Recent content by Curt_JK

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...

Can't make the meeting as I'm leaving for El Camino Del Diablo on Friday. However, if there is interest I'd like to run Henness Pass Road in the spring, and possibly a longer trip through Nevada (Black Rock Desert?) after that.