Hello All,
We did our first trip with the cargo trailer conversion last week and had a ton of fun. We did run into an issue with communications- as in lack of them. The state and Army Core of Engineering parks we stayed at were in valleys with deep tree cover and zero cell phone receptions. My husband has his HAM Technician license (KD0ZTM) and I have a GMRS license (WREE666). We currently own no radio, had been using loaners before the move.
We need a radio for following situations:
- backing the truck and trailer into slot when it's too windy for hubs to hear me yelling
- communication from inside the trailer (nice metal box) across campground
- hiking with family or with 7yrs olds Tiger Scout Den. (currently <2 mile, will get longer)
- from my house to work which is cell phone dead zone (7miles as the crow flies and GMRS repeater tower in the area)