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Are the any options that are small enough to make a remote contact radio ? Basically something I can take with me while hiking, and have somebody else in civil

• _whiteCaps_ 3y ago
  Yes, lots! Depends on what you want to do. For satellites, any dual band VHF/UHF radio will work. A cheap Baofeng from aliexpress can get you started: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004895672032.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004895672032.html. You'd likely want to get a programming cable for it as well. They also can use Resource Road frequencies if you're going anywhere with radio controlled roads. Ideally a radio for satellites is full duplex (you can hear simultaneously while transmitting). Those radios cost much more though. Many people just use two radios. For shortwave radio, you could use something like the trusdx: https://dl2man.de/ https://dl2man.de/ Note that in both of these cases, to transmit, you'll need a license... and if you want to talk to someone specific it may be hard to do. Talking to random amateur radio operators is much easier. The options I posted are cheap - you can easily spend tens of thousands of dollars on radios, antennas, amplifiers, towers, etc.