JamesDowning wrote:That's why Bill needs a sat phone.
Considered sharing one. Figured it needed four friends who did similar sorts of offroading. Couldn't identify that many. All of them said they'd want to be WITH me on those sorts of expeditions, not go alone or let me go alone.
The SPOT beacon, which I forgot to mention here, is good enough for what I do now, which is LESS aggressive than the solo stuff I used to do. Been considering upgrading to the new Delorme GPS/SPOT combo gadget (inReach) that is bidirectional, but the monthly fees for that are still not reasonable for the added insurance level.
Michael, I would have loaned you the SPOT beacon if you had only called ahead of time.
On the GMRS walkie-talkies, I carry two pairs so we could have up to four folks on one channel. Two of them are AA-powered, and the other two are rechargeable Li-ion, and could be recharged in the vehicle with their AC base station and one of the two inverters.
Or I could light this sucker up: