Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Planning a road trip with ham radio? 🚗📡 Don’t skip this step or your trip could be doomed! In this video, I walk you through exactly how I pre-plan radio coverage before hitting the road. Whether you’re traveling for fun, work, or emergency preparedness, knowing where you’ll have communication is critical.
Here’s what you’ll learn in this video:
✅ How to find ham radio repeaters in the area you’re visiting using tools like RepeaterBook
✅ How to check for Winlink RMS gateway coverage so you can send and receive email without the internet
✅ How to verify APRS coverage along your travel route using APRS.fi and other mapping tools
✅ Why radio pre-trip planning is essential when cell service is unreliable or unavailable
Ham radio isn’t just a hobby — it’s a lifeline when traveling off-grid. By planning ahead, you’ll know exactly where you have repeater coverage, Winlink gateways, and APRS digipeaters/iGates, so you can stay connected no matter where the road takes you.
If you’re into ham radio, prepping, road trip planning, or emergency communications, this video is for you.
🔹My Favorite Gear - amazon.com/shop/km4ack
🔹Links mentioned in the video
Voice Alert - youtu.be/GoXOoIq8tME
🔹Raspberry Pi Build Guide - tiny.cc/pi4guide
🔹Frequently Asked Questions - tiny.cc/km4ack-faq
🔹Weekly Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/40da1fe472e3/km4acknewsletter
🔹Follow Me
Twitter @km4ack
🔹FREE Get Started Guide - tiny.cc/getstartedguide
🔹Cool Ham Gear - km4ack.com
🔹Support the channel through Patreon - patreon.com/km4ack
🔹Did you just get a raspberry pi and want to hook it up to your radio? Start here youtu.be/E1SEgPFQk4M
Want your raspberry pi to play nice with your ham radio? Are you into digital modes like FT8, JS8Call, FLDIGI, Winlink, APRS, Digipeaters and others? Each week I put out new content showing you exactly what steps to take to get the latest ham radio software on your raspberry pi. Whether you just want to ragchew or are seriously into emergency preparedness, emcomm, or ARES and want to learn all you can about using the raspberry pi to drive your ham radio, this channel has something for you. Be sure to click the subscribe button and ring the bell before heading off. That way you will get notified of all future videos.
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Planning a road trip with ham radio? 🚗📡 Don’t skip this step or your trip could be doomed! In this video, I walk you through exactly how I pre-plan radio coverage before hitting the road. Whether you’re traveling for fun, work, or emergency preparedness, knowing where you’ll have communication is critical.
Here’s what you’ll learn in this video:
✅ How to find ham radio repeaters in the area you’re visiting using tools like RepeaterBook
✅ How to check for Winlink RMS gateway coverage so you can send and receive email without the internet
✅ How to verify APRS coverage along your travel route using APRS.fi and other mapping tools
✅ Why radio pre-trip planning is essential when cell service is unreliable or unavailable
Ham radio isn’t just a hobby — it’s a lifeline when traveling off-grid. By planning ahead, you’ll know exactly where you have repeater coverage, Winlink gateways, and APRS digipeaters/iGates, so you can stay connected no matter where the road takes you.
If you’re into ham radio, prepping, road trip planning, or emergency communications, this video is for you.
🔹My Favorite Gear - amazon.com/shop/km4ack
🔹Links mentioned in the video
Voice Alert - youtu.be/GoXOoIq8tME
🔹Raspberry Pi Build Guide - tiny.cc/pi4guide
🔹Frequently Asked Questions - tiny.cc/km4ack-faq
🔹Weekly Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/40da1fe472e3/km4acknewsletter
🔹Follow Me
Twitter @km4ack
🔹FREE Get Started Guide - tiny.cc/getstartedguide
🔹Cool Ham Gear - km4ack.com
🔹Support the channel through Patreon - patreon.com/km4ack
🔹Did you just get a raspberry pi and want to hook it up to your radio? Start here youtu.be/E1SEgPFQk4M
Want your raspberry pi to play nice with your ham radio? Are you into digital modes like FT8, JS8Call, FLDIGI, Winlink, APRS, Digipeaters and others? Each week I put out new content showing you exactly what steps to take to get the latest ham radio software on your raspberry pi. Whether you just want to ragchew or are seriously into emergency preparedness, emcomm, or ARES and want to learn all you can about using the raspberry pi to drive your ham radio, this channel has something for you. Be sure to click the subscribe button and ring the bell before heading off. That way you will get notified of all future videos.
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