Officially, I'm bumping this. Really, I want PAGE THREE!

Did we ever get to the HF frequencies?



One other thing is which ones are the calling frequencies per band?



Say we have a volcanic disaster, which frequency do you call out on?



I've been forever holding to print this list out

SO many freqs, so little time.

Do many people use 1.25 meters (220 Mhz) in this area? I thought it would be useful to have access to a VHF band which in event of an emergency would not be too common. I believe there would be sufficient space on the simplex frequencies of 2 meters but honestly I don't know.

I once lived in a small town with a 2 meter repeater. When a minor event happened the repeaters instantly became unavailable for emergency use, so a person could only use simplex. Don't misunderstand me, I prefer simplex, but I've wondered how crowded 2 meters could become in an actual emergency.

Depends on which area "this area" is.  Lots of hams in Western Washington, esepcially Central/South Puget Sound/SnoKingPierce. Most repeaters are 2m or 70cm.  Lots of ARES-type groups which, again, mostly use 2m or 70cm.  Not so much on  6 or 1.25m.  Use of digital modes, especially D-STAR, is picking up for emergency use.  (Helps that ICOM USA is in Bellevue...)



 

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