Off-Grid & Preparedness

Family comms plans, repeaters and power for when the grid is down.

In one line

A family comms plan is a primary channel, a backup channel, a check-in time and a tone plan everyone has written down. Our channel planner prints it as a wallet card.

What we’ll measure here

No radio or antenna has been tested yet. These slots fill in when real measurements exist.

Pending

Range on a fixed course

miles

Same two points each time: a forest trail, a canyon, and a suburban grid. We check whether a message gets through, then read back five standard phrases at each marker.

“Up to 35 miles” on the box assumes mountaintop to mountaintop. You need a number for your terrain.

Read the protocol

Guides for this section are in research. [TO FILL]