CommsUp schedules recurring radio check-ins for your family, neighborhood, or net — reminds every member, and builds a drill record that shows your emergency communication plan actually works.
HAM · GMRS · FRS · MURS · MESHTASTIC — any radio, any group. No credit card.
Real emergency comms work in layers — the people in your house, the people on your street, and the operators across your region. CommsUp keeps every ring practiced.
Turn the walkie-talkies in the drawer into a real family communication plan — with a weekly radio check everyone actually does.
→ Set up your family check-in Ring 2 · MiddleOrganize your block, CERT team, or preparedness group around a recurring comms check on GMRS, FRS, or Meshtastic.
→ Start a neighborhood net Ring 3 · OuterSchedule your ham club, ARES, or emergency comms net — remind every member, keep the check-in record, skip the spreadsheet.
→ Organize your netFRS radios need no license. GMRS covers your whole family with one no-exam license. CommsUp gives you the missing piece: a standing five-minute family radio check — same channel, same time each week — with a reminder on every parent's phone and a streak the kids will want to keep alive. When the cell network goes down, you won't be reading the manual by flashlight.
Create your family group — freeYour block has radios scattered across a dozen houses. CommsUp turns them into a network: poll neighbors for the best time, publish one shared comms plan with primary and backup channels, and track who's checking in month over month. Built for CERT teams, Map Your Neighborhood groups, and HOAs adding emergency comms to their preparedness plan.
Start your neighborhood net — freeEvery net manager knows the drill: email blasts, a stale roster, and no idea who's drifted away until they're gone. CommsUp handles the schedule, the frequency and mode details, the pre-net reminders, and the long-term check-in record — including PACE fallbacks for your ARES or emergency comms group, and exportable activity reports for your EC.
Organize your net — freePoll your group for the best time, then lock in a recurring check-in with the frequency, channel, mode, and PACE fallback attached. Everyone sees the same comms plan.
CommsUp reminds every member before each check-in — "Radio check in 10 minutes, Ch. 17" — in their own time zone. No more "I forgot it was net night."
One tap logs who made contact and which channel worked. Streaks, attendance, and channel health turn your plan into proof.
Every check-in becomes evidence. CommsUp tracks who made contact, on which channel, over months — so you can see readiness rising, spot members drifting before they're gone, and find out that your backup frequency has never actually been proven.
Your profile lists what you can operate — from phone and FRS to GMRS, ham, and Meshtastic — and CommsUp scores the links between members, not just the people. The question it answers: if the grid goes down, are you still connected?
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Comms tools this community depended on have disappeared before. So we're doing this differently: your group's data — rosters, schedules, and drill history — is always exportable, in open formats, with one click. Free for individuals and small groups, forever.
$0 · forever
Coming at launch · paid by the group, not the member
No. CommsUp works for any radio service — FRS and Meshtastic need no license at all, and GMRS is a simple no-exam family license. You're responsible for operating legally on whatever service you use.
No — tools like NetLogger and netcontrol.live are great for running a live net. CommsUp is what gets everyone to the net: the schedule, the reminders, and the long-term record.
Free for individuals and small groups. Larger groups pay one annual fee from the group treasury. Donations welcome, never required.
You can export everything — rosters, schedules, and drill history — in open formats, anytime, with one click.
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