I like the HAM for trail comms and I use an inreach to communicate with home or wherever. The Inreach can text, send SOS, and track/gps, it is 14 bucks a month and you can stop start. Its 25 bucks when you restart so I activate it for 4 or 5 months every year. Its really nice to be able to order extra food, booze, parts, get help, etc..... Its just like your phone, once you text someone it keeps the thread and that person can track you & text back. FWIW the satellite connection on the Inreach is 1000x better than the super expensive iridium phone I had for a decade. The other nice feature of the Inreach is that once you send a text, if there is no sat signal the unit will keep trying until sent then notify via a beep series that the text is sent so you hear it and know when there is outgoing or incoming data.