Which is better? Only you can decide.

Do you want to talk to some one or do you want to get rescued?

IF you KNOW that you can reach repeaters in ALL of the areas you go to, the YAESU VX-7RS is as perfect as needed. Name five people that you know of that have their radios on 24/7. You will have to get a ham license to get access to the repeaters. Ham radios are of little value in remote areas. Ham radios were tested where James Kim died. CB radios made more contacts at that location.

If your family, friends, associates and coworkers are into hame radios, go that way. If you want to talk to strangers, I prefer the telephone. I dial a good local three digit code and then a random four digit number. When they answer I say - "This is Ponder Ponder Base from Boise County, Idaho. How are you reading me tonight?"


If you want to get rescued, my recommendation is the ACR MicroFix PLB. That is the only thing it does. IT GETS YOU RESCUED - PERIOD. If the US Military was using SPOT, it would be great. They are not. It is not.