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Hope the weather holds warm! Love the desert and the heat!:arabia: Doing Kokopelli Trail on my way to Goblin...then off across AZ again but east to west Petrified forest, Painted Desert,few more Indian sites on my way to Flagstaff area and associated parks, Sedona/Prescott to visit some ExPo...

Found this thread and hope to follow it up to Sept 8 as I leave early on the 9th to head south from Calgary. I too am going to this area from Goblin Valley, UT (15th) then to Tuba City and then east (16th) to Chinle and Canyon De Chilly. Will stop at most Indian villages through Hopi country...

I have (all are too big to post - so email me alsenj at gmail dot com): Mojave area Rubicon area El Camino Del Diablo area Anza Borrego area Death Valley areaWill send to anyone who wants them, please make any comments to this forum. These files will only be available until end of August as I...

Very nice design. Wondering how you got the 1/4" tubes attached to the angle iron? I suspect you welded them? I agree with the other posting might want to trim some material so you don't get bruises.cuts on legs etc. Looks good enough to copy....again! It's funny how each time something is...

Hi there fellow canuck. Best way to do this is: There are 5 GPS manufactures that are pretty well know , Garmin (the biggest, most stuff available, third party stuff, file formats, etc.) , Delorme, Magellan, Tom Tom, Lowarance,; each has their website divided for mobile (hand held) as well as...

IMHO the 7800 is a tough little radio that will compare well with any out there. It has tons of memory and more than most, a truly versatile radio. I use ADMS software to program all the repeaters in each state, province, country (each in its own memory bank) I travel through and scan while I...

I pretty much have to agree with that assessment as well. Although I have about 800-1000 repeaters to cover the entire western half of Canada and USA and having a place to download a file with lat/longs is a lot easier to import into my GPS. I have tried a few in Calgary area near to where I...

I thought as much, that's what I do as well, thanks!

Blue Sea fuse blocks I have one in my truck as well, works great keeps everything neat (like an electrician should) and with the labelling you always know what is what. Just wish they had had the waterproof ones when I got mine. They come in 6 or 12 position models, keep in mind total amperage...

Great system, not unlike what I have found to use for my travels as well. How do you remember which bank is which? Does the 8800 allow you to rename the banks or do you have a cheat sheet?

Radio Organization Now that we have the frequency band stuff more or less worked out along with legalities, how do you all organize your radios? What I mean here is most Ham radios have some memories, whether it is regular, band, hyper, home, etc. We no doubt have quite the variety of radios...

GMRS/FRS Radio Quite the write up gary in ohio! Thank you! You seem to be very knowledgeable about this stuff. Our resident expert! Thank you!

Most people do not actually know the frequencies, just the channels, that's why I mentioned them. Don't want to get into any kind of deep discussion but, the FCC rule book, on their website, and my manual for my GMRS/FRS radios which quotes FCC rules, DOES designate them as both channels...

Hate to correct you (I did some checking [FCC] as you so correctly pointed out the flaw in my post) as you seem so well informed and legal (r u a comm lawyer by chance?), but Canada does NOT require any licensing for GMRS/FRS at all. The US DOES, but only for GMRS (CH1-7 and 15-22) not FRS...

You will love it, very versatile. Another suggestion I have is I buy Kingsford Match Light easy starting briquettes and they come in various size bags as well. I get the one that is a couple of pounds say 5 or so, so don't have to carry so much extra weight and bulk. As for cooking for one, I...

I too have a 24V system in my TLC from Japan. I use a device made by Solar Converter (nothing to do with the sun, just a name, Canuck at that!) http://www.solarconverters.com/product_frame.html they make converters for our systems that manage the load on both batteries (provided they are the...

That's a very cleaver usage of some technology you have on board anyway, I really Like that idea! Thanks! BTW a neat website for repeaters in CO is http://www.nwham.com/repeaters/quick.php?state_id=08 and you can search by route scroll down the page a bit and you'll see this. Search by route:

Great idea with the laptop, but for me and the extend trips south from Calgary to as far as MX, a laptop is just one more thing to make my truck stand out and for me to leave it somewhere, it breaks, or some one wants to steel it.I try to travelling light so if I find some neat things to bring...

Many thanks, mate! Good stuff!