Two Meter Ham Radios

...yea that will work. You probably know about this site https://www.repeaterbook.com/index.php?state_id=none to find local repeaters.

Yes, I do know about that site. Is there ways to limit the responses to only select popular or not private repeaters?

I would use the Rv park reviews or allstays app.

Mike - Not really... Some of us are not RV TRAVELERS... I mostly go to the same places all of the time looking for good old fashion camping sites... My love is setup in the high country way back off a Forest Service Road somewhere and stay there for a week or so living off my batteries.

Don't have the desire anymore to just travel from one point to another point just to say I have been there before...

I have my favorite off-road camping locations which are here in Virginia up and down the Blue Ridge Parkway and in the high country of VA-NC-TN-SC-GA-AL... Also like to visit the gulf states and along the beaches up and down the East Coast. This season I am hoping to do some looking aorund the NC high country camp sites and get to know that area alot better camping OFF-ROAD better.

Much of Ham radio ops is 75/40 meters... I like to use my LILTARHEEL screwdriver mobile antenna and when setup I have easy up 15-20 foot high PVC pole that I can hang a 80M-10M off-center antenna. Of course my main two bands for ops is 75M and 40M when camping off-road... I like to use the 2M/440 for the repeaters around the Virginia high country. Mostly in monitor mode on 2M/440 and scanning local areas public service and rescue squad freqs for WX related things...

Welcome aboard

Roy K9PHT
King George VA...

Artum Snowbird wrote:
Yes, I do know about that site. Is there ways to limit the responses to only select popular or not private repeaters?

Mike, I know of no repeater listing that lists by "popularity" ... there is no real way to acquire that data. Many repeater listings do list "private" repeaters, but on 2M I believe those are becoming fewer and fewer. While in Oregon I would not worry about that issue.

hmmm ... Whats a meter?

I’m a ham and RVer and I’ve travelled with a 2 meter radio for decades. I’ve seldom found local repeaters to be useful for finding a campsite, as compared to other resources. That being said, I have met many hams on the road by simply monitoring 146.52 Mhz . Using this national calling frequency, I’ve have tips on campsites that proved very useful. I’ve met hams in my travels in the U.S. and Canada, but this is not something you can count on.
Trying to find an active repeater along any route always seems to be too much of a bother. I only wish more hams /RVers would monitor 146.52 Mhz while on the road, or even in campsites.

While on the move 2M is always on however hardly a peep is ever heard out of the thing. I suspect many are like me. They turn it on but rarely announce their presence on the freq. A whole bunch of people lietening to silence.

Using a local repeater is rare & only for entertainment or for local imformation. A couple of times we have been helped in storm avoidance by a local before we carried a smartphone.

Thanks Richard, that sounds like a good plan. I will see how that works while on the road. Mike

RLMiller wrote:
I only wish more hams / RVers would monitor 146.52 Mhz while on the road, or even in campsites.

We keep 146.52 on, but also use APRS with Voice Alert. If I can hear another beacon, then I can try for a voice contact, and move to another frequency when established. APRS can also let you see who else may be around.