Take a repeater guide and a small dual band HT. Roll up J-poles are cheap to buy or make. We use amateur radio frequently with search and rescue in Colorado. Elevation will help you get to the many repeaters around the state and give you a way to talk to Search & Rescue, Civil Air Patrol, ARES, and National Guard helos if necessary. A SPOT beacon is also an excellent device for the terrain here as it gives us your coordinates. I volunteer in Teller County with SAR and our hams use amateur radio as much as our dedicated frequencies due to better coverage. Cheap insurance. IMHO. I don't go backcountry without an HT.
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Take a repeater guide and a small dual band HT. Roll up J-poles are cheap to buy or make. We use amateur radio frequently with search and rescue in Colorado. Elevation will help you get to the many repeaters around the state and give you a way to talk to Search & Rescue, Civil Air Patrol, ARES, and National Guard helos if necessary. A SPOT beacon is also an excellent device for the terrain here as it gives us your coordinates. I volunteer in Teller County with SAR and our hams use amateur radio as much as our dedicated frequencies due to better coverage. Cheap insurance. IMHO. I don't go backcountry without an HT.
Good luck,
N3TCQ
I can get clownpenis.fart
I can't manage my own workload well let alone having the time to snoop around everyone else's crap.
Anyone wanna come stand in the Zune line with me?