Free voice communication from city to city, without providers, contracts and costs. That's the idea of Radio Network Germany.
The people behind Funknetzdeutschland are enthusiastic CB Radio Operators and also Ham-radio amateurs. While CB radio was very widespread in the 80s and 90s, this hobby became uninteresting for young people due to the Internet and cell phones and it is becoming increasingly difficult, even for those who have remained loyal to CB radio, to set up the relatively large antennas required for it. Restrictive landlords and neighbors, house or building regulations can quickly lead to the end of the hobby.
Use existing opportunities and create new ones
Our idea is to build a modern radio network that is as wide as possible across Germany, based on the radio frequencies released for everyone (CB, Freenet, PMR, WIFI) in order to enable free voice communication from city to city.
For this purpose, we are planning various so-called “gateways, crossband repeaters, repeaters which, depending on the location, can supply a district or even an entire city. The locations should be accessible to local users with as little effort as possible - ideally with a handheld radio without an external antenna.
The gateways, repeaters, crossband repeaters are networked with each other via radio link and Internet technology (Voice over IP) and forward the conversations to each other.
In case of an emergency situation some old Radios like CB's might be still working in case when real help is needed but regular cell phones or equal digital communication could be useless during network failure.
Find out more at Funknetzdeutschland.
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