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Ok everyone let's give the Offroaders Ham Net another go.... The topic is up for suggestions...navigation, tires, auto vs manual trans, getting better gas mileage..... I have a BBQ with a bunch of my 4x4 friends this Sat from 4pm on but I am not 100% sure I will have radio range out at the...

So my laptop mount is in... I have to say that this mount from Jeniko.com is the best thing going for $50 and worth twice that easily. I looked at the Ram mounts...the part that holds the laptop was too thick. Nothing else out there really grabed me until I saw Jeniko's website. They do have a...

Ok for this weekend's Offroaders Net.. Sunday 5pm MST/PDT Western Reflector 9251 or other odd # node Topic "Coolers, Fridges and other Food Storage Issues" once we get this rolling we can work on having "net control" and other such things but for now it seems all we can do to get folks on...

So here (pun moment) is the deal... In our Az group we have someone who is hearing impaired and so far she usually has a co-pilot with her to handle a family band radio so they know what is going on... Well on fjcruiserforums.com we have been working on some kind of setup to allow her trail...

Hey All, Due to lack of interest in a GPS Challenge I have changed this run to just a Play in the Box Canyon of the Hassyampa and a chance for folks to come out and play with different GPS... I am running Oziexplorer on a laptop with a gps mouse & a bluetooth gps on my Treo 700 (iguidance &...

Hey Tucson can I come play in your neck of the desert??? Someone take me on a run.. Charouleau Gap? did it once wouldn't mind it again Reddington Road Somewhere?? Who is gonna take me out and who wants to go? Something mild to medium without tooooo much carnage :) Watch this first post for...

Navigation Challenge Day Sunday Sept 9th Background: I am a person who needs motivation to really get into something and learn it well. Scouting taught me maps and compass use and I remember the fun of finding my way to secret spot or leading my group back to camp. Geocacheing was great for...

http://www.scottevest.com/40_SeV_Fleece_Jacket.shtml Here is a personal review of one of my favorite new travel toys... Scott E Vest Fleece Jacket/Vest First let me say that I bought this with my own money last spring and my recent trip to Peru (winter there now) was my first use of the...

Not really on an expedition (unless you consider taxi/bus travel with a wife, teenager and 9yr old) but I am always on the look out for rigs and other travelers. I always forget how many old land rovers are used down here with pto´s for work. I also saw (and got a pic of) a newer land cruiser...

This is my 3rd gen cb setup since I am cursed by the gods of trucker ruled airwaves... 1st gen was a midland handheld with a black firestik 4ft on bandi rear door hinge mount...not much range or power.... 2nd gen was a blue cobra handheld using a blue firestik 4ft on the same mount with the...

Hello 1 & all, I am planning on taking Sunday June 9th & Monday June 10th to do some solo wheeling/camping. I am looking for suggestions on places to go in or around AZ (within 6hr drive from PHX is ok) that would be quite and worth a look. The focus can be on the sites more than the wheeling...

Ok time to pick brains again...I promised I searched here & on the net and looked in ozi's help...but I just gotta know if there is an easier way... Here is what I am doing... Going to datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov to get my maps since it will let me pick by county and type of map...then I ftp a zip...

So I am moving along and using google earth and some 4x4 books to check out likely trails. Here is my problem.. I input the gps coord from the book to make some beginning waypts then I go back and fill in more detail with more waypts. I title them things to keep them in order like Charouleau Gap...

Hello & Howdy All, I am planning to go play in the cinders ohv area outside of flagstaff sunday june 3rd. Meet Phx @ home depot thunderbird & I-17 at 8am leave 8:30am cb channel 16 family band 7 ham 147.400 (yea I got my tech lic!, would really like to have another ham along to chat with & test...

Today my 16yr old son had a 1/2 of school so we went to the white tanks west of phx and spent some time getting our first trail run of ozi down. 1st trail run of 2nd gen gps setup. Equip: Panasonic Toughbook CF-50 sitting on my lap in pass. seat. Globalsat usb gps puck Oziexlporer USGS 7.5...

Like I posted in the gps section I figure I better start posting soon just to pay back for everything I am learning around here. This is a link to my first gen install of a midland handheld cb using the dc charger and perm antenna. Then I switched out for the cobra handheld (much better) using...

I figured I better try to pay the debt for everything I learn around here by at least posting something in my rig. This is a link to my Treo 700wx using a bluetooth gps with iguidance for street nav and beeline for offroad & geocaching. I am soon to upgrade to a laptop with mouse gps and...

Hello & howdy all, I have a drivers side rear door hinge mount cb antenna for my FJ Cruiser but I am finding that is causing me to project very directionally out from the passenger side front corner. I bought a wilson 1000 roof mount but as I was looking at where I wanted it I realized that...

Hello & Howdy All, I drive a 2007 FJ Cruiser that I want to setup for expedition travel. Background: Previous vehicles 74 VW bus w/ sleeping, fridge, stove, sink..would use as base camp & hike from there, then used a 2006 Honda Pilot (wifes) to travel down mild forest road & basecamp with...