A few folks with these in a given area covers a lot of types comms with a pc.
There are cheaper homemade options.
The Halo long-range Wi-Fi extender and local hub takes a weak Wi-Fi signal – at a marina, truckstop, camp, etc – and boosts it, repeating it back directly to you up to 7 miles away in perfect conditions.
https://www.satphonestore.com/redport-halo-long-range-wifi-extender.html?
sorry PB kek
Unless you have height you are not going to be able to get much range with a handheld.
I can get 25 miles with a GMRS hi power 7watt baofeng & wire j pole antenna. but I'm 200" up above ground level. It's illegal but works. If you have a licence and can use a repeater you can get decent range if you can hit a repeater.
Most ppl will be better served with a wifi mesh of sorts like below
Exactly
I can anonymously leech wifi from 5-10 miles away no problem with just 1 setup. When I fire it Up I can see hundreds of routers but I live in a small city.
kek I tried to keep them off the radio
If they listen to just one ham net check in
they be like WTF was that and why do they sound like grumpy DJ's