Thread: best setup for vehicle to base communication seperated by 100 to 500miles?
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Old July 29th 09, 12:51 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
Bill M[_3_] Bill M[_3_] is offline
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Default best setup for vehicle to base communication seperated by 100to 500 miles?
wrote:
Thank you for all your excellent and useful responses!

To clarify my purpose:

1- I've been waiting for an excuse to get into Ham radio. I'm very
interested in learning RF circuitry (Experimental Methods in RF Design
is enroute as we speak), and this is a perfect opportunity, because I
actually need it! So Im up for getting a license.

2- The purpose of the radio is for emergency and for the cool factor
of being able to talk to home from 100+ miles away in the desert and
tell them about all the sand and rocks i see. Exciting for them!

3- The CB does sound better for emergency. So now, lets change the
purpose of the ham radio to just "cool of taking to home 100+ miles
away". And I will get a CB for emergency.

I had been leaning toward 20 meters since it has been described
everywhere as the DX band of choice. Now I see that it may not work
well so "close" as 100 miles. But wouldnt 80 meters have even more of
a problem? I am still not clear on which band to use...maybe some more
help please?


I guess a cellphone is out of range? You're not going to have reliable
"100+ mile coverage" with a CB or even with ham radio on a simple "push
button to talk" basis unless both parties are licenced and have some
knowledge about how radio works.
You need one of those 'illegal' phones like they sell in Brasil

Sat phones do this type of thing, not inexpensive though. Some of those
Brasilian phones illegally utilise military frequencies via US-DOD
satellites!

May I recommend a digital camera, 99 cent spiral bound notebook and a
pencil as the latest and least inexpensive technological breakthrough?

-Bill

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