[GreenKeys] OT: emergency communications

[Adrian Stoness]

You can hook ur phone into a VHF radio system and get ur self a radio u can
dial from

On Apr 9, 2017 11:38 PM, <dmm at lemur.com> wrote:

> I have a question primarily for the amateur radio folks on the list.
> It's clearly off-topic, but this is the only venue I know of with
> a deep knowledge of ham radio.
>
> Since my wife's recent and unexpected death, I'm now living in our
> rural home alone.  It's 50 acres, and the terrain is complicated.
> To cover it all line-of-sight would take half a dozen positions.
> Adding to this, it's all within a valley in which there
> is basically no cell reception.  We have land-line telephone
> and terrestrial-radio-based Internet (ex-Motorola Canopy)
> at the house (only).
>
> This has been made more difficult for me because last year
> I injured my back rather severely.  So a real possibility now exists
> that if I'm out working on something remote from the house and
> re-injure myself so that I can't make it back, it might be too
> late before anyone notices and comes looking.
>
> What I need to find is some kind of device that I can carry with me
> on foot which can, perhaps with the aid of a base station at the house,
> permit me to make an outgoing emergency call (or at least send a signal).
> It can't require line-of-sight, and it can't depend on the cell network.
>
> What, if any, are my options?
>
> Thanks very much for any and all advice.
>
> Regards,
> David M.
> ===
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