CB radio vs. cell phone vs. HAM Radio
HI all, I wanted to tap the resources of the forum here for suggestions on traveling in remote areas. Years ago, I traveled through Montana, Idaho and Wyoming and went several days without cell pho...
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GaryKH wrote:
I would question why the OP feels that he absolutely needs some sort of communications to begin with.
I have read several stories where people had communications, It may have been nothing more than a 2 Meter hand held, or it may have been a Sat phone, or it may have been a decent High Frequency rig. but they had communications and they lived to tell the story.....
I've also read the stories of folks who had no communications.
Alas.. The story was told by investigators, for the people involved,, Well they are not able to tell the story themselves, at least not in THIS life.
So yes, Communications can easily be a matter of life or.... That other option.. and as a professional in that specific area of communications (9-1-1 was indeed my office phone) I do not like "that other option" one bit.. That is the enemy.
