Originally Posted By: hikermor
I am sure most of us remember land lines. They had their problems also. nothing is totally foolproof.


Where I live cellphones are significantly more reliable than landlines were, when I had a landline. I don't know if that's still true.

I've recently had my interest in ham radio rekindled significantly. We have three licensed hams in my household, with handheld radios available to individuals and also stashed in kits for years (maintained on a schedule!).

Recently I've been more interested in HF radio, which allows longer range communication. I'm nearly complete in building an independently-powered HF "go kit" that should allow me at least hundreds if not over 1000 miles of "reach" on battery power with a portable antenna. To be honest it will probably have to get warmer before I want to exercise that capability more thoroughly.