urge to do something similar. Message passing via #FRS. Looks like #Canada uses the same frequency list for their "public #UHF FM radio service" as well... And Mexico... And Brazil... and "most South American Countries."

Man, that's a lot of North-South potential space to cover with passed messages

After seeing the videos of #Japanese #radio enthusiasts using low-power radios to hopscotch a message for the funz, I have the urge to do something similar. Message passing via #FRS. Looks like #Canada uses the same frequency list for their "public #UHF FM radio service" as well... And Mexico... And Brazil... and "most South American Countries."

Man, that's a lot of North-South potential space to cover with passed messages

Human-relay of messages via #lowPower UHF #walkietalkies

I have brought up ideas like this for emergencies for communal information exchange, and people often go down the "just do X" route... And, look, not everyone is getting a #hamRadio license. Not everyone is getting GMRS. EVERYONE has an #FRS radio in a drawer someplace. The infrastructure is there, people CAN self-organize

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHsiE6xszvg

#PublicServiceAnnouncements #EmergencyAnnouncements #PSA etc are actually allowed as one-way ///short/// transmissions on #FRS / #GMRS / #MURS / #CBradio

#PublicServiceAnnouncements #EmergencyAnnouncements #PSA etc are actually allowed as one-way ///short/// transmissions on #FRS / #GMRS / #MURS / #CBradio

Welchen Wert hat Musik für euch - und was gebt ihr davon den Künstlern ab? 🎵 🤷

Spontanes Thema unserer Livesendung vor ein paar Stunden - mit Feierabendstimmung und mit reichlich independent Hip Hop.

Trotz Countdown verpasst?

Auf unsere Posts ist kein Verlass - dafür auf die Mediathek des Freien Radio Stuttgart:

https://www.freies-radio.de/mediathek?f%5B0%5D=sendetag%3A2026-01-09&f%5B1%5D=sendung%3A16969

7 Tage lang für euch auf die Ohren!
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#Rap #HipHop #live #Radio #Show #Feierabend #FRS #Musik #independent #underground

Anyone out here interested in having fully accessible two-way radios that can operate on and off the cellular networks? Please browse to https://forms.gle/XGWTbxfBg7QygjoQ9 and fill out the interest form in hopes this company will do the right thing. #accessibility #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #FRS

FRSH estará en el aire este 10 de Agosto https://elradioescucha.net/2025/08/10/frsh-estara-en-el-aire-este-10-de-agosto/ #FRS-Holland, #OndaCorta, #Shortwave, #SWL

I've been thinking about getting my GMRS license for about a year - tomorrow after we get paid - I'm going to ahead a do it - of course that means I'll need to get GMRS radios too

#GMRS #HamRadio #FRS #license

Got enough rice and beans/lentils?

Enough to feed not just your house but others, too? & for how long?

In other words, what are you doing today to set yourself up to resist tomorrow?

#Resilience is an act of #Resistance

What about off-grid communications?

Like #HamRadio #FRS #LoRa #Meshtastic & encrypted messaging like #DeltaChat #Matrix & #Signal

@redstateinsurgents

#Resist #FuckICE #FuckFascists

Added a GMRS antenna to the car. It blends in great and looks good. Ignore the dirty car, I just drove 1500 miles.

I added a Midland 15 watt transceiver right before the trip and used it quite a bit. Craftsman and I used it in Denver for a couple of hours.

Next up I’m getting a radio for the house and a better one for the car. 73s de KF5MDY/WSIP210

#gmrs #frs #ham.

Went looking for a #NOAA weather radio, discovered that there's a ton of options, then discovered that you can get walkie-talkies with NOAA, and that a well-reputed model is not an #FRS radio but a #GMRS radio, and then went looking for GMRS info in the local area ....

Okay, that's a rabbithole for sure.

Just had a lake trip where there were definitely a few times that radios would have been useful, but I was the only #ham in the group.

As much as the Radio-nerd in me would prefer #GMRS for flexibility, #FRS would be sufficient and easier for this sort of outing. Are there any quality FRS radios that people recommend these days?

Preferably with USB-C charging.

Die :b90gruene: grüne Bundestags-Abgeordnete Julia #Verlinden kommt nach #Stade.

💚...und du bist eingeladen.

📅 Donnerstag 12. Juni, 19:30 Uhr. Havenhostel Stade, Am Schwingerdeich 5

Fortschritt oder Fehlplanung? Die A20 auf dem Prüfstand.

◾#JuliaVerlinden, #Bundestag.
◾Tim Kunstmann, #FRS #Elbefähre #Glückstadt #Wischhafen.
◾#IHK Industrie und Handelskammer Elbe-Weser.
◾Georg Papen Initiative A20-nie.

#A26nie #A20nie #A39nie

Grüner Kreisverband Stade - https://gruene-kv-stade.de/

Die :b90gruene: grüne Bundestags-Abgeordnete Julia #Verlinden kommt nach #Stade.

💚...und du bist eingeladen.

📅 Donnerstag 12. Juni, 19:30 Uhr. Havenhostel Stade, Am Schwingerdeich 5

Fortschritt oder Fehlplanung? Die A20 auf dem Prüfstand.

◾#JuliaVerlinden, #Bundestag.
◾Tim Kunstmann, #FRS #Elbefähre #Glückstadt #Wischhafen.
◾#IHK Industrie und Handelskammer Elbe-Weser.
◾Georg Papen Initiative A20-nie.

#A26nie #A20nie #A39nie

Grüner Kreisverband Stade - https://gruene-kv-stade.de/

From a friend regarding portable off-grid communications.

FRS is the kind specifically designed for families and no license required.

These 2 are cheap portable HAMs that can be "detuned" to work like a FRS but have way more capability.

"Quansheng UV-5R or UV-K8 are generally pretty cheap on AliExpress, I'd recommend the latter myself - not so much intended for family comms, but will absolutely do the job"

They're ~$30 each. Even with tariffs.
For example:
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805561063341.html

#LoRa #Meshtastic is also worth looking into.

#Resilience is an act of #Resistance

@redstateinsurgents

#HAMRadio #FRS #Resist #Protest #ACAB

Was die Fähr-Reederei #FRS schon seit Jahren für die #Elbefähre #Wischhafen #Glückstadt plant, aber mangels Rückhalt aus der #Verkehrspolitik nicht verwirklichen kann, macht jetzt:

#VicingLines. Eine elektrische #Fähre #Helsinki - #Tallinn.

https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/27065-viking-line-plans-world-s-largest-electric-ferry-for-helsinki-tallinn-route.html?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_source=socialnetwork

#A26nie - #A20nie - #A39nie #JuliaVerlinden

Was die Fähr-Reederei #FRS schon seit Jahren für die #Elbefähre #Wischhafen #Glückstadt plant, aber mangels Rückhalt aus der #Verkehrspolitik nicht verwirklichen kann, macht jetzt:

#VicingLines. Eine elektrische #Fähre #Helsinki - #Tallinn.

https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/27065-viking-line-plans-world-s-largest-electric-ferry-for-helsinki-tallinn-route.html?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_source=socialnetwork

#A26nie - #A20nie - #A39nie #JuliaVerlinden

Was die Fähr-Reederei #FRS schon seit Jahren für die #Elbefähre #Wischhafen #Glückstadt plant, aber mangels Rückhalt aus der #Verkehrspolitik nicht verwirklichen kann, macht jetzt:

#VicingLines. Eine elektrische #Fähre #Helsinki - #Tallinn.

https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/27065-viking-line-plans-world-s-largest-electric-ferry-for-helsinki-tallinn-route.html?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_source=socialnetwork

#A26nie - #A20nie - #A39nie #JuliaVerlinden

Was die Fähr-Reederei #FRS schon seit Jahren für die #Elbefähre #Wischhafen #Glückstadt plant, aber mangels Rückhalt aus der #Verkehrspolitik nicht verwirklichen kann, macht jetzt:

#VicingLines. Eine elektrische #Fähre #Helsinki - #Tallinn.

https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/27065-viking-line-plans-world-s-largest-electric-ferry-for-helsinki-tallinn-route.html?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_source=socialnetwork

#A26nie - #A20nie - #A39nie #JuliaVerlinden

Was die Fähr-Reederei #FRS schon seit Jahren für die #Elbefähre #Wischhafen #Glückstadt plant, aber mangels Rückhalt aus der #Verkehrspolitik nicht verwirklichen kann, macht jetzt:

#VicingLines. Eine elektrische #Fähre #Helsinki - #Tallinn.

https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/27065-viking-line-plans-world-s-largest-electric-ferry-for-helsinki-tallinn-route.html?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_source=socialnetwork

#A26nie - #A20nie - #A39nie #JuliaVerlinden

Forrestania Resources ( #FRS ) has released " Ada Ann Phase 2 1m Split Results Confirm High Grade 26g/t Au " on Fri 09 May at 08:55 AEST #government #Commodity #Mining #Gold #Australia
https://grafa.com/asset/forrestania-resources-ltd-1993-frs.asx?utm_source=asxmktsensitive&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=frs.asx

Short test - 9 miles but some hills and stuff - and the thing's a rock. So far, anyway. That radio did not move.

Also, the second-lowest volume level is plenty loud. So far, I'm pretty chuffed about it. Enough so to print another copy for Anna's bike.

#3dPrinting #BikeTooter #FRS #radio

Forrestania Resources ( #FRS ) has released " Quarterly Activities/Appendix 5B Cash Flow Report " on Wed 30 Apr at 08:17 AEST #tax #government #Commodity #Mining #Gold
https://grafa.com/asset/forrestania-resources-ltd-1993-frs.asx?utm_source=asxmktsensitive&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=frs.asx

12.04.2025 in um 13:00 Uhr in #MANNcherlei auf UKW 96,6 MHz:
Am 8. April, vergangenen Dienstag, war internationaler Roma-Tag, und dazu hat Sabine Gärttling vom Freien Radio für Stuttgart eine #Büchersendung gemacht. Sie sprach mit Elke Martin, die eine Broschüre über die Verfolgungsgeschichte von Sinti und Roma in Stuttgart geschrieben hat.
Livestream: https://www.wueste-welle.de/broadcasts/livestream
https://www.freie-radios.net/134823

#Programmaustausch #WüsteWelle #frs #Stuttgart

12.04.2025 in um 13:00 Uhr in #MANNcherlei auf UKW 96,6 MHz:
Am 8. April, vergangenen Dienstag, war internationaler Roma-Tag, und dazu hat Sabine Gärttling vom Freien Radio für Stuttgart eine #Büchersendung gemacht. Sie sprach mit Elke Martin, die eine Broschüre über die Verfolgungsgeschichte von Sinti und Roma in Stuttgart geschrieben hat.
Livestream: https://www.wueste-welle.de/broadcasts/livestream
https://www.freie-radios.net/134823

#Programmaustausch #WüsteWelle #frs #Stuttgart

What guidelines is anyone aware of about using #GMRS or #FRS #ht #radios at #protests vs. #cellphones ? The media has reported that the #insurrectionists used them. What about us? https://slate.com/technology/2022/06/far-right-extremism-radio-jan-6.html

BREAKING NEWS

The #RoyalSociety has disbanded following mass resignations resulting from their decision to keep #ElonMusk as a fellow. The King has further revoked their royal charter. In the face of #fascism, I knew I could count on scientists!

#FRS (f-the royal society)

what do you mean "investigation" - kick the skum out and be done. Top scientists who don't want to support #fascism will now have to reject the #FRS "honour". You really don't want to be in the same club as a nazi.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/25/royal-society-decides-not-to-take-disciplinary-action-against-elon-musk

would be handy if we had a scientific academy that cares more about science than about power,m so it could stand up for #science when power goes rogue.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/07/it-would-be-seen-as-political-why-the-royal-society-is-torn-over-elon-musk #RoyalSociety #Skum #FRS

that guy who's taking the wrecking ball to globally important scientific institutions is _still_ a Fellow of the #RoyalSociety (#FRS). https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/14/elon-musk-royal-society-open-letter-academics #science #trumpocalypse #fascism #skum

Kudos to #StephenCurry (@StephenCurry) for his open letter to the #RoyalSociety, pointing out that Elon #Musk has violated the society's code of conduct, and asking it to remove him from the Fellows of the Royal Society (#FRS), to which he was elected in 2018.
https://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/02/11/open-letter-president-royal-society-stand-up-values/

(Curry calls for signatures from "all members of the UK or international scientific community" and I just signed.)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxqRCQJd8jNnNdXOmR7Ii3AvmO211SX76ai69LpbMHIWkfbA/viewform?usp=dialog

Kudos to #DorothyBishop (@deevybee) as well, who made the same call in her Nov 2024 letter of resignation from the society.
https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-i-have-resigned-from-royal-society.html

Ring the alarm... 🛎️ * bing* Another #feierabendbeatz #show is calling.

Heute #live - 19 Uhr

https://www.feierabendbeatz.de/livestream

Mit Toti & Oli, ihrer Freestylemoderation und einem gechillten Achterbahnritt durch die #BoomBap Bubble.

Das ist die Februarshow, aus Gründen vorgezogen.

Beim Freien Radio Stuttgart #FRS

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#Rap #HipHop #Radio #Show

schön wars mal wieder in der #BoomBapBubble! ... jetzt 7 Tage lang zum nachhören in der Mediathek des Freien Radio Stuttgart #FRS

https://www.freies-radio.de/mediathek?f%5B0%5D=sendetag%3A2025-01-10&f%5B1%5D=sendung%3A16969

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Cómo programar correctamente los Radios Baofengs.

Como ya hemos mencionado anteriormente los radios Baofengs vienen de fábrica preconfigurado con frecuencias que lamentablemente no son permitidas su uso en toda América y en Europa. Todos los usuarios de Estados Unidos y México de estos radios se les recomienda altamente que re-configuren su radio a las frecuencias de uso libre legal del servicio Family Radio Service (FRS).

https://ondaterrestre.com/faq/programar-radios-baofeng/

#FRS #Baofeng #BF888S #UV5R #VHF #UHF #HT

Cómo programar correctamente los Radios Baofengs.

Como ya hemos mencionado anteriormente los radios Baofengs vienen de fábrica preconfigurado con frecuencias que lamentablemente no son permitidas su uso en toda América y en Europa. Todos los usuarios de Estados Unidos y México de estos radios se les recomienda altamente que re-configuren su radio a las frecuencias de uso libre legal del servicio Family Radio Service (FRS).

https://ondaterrestre.com/faq/programar-radios-baofeng/

#FRS #Baofeng #BF888S #UV5R #VHF #UHF #HT

This article is the the closest I've seen. But I'd like to read about what happened on that day. https://slate.com/technology/2022/06/far-right-extremism-radio-jan-6.html #AmateurRadio #citizenband #CB #GMRS #FRS

This article is the the closest I've seen. But I'd like to read about what happened on that day. https://slate.com/technology/2022/06/far-right-extremism-radio-jan-6.html #AmateurRadio #citizenband #CB #GMRS #FRS

This article is the the closest I've seen. But I'd like to read about what happened on that day. https://slate.com/technology/2022/06/far-right-extremism-radio-jan-6.html #AmateurRadio #citizenband #CB #GMRS #FRS

This article is the the closest I've seen. But I'd like to read about what happened on that day. https://slate.com/technology/2022/06/far-right-extremism-radio-jan-6.html #AmateurRadio #citizenband #CB #GMRS #FRS