Pressing DOWN on the D-PAD opens this Radio Assistance menu, which you will need to use very often in State of Decay. Each use has a time limit of sorts and costs a certain amount of Influence. At the start, you will only have access to two options:
RADIO OPTION -
Call For ScavengersREPUTATION REQUIRED - 10
UNLOCKS - Home Sweet Home
DESCRIPTION -Call scavengers to come collect resources and useful gear from this location
AVAILABILITY - (+1 Use every ten minutes.)
RADIO OPTION -
Establish OutpostREPUTATION REQUIRED - 50
UNLOCKS - Home Sweet Home
DESCRIPTION - Creates an Outpost in the building you are currently standing inside
AVAILABILITY - (+1 Use every hour.)
RADIO OPTION -
Relocate Home Base REPUTATION REQUIRED -100
UNLOCKS - Home Sweet Home
DESCRIPTION - Moves your home base from its current home site to the home site you are currently standing inside
AVAILABILITY - (+1 Use every 48 hours.)
RADIO OPTION -
Call For BackupREPUTATION REQUIRED - 50
UNLOCKS - Civic Duty
DESCRIPTION - Bring in a SWAT team to help you for a couple of minutes
AVAILABILITY - (+1 Use every 24 hours.)
RADIO OPTION -
Construction AdviceREPUTATION REQUIRED - 50
UNLOCKS - Stranger in Trouble
DESCRIPTION - Completes current Build and Upgrade facility actions
AVAILABILITY - (+1 Use every week.)
RADIO OPTION -
Medical AdviceREPUTATION REQUIRED - 10
UNLOCKS - Help Doc Hanson
DESCRIPTION - Restores your Maximum Vitality
AVAILABILITY - (+1 Use every week.)
RADIO OPTION -
Words of InspirationREPUTATION REQUIRED - 5
UNLOCKS - Army Activity
DESCRIPTION - Restores your Maximum Stamina
AVAILABILITY - (+1 Use every 24 hours.)
RADIO OPTION -
Vehicle Delivery REPUTATION REQUIRED - 80
UNLOCKS - Sweet Ride
DESCRIPTION - Spawns a random car for you
AVAILABILITY - (+1 Use every 24 hours.)
RADIO OPTION -
Death From AboveREPUTATION REQUIRED - 50
UNLOCKS - Insubordination
DESCRIPTION - Give you an artillery marker. Toss the item to call in an artillery strike
AVAILABILITY - (+1 Use every 24 hours.)
RADIO OPTION -
Sharpshooting REPUTATION REQUIRED - 25
UNLOCKS - Mediator
DESCRIPTION - Makes Mickey Wilkerson give covering fire randomly shooting zombies for a while until 10 are killed 2 max uses
AVAILABILITY - +1 use every 24 hours