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http://www.lds.org/Static%20Files/PDF/STS/Troubleshooting%20PDFs/Meetinghouse%20Guide.pdf http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=b7498868fc1aa110VgnVCM1000003a94610aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=cb4c507634b6f110VgnVCM100000176f620a____ Here's what you need to know about the turn-key solution that...

I agree. "Blister-pack" radios will be a nightmare in a disaster. Amateur is the best of all worlds, but MURS is a close second. Another thought... If a stake with a large geographical area were to go with the licensed GMRS solution, convincing a few families in each ward to get the license, they co...

http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=service_home&id=general_mobile ... is the source of info. on GMRS. (See below.) Get each related family together and pool your funds for a license. Don't count on finding a lot of repeaters - they are few and far between. The General Mobile Radio Servi...

Unfortunately, it is illegal for other radio services to interconnect with Amateur bands. A better solution is for Salt Lake to mandate the use of MURS-service VHF radios, an unlicensed service allowing two watts of power on relatively inexpensive handheld radios, as well as higher power on fixed st...

As to ID's for "Hams" sending data on the 802.11 channels, you can set your call sign as the SSID broadcast. This should suffice under "Ham" rules.

You really can't do much better than programs like Troopmaster that already include the youth awards. Spreadsheets aren't good at prompting you to enter the detail a good Scout program needs. Most often it's only the bare necessities that get posted. Additionally, only the commercial programs can in...

You might inquire at Pacific Wireless http://www.pacwireless.com/ in Bluffdale, Utah. They have systems which, if you have line-of-sight, might help out. You can stream a lot of data on a closed system. Rumor has it that the church has used their systems building-to-building in California.

I frequently copy passages from the scriptures at LDS.org for use in my research. Is there some way to do so without the hyperlinks?