HF radio

Rear mount - yes. Anything mounted on the vehicle that could
obstruct a driver's vision is banned. That said, we drove around
for a years trip with it mounted on the bull bar - with no problems
from the police. It was in front of the passenger which was rather
distracting for them until we got used to it being there. We saw a few
other vehicles with it on the front. The regulations may vary from state to state.

When you talk about coupling the HF to the GPS - I am not sure
if there are any public networks that will accept GPS fixes over HF
- due to the regulations on particular pieces of the RF spectrum
being used for voice only - not data. The last I heard from VKS737
was that they had applied for the license but had not heard anything.
The situation may have changed in the meantime.

We liked the Barratt - it was interesting to hear the chat at
sched times - although often hectic during the winter peak
travelling times!

Rob

Robbo,

Just bought a Barrett 950 last week from Electric Bug - hopefully install it tomorrow. I went HF because of its multiple uses and low ongoing costs - weather reports, road reports andmine has been programmed with lots of other stuff on it.

I was looking into using Radtel or Bush Telegraph for making phone calls via HF. Anyone with any experience in either of these? Radtel charge $110 per year and 99c per minute for unlimited calls.

Robbo
I would recheck the costs on Sat phones they have come down a lot in the last year. A phone now costs under $1000.00 and monthly costs as low as $15.00/ month with $2.00 /min for calls. You have the oppertunity to change plan twice A year so you can hve even cheeper calls when you are away.
regards John

Robbo,

Just been through the exercise (was asking Q. here a couple of weeks ago). Barrett 950 on the bullbar. Have been playing with it (radio) now for a week.As everyone says it just a matter of practise. Happy with the coverage and the beacon system makes it quite simple to make phone calls (Radphone). Sellcall 3630. Wish I'd had it (could afford it) years ago. See ya in the bush!

Miker.

Miker.