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2. Amateur radio emergency communications - Wikipedia

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   Solar-powered Amateur Radio Station in tents. Note the portable VHF/UHF satellite and HF antennas in the background Rugged HF transceiver for voice communications. In times of crisis and natural disasters, amateur radio is often used as a means of emergency communication when wireline, cell phones and other conventional means of communications fail.

3. International distress frequency - Wikipedia

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   GMRS: 462.675 MHz is a UHF mobile distress and road information calling frequency allocated to the General Mobile Radio Service and used throughout Alaska and Canada for emergency communications; sometimes referred to as "Orange Dot" by some transceiver manufacturers who associated a frequency with a color-code for ease of channel coordination ...

4. These Are the Best Emergency Radios to Keep You Updated ... - AOL

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   The best emergency weather radios are compact, portable, durable, and have backup power sources—via hand crank, batteries, or solar panels—so you’re never caught with a dead radio. They ...

5. Emergency radio - Wikipedia

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   Such radios are often designed to run on minimal or renewable power sources, such as solar. Emergency radios are generally designed to cover the standard AM and FM broadcasting bands, and weather radio in countries that provide that service. Basic shortwave radio coverage (for situations where local radio is out or not available) is less-common.

6. Shortwave bands - Wikipedia

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   Shortwave bands are frequency allocations for use within the shortwave radio spectrum (the upper medium frequency [MF] band and all of the high frequency [HF] band). Radio waves in these frequency ranges can be used for very long distance (transcontinental) communication because they can reflect off layers of charged particles in the ionosphere and return to Earth beyond the horizon, a ...

7. Etón Corporation - Wikipedia

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   US Marines distribute Etón AM FM radios to Haitians in Port-au-Prince after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Etón Corporation is an American company established in 1986 and is based in Palo Alto, California. Formerly known as Lextronics, it produces solar powered and hand-cranked shortwave and emergency