Dear commie (communicator) Sat phones are great I they work but they do not work everywhere There are a great many places I'n my immediate area where this is a reality ... The repeaters are the best items at the top left hand side of the world Regards Sent from my iPhone... There must be a lifetime of thought in the last second if we are to live from moment to moment. On 2011-03-16, at 11:27 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > At 01:54 PM 3/16/2011, neil n wrote: >> I'm studying up in an attempt to get my Amateur Radio license. (Basic) >> Assuming I pass, I would install a rig in my Westy. With all that is > > A syncro with a ham rig could be an absolute godsend in an isolated > area, with a 2WD not far behind. And 2-meter stuff is great if > there's a repeater in line of sight, but to really reach out and > touch someone hundreds or thousands of miles away and/or on the other > side of a mountain* you need an HF rig. Of course it may be that > satphone rigs are obsoleting all that, but perhaps not. Satphone is > for people with deep pockets. > > *in which case of course the person you reach may be hundreds or > thousands of miles away, but you're talking to *someone.* > > Yrs, > d |
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