Many of the big ranchers have gone to sat phones and pay for them out of their own pockets as they should. However, there are small spreads that can not afford them and if bill was setup correctly could aid in reporting illegal invader or drug smuggling activities. Possibly the sats could be only set up to only call SO or BP.
We tried ham also. Some of the wooded areas were so dense we could not get out. Sats or Onstar would not even work. May work well in Arizona or West Texas
11 posted on 04/22/2013 2:47:56 AM PDT by eartick
(Been to the line in the sand and liked it)