Recent content by Curt_JK

No posts in 4 years!?! :astonished: Anyone still here? Cal4Wheel is hosting a Ham Cram next month.

If you want to read a great story about Death Valley, read "Death Valley in '49" by Willam Manley. It's in the public domain Death Valley in '49 by William Lewis Manly . In 2020 we traveled along some of Manley's route, and visited many of his stops.

Howdy Joe Not sure how flexible your schedule is, but Cal4Wheel is having a Death Valley event March 30 - April 2. I'm doing an Arizona trip with my Jeep club April 6-11, otherwise I would go with you to Death Valley.

I called Bodie, the ranger said the road to Masonic is open.

I'm using the maps in Peter Masey's "Backcountry Adventures Nor Cal" book.

I will be in Masonic Friday night; Saturday morning we can drive towards Bodie. If there is a gate on Bodie Masonic Road, there are trails on either side that run to Bodie.

How are you getting over the Sierra Nevada, through Yosemite? I aim to get to Bridgeport about 3pm; then head up towards Masonic, with time to explore the sites along the way; find someplace to pitch camp and make dinner before sundown. If that works for you, send me your phone number via the...

I'll be at the meeting point at *11AM* if anyone wants to leave early. I would like to explore Masonic Mountain before sunset; so leaving at 2:30PM doesn't work for me.

Great, I'll text you some info. If anyone else is interested, message me here or reply to this post.

I was watching the Tarmarack fire since it had closed the 395 for awhile, but it is again open. Here is what I propose - Leave 8/13 for Bridgeport, then take the Masonic Trail (in Peter Masey's "Backcountry Adventures Nor Cal" book) to Masonic and find a place to disperse camp. 8/14 - Take the...

I'll be there. Will be running APRS if anyone wants to test their system.

Just saw that Ham Radio Outlet is opening a store in Sacramento. I don't know about you, but I am always needing coax and antenna bits, so having a local source is handy. HRO Sacramento

I live in Sacramento (we might have met on a Zoom meeting?). If you need to test radios or get out to the backcountry let me know.

Right now I use Gaia for navigation (but plan to switch to Backcountry Navigator once my Gaia subscription expires, as Backcountry Navigator can display APRS as a layer over the basemaps). The APRSDroid basemap I use is an optimized Open Street Maps file of the US; you cannot navigate or...

I would like recommendations/feedback for a mobile rig. My current setup is a Baofeng UV82 connected to an external antenna and a Mobilinkd TNC3; I then have a tablet running APRSDroid connect via bluetooth to the TNC3. This setup works great (I can send/receive packets; smart beaconing, message...