SCUBA and Amateur Radio

[aquaregia]

I'm wondering if any of the divers here have amateur radio operating licenses, and if they're at all useful in SCUBA. I've been carrying my 2m hand-held to dive sites in case something happens and there's no cell coverage, but so far I haven't been in a place with no cell coverage but where I can still hit a repeater. Does anyone else carry a radio for emergencies, and if so, which bands do you use?

 

[deadly_risk]

I carry my VX-170 2m HT with me in my diving pelican case. However all my dive locations are in places with cell service and 2m repeaters.

A diving couple I know carry a hf radio on their dive boat to check email and chat to people back home with while they are out in the gulf.


Turns out there are quite a few hams here: http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/non-diving-related-stuff/323034-any-amateur-radio-people-here.html