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Absolutely true, different strokes for different folks. Nothing wrong with Gaia if it works for you. I prefer to spend my subscription money with Caltopo, which I just find more useful. It does decent routing, has an ability to act as a map tile server for other applications (requires the top...

Are you after something for mobile or stationary use? When you say "directional" I'm wondering if you mean a Yagi or dish maybe and how big of an antenna you're using. Anyway, lots of hams have come up with tilt-up masts over the years for all sorts of reasons. Very common with large beams...

Do you mean dual band as in covering perhaps both 2m and 70cm or actually dual tuners? If you want the later it's hard to imagine a smaller radio than that Alinco Bill shows. It's pretty small. In fact I'm not it isn't the smallest ever. There's been some small radios, the Yaesu FTM-10...

Would be nice to see better connectors like the TNC in ham radio. I think the downside to the TNC is that it's a fairly complex connector mechanically and doesn't offer enough to justify in many cases. The N handles slightly more power and will tolerate large coax and hard line a little...

DCS doesn't use a digital carrier. DCS is sending a low baud 23-bit telegram at 134 bps superimposed on your analog FM signal. It's so slow it would sound like a very low frequency tone if it wasn't filtered, just like the actual low frequency sub tone of CTCSS, which are analog tones mixed...

The fella asked about a laptop maybe because he has it already or needs it for other things? I have a laptop I use for work and for its main task a tablet isn't an option. I get to lug around a Dell Precision mobile workstation with an i7-1265/32GB. So it's got the horsepower, why not just...

Would make one suggestion regarding your (correct) assessment of holding the radios in place. I submit what has always struck me as a kludge solution but one that has worked fine for years with commercial radios. The strap or tie-down being various things, sometimes barely more than a bungie...

Having the antenna between slats on a roof rack is going to perform poorly. The lift gate lip can work fine but might limit antenna options. For example simple 1/4λ whips aren't going to work well and might present a bit of challenge to tune. More or less similar to fender and bumper...

Not HG, for the timing chain.

My basis for saying that was the observation of the HG condition at ~187k. It hadn't started leaking but it wouldn't have been long before it did. So I'm just suggesting that on the first generation of Toyota iron blocks and alloy heads (22R, 1FZ, 3VZ, etc) they hadn't completely figured out...

Meh, I went back to stock nylon guides when the supposedly better metal guides gave up very prematurely. Now it's only fair to say this was not a factory setup but that short lived (guess why) single row conversion that used machined down double row guides. Lifespan was installed at 145k...

I'm a Caltopo subscriber but there's no denying you're right that the phone and web apps are, I dunno, more "get straight to the point" and not as casual GIS friendly by themselves.

I don't care if you run GMRS unlicensed. No, you're right though, as a ham I don't like people who run unlicensed but it's actually a bit more offensive that you do so publicly as though it's some sort of badge of honor. It's easy. Even little kids like 9 years old can ace it. The main...

Glad to hear! Forgot to mention, this is another option for Garmin topo maps. They are already compiled, no monkeying around. https://garmin.opentopomap.org/ Didn't mean to suggest the 62/64/65/66 aren't good receivers (I really like my new-to-me 65s for hiking and skiing) but the lack of a...

Your questions aren't really simple "just copy this" sorts of things. Garmin still makes fine hardware but business-wise really wants you to buy Topoactive or their 24k or 100k topo maps. I got a new GPSMAP 65s that came with Topoactive maps. They're OK. I wouldn't buy them otherwise...

It's so cute. Looks like the fake product toys they'd include in a conference registration swag bag.

The use case is absolutely key. I could see a fleet EV truck where it's used all day, charge it at night. The problem is realistic range and charging in exceptional cases. Vail (the ski town) is finding that EV buses are very optimistically rated and fast charging isn't as useful as you'd...

You heard the same spiel as me from the same individual. So not putting words in anyone's mouth since I think it's safe to assume we both respect the source, the question comes down to multipliers for slope and mire factor. All points are rated by the OEM based on GVM. Which as we found out...

I've talked to knowledgeable engineers about these and you need to be very careful with these. The threaded receiver in the vehicle *might* be alright but the eye bolt included with the vehicle is usually low strength. That's intentional, they are just designed for pulling a disabled vehicle...