Hello everyone,
I am not a big fan of blogs! I do however like the topic here and love the idea that someone is pushing Ham Radio to the geocaching community. I have been a ham radio operator for over 20 years. My call sign is KB7TWX… I run a Kenwood TH-F6 handheld while hiking. It has three bands 2 meters, 440 MHz and 220 MHz, plus you can open it to operate on the FRS frequencies. This radio also has the ability of all-weather frequencies, FM radio music and more. It is a Tri-Band radio with dual band display. This means you can listen to two frequencies at one time and toggle to which ever frequency you want to chat on.
I have used ham radio for emergency up on the mountain loop high way, it is a bad area for ham radio even but we were able to get help. Once you leave Granite Falls you loss cell phone coverage and so ham radio came to the rescue from the Ice Caves parking lot. I like using 220 MHz when hiking, it’s a quite band, and we also use it while traveling the high ways between vehicles. Keep in mind that 2 Meter has better coverage generally and if you are a new comer to ham radio, you most likely want something on the 2 meter end. Dual band is very nice and today isn’t all that expensive…
Thanks for having this great topic.
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