Stay Connected.
Remain Grounded.

It’s a lot of fun and pretty neat.
Meet new people and make friends!
Have conversations and talk to real people using your voice!
Covers all of Ann Arbor pretty much.
Offers grid down and emergency communications.
You are supposed to get a GMRS radio license (and unique station call sign) from the FCC. It’s like getting a fishing license . It’s $35 and good for your entire family for 10 years.
Like HAM radio but Unlike a HAM radio license - you do not need to take a test. You just need to navigate the FCC’s clunky and archaic web site.

The Ann Arbor 700 is a GMRS radio repeater that enables us to talk to each other across town using walkie talkies and old fashion reliable analog radio waves.

TX 467.700. RX. 462.700. CTCSS 203.5 Hz

The repeater can reach out east to Prospect Road. South to Ellsworth. West to Zeeb-Baker Rd. North to Joy Rd.

RADIO BUYING GUIDE. You’ll need a GMRS radio capable of “repeater channels.” Here are some lower cost models we like that get the job done: