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I've owned lots of SUV's and trucks but I think I'd like to have a Jeep now. I hope to sell my '69 Chevy C10 for around $4,000 and use that to buy one. I thought I wanted a Wrangler but a quick look on Autotrader showed I can buy lots of Grand Cherokees that are newer with less miles for the...

Do you want these two switch to work like in your house where you have a switch at either end of a hallway or at the top and bottom of stairs? Those are called 3 way switches. Electrically, they are single pole double throw (SPDT). The switch you have is a single pole single throw (SPST). If you...

A handheld CB with a rubber duck antenna could probably be tossed farther than it would transmit. If it has a connection for an external antenna that would make a lot of difference. Connecting a full power hand held to a good antenna should in theory be the equivalent of a CB mounted to the...

Rare indeed given that the 454 is 7.4 liters and the 8.1 L is 496 cubic inches. Two compltely different engines.

For your expected payload you really need to be looking at 2500 series trucks. Your looking at 1500 series trucks with the least payload of any of them (ecodiesel and raptor). Take some time to add up the weight of your family, pets, gear, prospective camper, fuel, recovery equipment, tools...

Anderson power pole connectors are available to fit #6 wire. They would be a good option for your plug. You can use the MC4 connectors if you like. It may be tight getting a #6 in them. I'm pretty sure #8 would fit but I've never tried #6.

Okay, yes a disconnect is in the code. What I meant was the one located right by the meter that may or may not be redundant to the code required one. You can have all the disconnects you want but if there's not one outside by the meter accessible to the power company then they aren't happy.

I install grid tied and off grid solar systems for a living. Your first problem is that there are not battery based grid tie inverters that operate with a 12v battery bank; there are some 24v but most are 48v. So, you couldn't have a home solar system that you could just "tie in" a few extra...

50V DC certainly gives you more room. You still may smoke the controller in really cold weather. The Voc of a panel is usually given at 25 degrees C. As the panel temp. drops the Voc rises based on the temp. coefficient for that panel which should be available from the manufacturer. A 25% rise...

While not as good as a satalite for sure you should read up on ham radio and APRS. It can and does work simillar to what you describe. You would have a GPS and a radio and it would transmit your position to receiving stations. (If there are any where you are, that's the question.) It gets put on...

You have learned what most TC owners already know: It's nearly impossible to carry a "reasonable" size camper on anything less than a dually and stay within the GVWR. Most TC owners run over the GVWR and go by axle and tire ratings. My '05 Chevy dually has a GVWR of 11,400 but fully loaded with...

I agress, if you have to ask, gas. I'm in construction and I use GM diesel trucks every day to haul and tow up to and over their design limits. They work great with very few problems and are very reliable. However, if I was buying a truck for basic transportation, off roading, camping, etc. it...

OP, you've posted up here asking for people to tell you that it will be just fine if you blatantly break federal rules. Right away that tells me a lot about you. An amateur radio is a communications tool. It can be used for many different things. Just because other people use it for...

The TMV71A has an un-defeatabel time out timer when in cross-band repeat mode; it's set at 3 minutes. For me that makes that mode unusable for any sort of use where a lot of people are keeping a repeater's squelch tail up like during an emergency net. If you're just talking simplex in cross-band...

If you want cross-band repeat then the FT-7900 is not for you. Otherwise, it's a great radio. I have a FT-7800 and I really like it. The FT-8800 is also a great radio but the buttons aren't illuminated so it's difficult to operate in the dark. I've been a ham for 22 years and I've owned 7...

If your using any Apple computers be sure to get a pure sine unit. One of my employees plugged his apple laptop into my MSW inverter despite my warning not too. He had to buy a new laptop. I have an off grid customer who destroyed the electronics in two gas ranges at his cabin by connecting them...

"Various things" doesn't say much. If you're only running small electronics and recharging a laptop or something the best small inverter out there is the Morningstar 300W. If you want to run some bigger things I'd go for 1,000 watts minimum. However, for not much more money you can get an 1,800...

You should be able to use the camper year around. The furnace should be ducted into the basement. This should keep your tanks from freezing with no need for anti-freeze. The furnace will use lots of battery power if you're camping without a hook-up. If you are plugged into shore power I would...

Single Side Band as you're referring to it likely is CB. Most average CB radios operate as AM. Some of the higher-end CB radios will also allow you to select SSB mode. This mode makes more efficient use of the transmitter's power output and will generally result in greater range. However, it is...

I have used CHIRP to program my FT-7800. It works, it's a very basic program but it gets the job done. I have no idea if it works on a MAC. This is the first radio I've ever owned that I've used a computer to program and I've been a HAM for over 22 years. I wanted to put Marine and railroad...