Recent content by Shawn686

This is the best one I have found so far:

Sounds like they will work for what you want. Like Dave explained better than I would, unless mountain peak to valley or the like, the ranges advertised are theoretical. During actual use, other than SOTA etc, once you have ground clutter, terrain, and noise floor that will really limit your...

You wont be getting any where near 120 miles of range. You will be lucky to get 5, with any practical setup. I just hope you weren't planning on 120 Shawn

No problem With used ones you are going to have to go by the measurements, and you will probably find one that is close. You are also going to have too either call the dealer or swing by as well. II have found that they usually don't advertise them. If you look close at my pic above you can...

I have been doing this for years on multiple trucks. There are a few things you are going to want: 1) barn doors, game changing, once you use something with them you will not go back. 2) if you go over cab height (which you should do), you want to get one that is sloped on the front. Reduces...

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Looks great I am thinking of doing some thing similar Out of curiosity what is the inside left to right width of the of the bed you are going to end up with? Sorry if I missed it Shawn

There is no slippery slope or obsession. Just objective reality. Just like you dont have a ziplock bag full of water under your sink to combat a kitchen fire. Yes it may work, but you looked at the reality of the potential situation came to the position that the best course of action was a fire...

My point still stands. Even if you are in a place where you can hit a tower, what freq do you call on, is that freq monitored 24/7/365? And if someone does answer, is that person capable/willing to effectively, quickly and correctly pass that emergency communication. Also do they know where...

You are right they do. The context of this thread was for emergency communication. And for that GMRS and HAM simply are not capable of providing that, except under very specific situations. Which do not apply to 99.99% of people 99.99% of the time, making them a non option. Shawn

HAM and GMRS is not the answer Yes you can make contacts around the globe. The issue is what is the 78 year old HAM in Thailand going to do for you when you broke your leg and are bleeding out? And that assumes you where able to set up and tune your antenna before you died. And it also assumes...

I have owned several of these. And can echo what everyone has said, I would not recommend buying one new, the price for the quality is insane. What I would recommend is getting one used, all on mine have been purchased for under $800. Many dealerships have these in the back lots taken off lease...

You are making me want one of these. Good work Shawn

Can you not just get one of the million usb external gps pucks for $10 and use an adapter for the ipad? Not sure, I am not an apple person. I know it works with andriod/windows Shawn