On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 17:59:25 -0400, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

On 9/15/2015 11:12 PM, gregz wrote:
CB radio too, batteries, solar charging. Amateur repeaters will not work on
battery for long without solar backup.

Greg


Which opens the question. Suppose the ham radio repeaters
have batteries. How do those batteries get recharged?

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It really depends on the band you are on. The vhf stuff usually needs
a repeater to get very far because it is largely line of sight (near
the old TV frequencies) but the longer wave lengths can skip around
the world, just using the power you sent it with.