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
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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