I use a similar device with Meshtastic for hiking. It's nice to be able to track people and communicate if you're meeting up on the trail and I've found range t

I use a similar device with Meshtastic for hiking. It's nice to be able to track people and communicate if you're meeting up on the trail and I've found range to be good enough to be useful on a lot of trails even if it's mostly LOS. You can also look at stuff like the Meshtastic ATAK plugin to really get into the deep end of what's possible, too. I want to experiment with linking back to my car and maybe having kind of cellular back haul to pull in weather and stuff. Cellular is practically nonexistent even at the trailheads most places I hike so the practicality probably is limited but it's fun to tinker with. You can of course buy Garmin satphones that do something similar but with Iridium (i.e., better), but that's way less fun.