N2JNT-2 APRS for hiking safety.

This time of the year I like to take the Nikon and take off for the boonies.   As I go alone and I am often in some remote areas it is nice to have the APRS system broadcasting my location in the event I have a problem. 

Today I had the system attached to the backpack with the camera equipment when I hiked to the spillway at the Martin Dunham Reservoir in Grafton, NY.  The area is pretty remote but the system worked perfectly using the Baofeng UV5R 8 watt HT.  Yes,  there is an 8 watt version, that is not a typo.

Another use for APRS tracking while hiking is to record exactly where you took those breathtaking images.  HI HI.

Looking closely at the satellite image you can just make out the spillway in the image below.

The icon shows a car, but I don't bother to change it for hiking.