Ham radios
One or twice the subject has come up but the FRS and the other channels are not a great idea. When out on the road in the middle of nowhere and the cells don't work and the CBs, now rare, and you don...
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"Beg to differ, 2mtr and 70CM CAN be far more "reliable" in an CLOSE emergency than HF, period."
I would agree with that but the key word which you were kind enough to highlight is CLOSE.
But if you are miles from the nearest repeater or another ham They don't work that well... By miles i mean like 50 or more in most case In some cases I've used repeater networks where I could be over an hour's drive from the tower and it was great. other systems 20 miles is out of range.
But for "Local" work. chat around the campground hey Honey Dinner's ready. kind of thing. Fantastic way better than the other options..
If you are in range of a repeater fantastic
But I was out in the desert with no hope of reaching a repeater or a cell tower when I first needed to call for a tow.
I would agree with that but the key word which you were kind enough to highlight is CLOSE.
But if you are miles from the nearest repeater or another ham They don't work that well... By miles i mean like 50 or more in most case In some cases I've used repeater networks where I could be over an hour's drive from the tower and it was great. other systems 20 miles is out of range.
But for "Local" work. chat around the campground hey Honey Dinner's ready. kind of thing. Fantastic way better than the other options..
If you are in range of a repeater fantastic
But I was out in the desert with no hope of reaching a repeater or a cell tower when I first needed to call for a tow.
