Is there anybody out there willing to help us put together a radio station in Cobb, operated 24/7 by teams of young people?
CRF* is now starting (1Q2021) to develop a partnership (WIP) with another small local nonprofit which includes the goal of putting “RadioCobb“online and on the airwaves from a location in Cobb (near the Post Office) and possibly getting some kind of support from Lake County. It will be connected to the Cobb Area Volunteer Emergency Radio Network, which will be able to interrupt the radio station’s broadcast with brief CAVERN emergency alerts (in case of fire) as well as send out a “siren tone” over the airwaves in case of a major disaster or evacuation order.
We need feedback from the Cobb Area community.Would you please take 2 minutes to let us know a few quick things using the handy form below? We really need a few radio-savvy local people to help us launch this public information and safety service that gives young people the opportunity to serve the community both creatively and with an important purpose.
HelloEverybody, We hope you’re safe right now as the many fires sparked by lightning strikes (over 10,000 in the first August storms), are flaring up all over the state and already stretching CalFire’s resources dangerously thin. Fires are continuing to run in multiple directions and impact multiple communities. There are now over 500 fires in California (including 23 major “complex” fires).
“LNU Lightning Complex Fire” (LNU = Lake Napa Unit) Fatalities:5 (plus 4 injuries — as of 24 Aug) Counties Affected: Lake, Napa, Sonoma, Yolo & Solano Multiple Blazes: Hennessey, Gamble, 15-10, Spanish, Markley, 11-16, Walbridge (13-4). Started: 17 Aug 2020 Acres Burned:350,000+ acres (as of 24 Aug) Structures:871+ destroyed, 234+ damaged, 30,500+ threatened (as of 24 Aug) Containment:22% (as of 24 Aug) —— 98%(as of 26 Sep) ——————— LNU Lightning Complex(3 fires), Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit, Cal Fire. IMT 1 (Cal Fire Team 2). Two miles north of Barro, CA. Chapparal, tall grass and timber. Extreme fire behavior with long-range spotting, short-range spotting and wind-driven runs. Numerous structures, energy and communication infrastructure threatened. Evacuations, area, road and trail closures in effect.
Lake County & Cobb Area Information
• Radio • Weather • Maps• Images • Info & Alerts
• Radio •
Radio Frequencies (MHz): 462.5500 CAVERN Main GMRS Repeater Channel (DCS Tone: D071N) 154.2875 Morgan Valley Fire Command / Round Fire (“Fire 23”) 155.0250 CalFire LNUE (CAVERN 47) 169.5375 Hennessey East Fire Command
NOTE: to tune in 7-digit freqs, use Menu on your radio to set the “Step” to “2.5“, the smallest increment. On some radios, the last digit is just visible in a very tiny font on the radio’s display.
Stay Tuned: more frequencies are coming soon from CAVERN Network Control !
• Weather •
NWS Weather Update • 21 Aug • Fire Weather Threat: Thunderstorms Possible on Monday & Tuesday (24 & 25 Aug) across northwest California. New wildfires may be ignited by lightning…
* CF 24/7 Info NOTE:the St Helena dispatch command center is handling these calls and is already stretched thin from coordinating CF’s dozens of fire engine crews. The voicemailbox may be full when you call andif it’s very busy there may be nobody able to answer, but: a 911 operator may call you back to make sure you’re not in imminent danger, so please call only w/serious issues.
A: FRS stands for Family Radio Service and is a low-power 22 channel two-way radio service in the UHF 462/467 MHz range. Shares same frequencies with GMRS.
Q: What is GMRS?
A: GMRS stands for General Mobile Radio Service, and is a medium-power 22 + 8 (repeater) channel two-way radio service in the UHF 462/467 MHz range. Shares same frequencies with FRS.
Q: Is CAVERN Channel 8 or 9, 15, 23 or what?
A: All of the above! CAVERN is heard on 462.550 MHz which is GMRS/FRS Channel 15, however different radios access this channel via different channel locations. CAVERN-programmed RETEVIS RT22 hear.
