Repeaters which can be replaced with higher power cell towers? Enabling more access to the network?

The newer HAM radio towers can communicate with each other and satellites and have ranges of hundreds of miles

You have no argument

Quit while you are behind

Which we would need to replace to implement anyway..

No

So while we're at it, why not replace it with a more accessible system?

Which more people can use?

Which HAM radio operators have replaced themselves

Making it more cost effective?

And more effective overall?

But its not more cost effective

When comparing accessibility, yes it is.

That infrastructure is provided to the state for FREE

MORE people can access the system

I realize you are European

And use it.

> Many of these repeaters have been in public safety use for decades.
From the source as well

So. They're old.

You really dont know much about American rural culture do you

Most people in the areas where these repeaters are have the necessary equipment

Because they have to be able to communicate

BECAUSE public communications in those areas are poor at best

https://www.google.com/amp/s/geekprepper.com/long-range-communications-using-ham-radios-satellites/%3famp

Hell this guy did it with a handheld

So to summarize, HAM radio operators provide essential and effective communications infrastructure at their own cost, this actually is more accessible because a HAM radio costs a fraction of a cell phone and has no monthly fee attached

There's a video of someone talking from Texas to Florida with a handheld, so the range without a repeater is no issue at all?

Repeaters are necessary for rough terrain

> HAM radio costs a fraction of a cell phone and has no monthly fee attached
A cheap cellphone, one you can pick up for a couple dollars?

During an emergency you don't pay for fees..

To call 9/11

Which may or may not work

It has a habbit of not working during emergencies

There's an automated text messaging system

Which sends out information automatically

Then you have to communicate with parents, spouses, kids etc

Which this system also provides..

No it doesnt

Do you send your kid to school with a portable HAM radio?

I dont live in the mount Shasta area, my childs school is two minutes from my house

And they have a phone don't they?