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There's a point he makes about melt temperature that should be clarified. Critical temperature isn't melt but lower. From the Sampson Rope user's manual. https://samsonrope.com/resources/commercial-marine/rope-manual

Well, caveat emptor kind of factors in, too. It seems that the whole distribution channel reeks of fraud from the moment it leaves the factory floor.

That seemed odd to me as well. I think Arizona is one the least restrictive states for registrations. They use 3rd party providers for the MVD as well as state offices. I guess a lot of things are plausible there, like using a PO Box as your address on the title and stuff like that...

I've regretted selling my old bikes back in the day. I wish I still had the bikes I went through back then as I moved up and got hooked more and more - a Schwinn High Plains, Giant ATX 780, then a GT Zaskar. The GT was replaced by a Rhygin Juke SS. I was smart enough not to sell the Rhygin...

In the almost 30 years and two trucks I've had this old thing it went from solving a problem only known to climbers back in the 80s and 90s to being one of the original RTTs and wedges in 00s to I guess (hope?) fading back into a niche now.

It's absolutely a relative preference. I've never personally owned a big Cruiser wagon but have spent plenty of time in friends. I have owned an FJ40 and FJ60 (briefly) followed by my '91 mini truck and then '08 Tacoma. There was a 4th gen 4Runner in there for a while until it was clear a...

You have to run tires at whatever pressure you need to achieve a load rating. The basic difference in load C, D, E is that the sidewalls are increasing stronger to allow a higher maximum pressure and to some extent be able to handle more heat as a result. It's the air inside that is holding...

This is not true. A grade 8 bolt is always higher strength than a grade 5. While you are right that heat treating to achieve grade 8 does cause the plastic region of the bolt to decrease. That only means that the transition region from recoverable bending (elastic, meaning it returns to it's...

There's been plenty of advice about an external speaker. FWIW, I use old cast-off Motorola HSN1006 units that used to be all over hamfests and eBay. Generally speakers don't have to rocket surgery, you want one that's loud enough and most anything you find in ham, commercial radios or...

Is the point may be that InReach devices aren't creating their own ad-hoc network? IOW, a message between two InReach devices sitting next to each other still have to see the Iridium constellation. Even if that's what is meant it's not really a fair complaint. It's like saying a cell phone...

Generally yes but in this case a 1/4λ to cover the lowest frequencies (bands 13/28 on Verizon, for example, are 700 MHz) is 4 inches tall so physical length isn't difficult to achieve practically. The biggest problem is interference and obstructions around them. That's why some antennas you...

I can't say firsthand but that won't stop me from speculation. There's a couple of designs from which all these Chinese radios derive. The standard free-for-all, work everywhere radios are usually direct conversion architecture based on a RDA1846 IC (e.g. the UV5R, etc). The main problem with...

In this case there is some logic to it I think even with channelized simplex. If you're using perhaps the digital mode of an FTM-400 you could see FM carriers even if your radio doesn't demodulate them to find unused frequencies. But, yeah, generally having band scope in a mobile or portable...

Do you have a budget number in mind? The Wouxun KG-805G and KG-905G are probably some of the better GMRS radios but they're not cheap. You can spend more if you want additional features but these two in particular are known to be good GMRS radios. By better in this case I mean actually takes...

That's unlikely if the battery is fairly depleted, however you are right that those battery banks are more aggressive about turning off as the load approaches full. I've seen where you have two algorithms competing such that you can get oddity with some devices. Anker and similar profile for...

This is a "sort of" question because whatever is on the roof is going to be better but some antennas benefit more from large planes under them than others. And in the case of a simple 1/4λ having a sufficient planes under it is basically mandatory, which is probably what you're getting with a...

Just my $0.02 but if you want dual band and dual VFO you might be better off assuming you'll need to go remote face mounting. Not that the DR-MD500 is bad necessarily but there's not a lot of history and it's maybe an Anytone AT-D578UV that's been rebranded. So I'd have some concern about it's...

I'd be wary of using Riv-nuts on your 'Nest. The fiberglass is not very thick and often the internal structure is wood. So when they expand and squeeze they will most likely just crack the shell. There's a few places where there is steel molded inside the 'Nest with a void behind it, like the...

A J-pole is a very fine antenna but doesn't seem like it would meet some of the OP's and many of the subsequent posting member requirements for a mobile antenna other than cost and naturally performance? Even as a portable antenna it's not the most packable when built with soldered copper...

That telescoping mast is an awesome find. It's aluminum, which could be useful (as insofar as it could be your radiating element directly, although an extra section or two would be handy) or a slight inconvenience (e.g. affect tuning potentially and you have to consider lightning and static...