An old Army colleague a couple of years ago asked me if we could support their Everest expedition with radio communications.We were glad to help old friends and supplied a Motorola VHF Euro base station, cable and Yagi directional antenna with 12 Motorola GP340 handheld radios all packed in Peli Cases.
Everest base camp has power from generators and the climbers were able to power the base station and charge the radios.Two members of the expedition summitted and the radios worked excellently and proved their worth when the climbers found two Indian climbers who needed assistance on the lower slopes whose own radios had failed. Our radios were used to alert the Indian expedition organisers who were then able to send assistance to their climbers.
Fortunately we had been able to advise our expedition that the radios and spare batteries needed to be kept inside their jackets or the cold would affect the batteries. Payment to our radio hire dept was an invitation to visit Highgrove and meet Prince Charles who supported the expedition. For more information on our radio hire visit www.comsco.com
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