Garmin Inreach

[Joe]

[bigpaul]

if you cant make it, repair it, grow it or rear it, learn to live without it.

[Lightspeed]

How does this system work Joe?

It looks brilliant.

I assume there are subscription fees for service provision, like mobile phones?:

Re your comment on NVIS, I disagree. Its for sure the easiest form of shortwave communication to set up. Just a transmitter on 7MHz, a £20 matching unit and 66ft of wire thrown out of a window will do the trick..... even if the window is on the ground floor ;-)

This Inreach system's advantage is portability, and reliability of contact. Much like a mobile phone.

[Joe]

[Joe]

Total agree on that Lightspeed, NVIS is pretty simple and you can throw up an antenna at fence height and work 500 miles but for those with zero comms knowledge they might prefer something more like a mobile phone.