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Old 03-28-2014, 05:45 AM   #6
wa8yxm
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Originally Posted by N3LYT View Post
What good is a camper with out ham gear!
That is a very good point for many reasons.. A good camper WITH ham gear is a mobile command center or net control in time of disaster.

And by the same token,, There are many places where a flat tire without communications... *IS* A disaster (As in you die before help arrives) and in most of those places your Cell phone... Is a paper weight.

Your ham gear however, can easily jump hundreds or even thousands of miles to someone with a working telephone who can summon HELP for you.

True story: Read yesterday's ARRL newsletter.. It happened. (not a flat though).
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