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You can also monitor (listen to) the other local Bay Area repeater channels listed below; for example,
Oakland’s emergency RACES Ham/amateur network on channel
RACESR 38
. You can also use the
radio to talk directly with your neighbors on your neighborhood FRS channel as noted below.
Channels
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) defines 22 standard FRS/GMRS channels, plus 8
channels for GMRS repeaters. The first 30 channels on the Wouxun are programmed to this standard
and are named
GMRS01 – GMRS22
and
RPTR15 –
RPTR 22
respectively. These are stored in the
radio as shown in the channel list below.
GENOAK adds
additional repeater channels
31 – 38
at the end of the list as noted below. These are
programmed for the correct access codes that make it possible to transmit and receive through each
repeater. For your reference, the radio wave frequency for each channel is also noted below.
The added repeater channels
31 – 38
on the Wouxun are as follows:
GNOAKR
31
– Oakland’s GENOAK emergency network repeater covers Oakland, Piedmont,
Alameda, Berkeley and other nearby cities
GNOAKS
32
– GENOAK “simplex” channel (standard channel 17), this channel can be used for
GENOAK communications if the repeater is not working
BCRTNR
33
– Berkeley’s BeCERTAINN GMRS emergency network repeater covers Berkeley,
Emeryville, Albany, Richmond and other nearby cities including Oakland (
www.becertainn.org/
)
BCRTNB
34
– Berkeley’s BeCERTAINN backup GMRS emergency network repeater
MORAGR
35
– Moraga’s GMRS repeater (LaMorinda CERT)
ORINDR
36
– Orinda’s GMRS repeater (LaMorinda CERT)
LAFAYR
37
– Lafayette’s GMRS repeater (LaMorinda CERT)
