>>283852But, if you want to camp with a radio, I like the Yaesu FT897.
It has 100 watts when you needed. If you want to go portable, it has an optional battery pack, as well as a carry handle. You can lower the output to 5 watts and operate remotely for hours.
Utilizing NVIS (near vertical incidence skywave) antennas, I could guarantee reliable communications for up to about 200 miles or so. You could make the antenna out of some lamp wire quite easily... a balanced dipole is sufficient.