http://4x4ham.com is a great place to meet other people that enjoy outdoors and HAM. it's based out of Arizona but has members nationwide.
also i would encourage people to get a hand-held as their first radio... i purchased a Kenwood mobile unit for my Jeep when i first got my license, but then...
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there's only about 1.5" between the interior plastic and the inside metal of the door, looks like it would be more, but the curve kills it. there are 3 large openings in the metal, 2 are where i mounted speakers and there is also a center one where the motor to release the window latch and...
the rig is looking good!
what PSI are you running on the street? i only run 30 on the street with my KM2's. i tried 35 at first but was actually wearing the center more, so i started only doing 30 to 33. you can do a chalk test to see if you're running too high (some times it doesn't work, i...
you might fit 2 hotdog tanks under there easier than finding a really large diameter yet short pancake tank.
i was able to get a 5 gallon tank in my Grand Cherokee interior spare tire well. if i hadn't done the batteries, i could have probably fit 2 tanks. i believe the my factory spare was 29"...
JNC300XL. Tiny but works to start my v8... only good for starting not as a camping power source (small batt with high CCA but low AH). I charge it in the house every three months.
diamond and comet are the top tier ham radio antenna companies, i've been impressed with the diamond stuff so far. i've broken multiple whip style stainless CB antennas but never hurt my diamond 39" NR770HB, which is all metal.
for mounts, you might also consider the K9000LRM. it folds over for...
get your guesses in!
The "Guess what TheKSmith is up to" contest: http://offroadpassport.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2795
what is the next addition to Lafawnduh?
had a detail done yesterday at a car wash. i'm never satisfied, but after i spend another half day finishing the job i figure the part i paid them for still saved some of my time.
Lufawnduh hasn't looked this good in a couple years!
before:
after:
i gave them $20 extra for a headlight...
nope, in fact it's too darn stuck on there, i have to wrestle it off! those are metal clips i got from a friend, i think the same as these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mag-Lite-Mag-Light-Clips-Mounts-Brackets-etc-FREE-SHIPPING-/320834225416?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab335c508
great thread idea, can't wait to see some of the cool stuff other people have done!
mine are mostly small mods, nothing too fancy yet. i did add a quick place to hold my point-n-shoot just the other day: http://offroadpassport.com/forum/showpost.php?p=25037&postcount=740
most of my...
funny you posted this, i just bought my first MacBook Pro in December. before that i was always a PC guy, with linux in a VM... i wanted to get into mobile development for iOS and it's a lot simpler to run Mac hardware with OS X and still have Windows (via Parallels) than it is to run OS X in a...
because it's missing a lot of features that many people want in an offline backcountry mapping solution. for just one example, how do you manage waypoints and tracks?
thanks for letting us know that BCN's premium maps are slow, i have not purchased them yet. i've never had any problems...
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