Desert emergency communication
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| Jul 18th 2013, 20:08 | |
WA2BRVJoined: Apr 4th 1998, 00:00Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
A newly licensed ham wants to buy a rig that will let them communicate for help when in the desert.. What band, rig, antenna (mobile) is suggested? |
| Jul 19th 2013, 12:55 | |
W1VTJoined: Apr 4th 1998, 00:00Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
Who is he going to communicate with? More than likely, this will dictate the equipment he will need, unless he is going to buy equipment for everyone! For example, I did a search and found some recommendations for 4 wheel drivers in the Australian Outback http://www.4wdsa.asn.au/?page=communication Zack Lau W1VT ARRL Senior Lab Engineer |
| Dec 20th 2013, 00:11 | |
KG6SYXJoined: Nov 7th 2003, 10:54Total Topics: 0 Total Posts: 0 |
My apologies for not see this post earlier in the process. I have and still do spend a lot of time in the Mojave Desert and I use a FT-8900 radio. There are others who use FT-7800 radios and do just fine. I would recommend a radio with dual band/channel capabilities one channel for simplex and the other for repeaters. If the newly licensed ham visits the Mojave Desert then table mountain 2 meter repeater maybe the one best repeater to use. I know for a fact table mountain has reach 9 miles pasted Baker and I've told it will reach to NV/CA state line. |
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