On Mon, 7 May 2007 17:46:32 +1000 Two Bob may have written:
> >> Good point, actually. The bare minimum comms for 4wd would be UHF and HF
> >> radios, and for those with a fair dinkum bank account, a sat phone, (if
> >> there is one at the time). A mobile phone is next to useless out back.
> >
> > I was more thinking just an EPIRB...
>
> An EPIRB cant be used as a 2 way communication device.

That's right, but it'll get you help in a "life or death situation",
which the OP claimed he needed a terrestrial mobile phone for...

PD

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Paul Day