Get the Ham radio out, see who's around. Get a better antenna and more powerful radio and see who's around further away. Though these days 5 watts as a bit of

Get the Ham radio out, see who's around. Get a better antenna and more powerful radio and see who's around further away. Though these days 5 watts as a bit of wire will get you a long way with some of the low bandwidth data modes. But is that cheating for the purposes of this discussion?