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All I know is he said his GMRS radio was set to high power - I have no more details than that. Edit: Ham was using VHF, which should also in theory work better than UHF in the backwoods of Idaho. Not at all a scientific test, just sharing my experience. The difference in reach was quite...

Here's what I use for antennas on my 4Runner: Gamiviti antenna brackets for Toyota Also, just came back from a week-plus long trip where the tailgunner had both a Midland GMRS and a Yaesu (iirc) ham radio. Had to jump on the ham multiple times when the GMRS wasn't strong enough, and that's...

Just called the Lolo visitor center, they said there are no campfire restrictions in their forest or along the Magruder. Probably worth checking with the ranger stations when they open on Monday. Fun fact: the Lolo visitor center is on the eastern side of the Lolo motorway - in Idaho. If you...

Mike, do you have a link to the details of this order?

Did you guys find this Magruder Road Corridor pamphlet from the usfs already?

If the dates quoted here are correct we should be able to get ahead of the construction. The official usfs news release doesn't have dates listed, unfortunately.

Very good point, and in this case the radio is not in the path of any airbag.

I expect I'll get there fairly late on Wednesday, also coming in from the north. I'll check out the campsites along the road, starting with the one just north of Jarbidge. I'll be the gray old dude in a gray old 4Runner (the one in the picture to the left). I'll holler on the local repeater...

If you're going for a mobile radio, recommend making sure to get one where the head is separate from the main radio unit. There's not much space near the dash in a 4Runner, I used a proclip mount to hold the head of my radio and put the main radio part in the passenger footwell.

This is my favorite use case for APRS on the trail, I've used it to keep track of the tail when I was up front.

Very nice! Are you keeping the ol' hand held as well? Keeping the option of monitoring additional frequencies? Do you find you use your CB much? I don't have much use for mine other than when on the occasional logging road.

I know of a couple of nice creeks on the Magruder...

Hi Stephen, I can indeed see that you have a GMRS license! Call sign WRQB726

I wouldn't necessarily discount your existing setup, especially with a decent external antenna, a separate microphone, and a connection to 12 volt power. From what I remember, I was able to hear you clearly on the trail, except when we were on opposite sides of a hill. A 25 watt radio will...

Here's one of my "geeking out" moments with APRS... Running APRSdroid with offline maps on my Android based head unit, connecting to the TNC on my radio. The icons are positions of other stations received by the radio over the air.

This is turning into a bit of a radio thread but why not :) As I said earlier, I have the Kenwood and I like it a lot. It is hard to find right now, so I'd probably look at the Yaesu FTM-300DR if I was shopping for one. Being able to hook up a computer to the TNC to do winlink is cool, but...

There's an ever narrowing window between when snow melts and when the forest fires start.... don't wait too long!

Yup, that's the one. With tone set to 100. We typically use 146.46. Seems this is a common frequency used by other off roading and overlanding groups as well, so we should probably have an alternate ready.

Love these compact and inexpensive radios!, how they make radios accessible for those of us more purpose-focused rather than interested in the amateur radio hobby itself. That said, I wouldn't be happy with a radio that didn't have reasonably easy access to the functions I use all the time...

I stopped by HRO in Tigard to check out and play with the radios that I was interested in, ended up picking the Kenwood TM--D710G. I buy a lot of things unseen and over the net, but being able to touch and feel various radios made a big difference. Oh, and I suspect they use your callsign for...