CB radio or Satellite phone

jenr · Veteran Member

CB radio or Satellite phone

Cloak · Guru

I reckon a CB is all you need. Maybe a 38 as well.

Sat phones are very expensive to own and use.

Possibly a personal distress beacon like they have in boats....

jenr · Veteran Member

Thank you for your reply Cloak :)

blaze · Guru

all depends on your travel destination. I have normal mobile, sat phone, uhf (cb), hf radio( long range 4000km sorta range) and an eperb (personal location beacon). They are all different safety items and all have vering degrees of usefulness dependant on circumstances. If you are traveling on the black top a normal mobile phone would be my choice and maybe a uhf handheld to monitor local traffic. The blak top in aussie isn't isolated these days
cheers
blaze

ps sat phones are about $700 to buy and $1.50a min to run

-- Edited by blaze on Saturday 1st of March 2014 11:35:13 PM

Big Gorilla · Guru

Unless you are really going into the far outback, you wouldn't need a sat phone Carry a mobile phone, UHF Radio and an Epirb beaon. The first two are relatively short range but if you are really in trouble and pull the pin on the Epirb, a lot of people will be looking for you including all airliners in your near vicinity. Aircraft monitor the frequency and pass your position back to Search and Rescue. The Epirb frequency is also monitored by satellite and can pinpoint your position within meters...

jenr · Veteran Member

Thank you for your replies very helpful :)

03_troopy · Guru

Just remember though, the EPIRB is for dire emergencies only, and when other forms of comms have been exhausted. The EPIRB is a locator beacon only, not a communication device, so you won't be able to tell anyone what the problem is. The GPS EPIRB has an accuracy of 120M as opposed to about 5Km for non GPS types. Also the response time varies considerably between the two.

Read here for more info GPS type V non-GPS type. OK, the website isn't letting me add it as a link, so copy and paste this in a browser window "http://beacons.amsa.gov.au/gps.html"

-- Edited by 03_troopy on Sunday 2nd of March 2014 09:04:59 AM

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

03_troopy wrote:
Just remember though, the EPIRB is for dire emergencies only, and when other forms of comms have been exhausted. The EPIRB is a locator beacon only, not a communication device, so you won't be able to tell anyone what the problem is. The GPS EPIRB has an accuracy of 120M as opposed to about 5Km for non GPS types. Also the response time varies considerably between the two.

Read here for more info GPS type V non-GPS type. OK, the website isn't letting me add it as a link, so copy and paste this in a browser window "http://beacons.amsa.gov.au/gps.html"

-- Edited by 03_troopy on Sunday 2nd of March 2014 09:04:59 AM

http://beacons.amsa.gov.au/beacon-models.html

link done

-- Edited by _wombat_ on Sunday 2nd of March 2014 09:27:38 AM

03_troopy · Guru

Ta Wombat, sometimes when trying to add a link it just sits there waiting.. waiting.. waiting...

jenr · Veteran Member

That link worked thank you :)

The dog lady · Guru

I only have a normal mobile phone and actually quite value the times when I am out of range and incommunicado. But yes, if you simply want something for serious emergencies and intend to visit really remote places then the EPIRB can give you that peace of mind without family being able to phone you with every little problem biggrin biggrin

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