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I'm interested in radio options for hikers... E.g. I have two 5W full band UHF / VHF radios and am considering getting my amateur licence... I'm wondering if this sort of thing could be useful out of phone range - e.g. in emergency situations, getting 'late home' messages out to the wife, weather broadcasts and general interest in what sort of options are available..
For now due to tight budget I'll see what I can do with these starter radios e.g. amateur licence so I can use UHF repeaters or something. There's one at Mount Ginini here around Canberra but I believe you'd need a amateur licence to use it, it's below the UHF CB band...
http://www.crarc.ampr.org/index.php/Main/Services
Thanks...