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Seems like the closest single device solution would be a Garmin GPSMAP 66i. It should be better as far as maps and navigation than the InReach Explorers. It derives from the actual handheld GPS receiver lineage with two-way satellite added rather than the other way with the previous devices...

What have they changed? All the publicity talks about LED headlights, a standard 4.2" center with an 8" infotainment center and leather seats on higher specs. The interior being more car-like. The 2.8L is improved and some markets will get the 1GR again. It sounds mostly superficial. It...

It's a physics limitation. Even if everything in the path was perfect just the round trip time to a Hughes bird like Echostar 19 is 240 ms (light speed out and back to 22,236 mile location). That's just the actual flight time of the RF, not including any error correction, processing and the...

Something else that just occurred to me, check for loose bolts or gravel and debris stuck on or behind skid plates and heat shields.

If it was making noise when you're sitting still but the engine running it is unlikely to be the transfer case, wheel bearings, brake related (like rock stuck in the caliper), differentials, driveshaft u-joints. Could be something on the input side of the transmission, like a torque converter...

These are multiple network routers, meaning they can connect devices in the vehicle seamlessly to whatever connectivity you install. They AFAIK have cell LTE modems built in but can extend to a wide area WiFi, LMR (voice two-way Land Mobile Radio) data infrastructure if it's installed or...

Any of the satellite solutions are going to handle that fine but expensive relatively speaking. For example a 100 MB/month Iridium-based BGAN is about $400/month at around 128 Kbps speeds. It's usually measured in Kbps at Dollars/minute, so it might be $10/min to have a 128 Kbps connection and...

HughesNet is what you mean and it's a geosynchronous VSAT so as mentioned latency is going to be bad and bandwidth is modest (about 25 Mbps for a consumer). OTOH they have generous data caps in the tens of GB per month. The gen 5 (Jupiter) architecture measures latencies of about 650 ms and...

The problem is not new. Starlink is licensed for Ka and Ku bands now and eventually will utilize the V band. So there's plenty of real world use and engineering from which to draw. A typical in-flight aircraft system might support 400Mbps and the antennas are already steerable, electronically...

The little red rubber cap they include with the NMO bases I don't think would stay on very long for sure. I'm not sure what they expect it to do 'cause it sure isn't going to stay put on the highway or stop any water in the rain. Since I use mostly Larsen antennas I keep a couple of their rain...

These low profile or phantom antennas exist for cop cars, diplomatic cars and unmarked vehicles that would like not to draw attention or might be at risk of damaging whips flopping around. So absolute performance isn't the primary goal. They usually need a sufficient ground plane and with one...

Most everyone has some aesthetic criteria even if it's to be inoffensive. I view a truck as a tool and so if looks plain now it'll look plain in the future that I hope is many years away. I prefer the individualization to be in the dents it collects in actually using it rather than the vision...

How frequent do intend to use service, how much data and what are your bandwidth requirements? Does it have to be something always available or can you set a schedule to some extent?

A&P, eh? I mean, it's not like we're talking rocket surgery here. Well, actually, imagine the headache they might have with electronics, avionics, optics and sensors shipboard, getting off the ground into flight or space or against military artillery. No shortage of ideas that might be adapted.

I think you're about right, I don't hate the Tacoma but I don't love it either. The 2nd gen would be a pretty decent looking truck if they hadn't gone off the rails with the stylized wheel openings. The first 3 years of the 4th gen 4Runner had a similar issue with the cut off flat arches. I...

The squished Tacoma grill looks out of place but yeah, it's a typically plain Japanese looking vehicle, which is fine to me. I don't drive a truck to make a fashion statement. I like that it's a little smaller since I wish our Tacoma exterior dimensions would shrink a little.

They could bring that NV400 here and I bet sell at least as many of those as the long nose abomination they made here, probably more even. Is it the regulations are enough different that global platforms can't work here?

The main manufacturers of these sheet metal lip mounts are Diamond and Comet. Both are Japanese companies. https://diamondantenna.net http://www.cometantenna.com The one on the Jeep you show looks to me to be a Diamond K400CNMO. https://diamondantenna.net/k400cnmo.html There's a few...

Do you have your ham license? In your other thread you mention just needing it for ROF trips. All your questions basically hinge on who you want to talk to and over what distances. Do you really mean dual mode using FM and a digital or dual band meaning VHF and UHF? The answer is depends on...

The Comet CA-2x4SR is a dual band steel whip antenna that covers VHF. For GMRS-only there's no reason to use that or Ed Fong's dual band J-pole because you don't need VHF. But the principle of shoving a J-pole antenna in a PVC pipe could be adapted, which is what I suspect many of these UHF...