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# As a backup, or if Members do not have access to personal radios, Members should use cell phones to communicate between Members. If cell phones are the primary means for team Members to communicate, the team should develop protocols that consider cell phone service may not be available immediately following a disaster. | # As a backup, or if Members do not have access to personal radios, Members should use cell phones to communicate between Members. If cell phones are the primary means for team Members to communicate, the team should develop protocols that consider cell phone service may not be available immediately following a disaster. | ||
# Teams can use amateur radio for team support communications if they wish. However, teams using amateur radios for team-support communications should not interfere with city and county-level amateur radio communications. See | # Teams can use amateur radio for team support communications if they wish. However, teams using amateur radios for team-support communications should not interfere with city and county-level amateur radio communications. As the 2-meter VHF band will be very c7rowded during a major disaster, use of the 70-cm UHF band is recommend See [[Frequency Tables|UHF Frequency Table]] for UHF frequencies that should be available to NET teams based on the channel number they have chosen for FRS/GMRS communication. | ||
b. Communications with the PBEM NET Coordinator or Emergency Coordination Center (ECC): | b. Communications with the PBEM NET Coordinator or Emergency Coordination Center (ECC): | ||
