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Originally Posted by No. 3
what is recommended for someone who hopefully will never use it, doesn't want to get licensed and has only minimal patience for electronic gadgetry? (And would prefer not to have a giant box on the dash with accompanying huge antenna.
Jeff
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A sat phone?
Really, if you're not interested in learning a bit about radio (I'm assuming you're thinking about a ham radio here) and how it works, when you REALLY need it you may not know what to do. Do you know the local repeaters? Do you know how to program a tone to open the repeater? Will you know WHICH tone it uses? If the repeater has a phone patch will you know how to use it?
There's really more to it than grabbing the mike and calling for help.
Ham radios are great, but it really helps if you're even remotely interested in learning a bit about them.
It seems a sat phone might be a better option for you, or maybe the SPOT sat messenger?
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