Top 5 Must Have Accessories For The GRR

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Originally Posted by NomadicD3

Hey Scomac,
I've read most of the posts and notice not a alot of mentions for UHF radio. This should be compulsory!!! When you catch up to "Baz and Shirl" doing 30 Kph towing their 3 ton van, then you can give them a shout out, on channel 40, and ask them politely to get the fryer tuck out of your way, like wise if someone sneaks up on you in your dust and want you to move. If you don't want to fit one then buy a 5 watt hand held, hell for what it's worth you can swing by and borrow one of mine. As Pat touched on, the traffic on the main GRR and Mitchell falls road is very heavy that time of year and over taking through dust is one of the biggest hazards, a little communication between vehicles goes along way!!!
Regards
Brian.
PS, I'm up there in about late April/May weather depending, I could give you an update if you want...

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Thanks Nomadic, will definitely be fitting a UHF. Have the hand helds as back up. Update me for sure on when your going up.
Thanks to everyone for all the input so far, so much knowledge and experience here.

Not sure if I've mentioned this previously - I'll blame oldtimers. But you can get an attachment that converts an iPhone 4 into a sat phone (and now for 5 as well). Then works off your existing provider plan etc - expensive calls I believe but if its for emergency contact only.