And it's not like the government can stop you when bad goes to worse

so it isn't necessery to get a license

Only if you think the government will be around long enough to punish you for not having one

When all this shit blows over then yeah go for it

nothing will happen if you use it to get rescued anyways

how many miles?

Depends on your position and antenna

it is satalite phone ?

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You could carry a length of wire and put it up in a tree, attach it to the antenna

No the baofeng is a handheld ham radio

But you can own it without a license

hello stranger

but how do I get a satalite phone which is cheap? cus theres no point of having thta

There is a point

You can talk to anyone that can receive you

So if you need to call for help

You can get help with it

Can i talk with someone who is in another continent?

Maybe

with baofeng or satelite phone?

Both

I thought you said no

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yo said "No the baofeng is a handheld ham radio"

Correct

handheld ham radio is not a satelite phone ?

Correct

My Baofeng has a range of 25 miles

but you said boefing could reach another continent

If you hooked it to a large antenna it could reach far

I assumed you were talking about satellite phones

so if I have an satelite phone I could reach people around the world

Satellite phones might be able to reach neighboring continents but I'm not sure exactly how far they can go

here let me GOOGOOL it for you guys

>put metal wire on arrow
>shoot it into a tree
>put other end onto your baofeng
>unlimited range
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Satellite phones are line of sight based

There are geostationary ones and ones orbiting the earth

Both are unusable if they reach too low of an angle in the sky because then terrestrial signals will interfere with communications

and what does that mean?

i think I will have to build my own satelite then