Quote Originally Posted by Simon43
Some of the radio ham rigs that I have are solar powered, physically very small (5cm x 1cm x 3cm), yet allow reliable voice and data comms up to 5,000 KM.
I could understand the thrill of ham radio last century. Being able to talk to some random in russia or greenland must have been kinda weird.

But today the world is an online oyster so I thought HR would have gone the way of the archaeopteryx.

(although i suppose in the context of prepping there is a logic - so the bearded assault rifle nutters can chat to each other)