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I recently put together a list of Moab trails and associated difficulty for an event we hosted. I've personally successfully competed all of the trails in Green, and attempted/failed those in Red. I'm happy to give my thoughts on any of those that you're interested in. Some of my favorites that...

Thanks @CatButt, I'm just camped near Silverton currently, I actually travel full-time. I've been here once before but haven't spent much time exploring until now. Planning to be in the area until around the end of June.

[Update] We're going to run the loop this coming weekend (memorial day), see the latest post if you're interested. I'll be spending the next month and a half or so in SW Colorado, planning to drive/camp the Alpine Loop and Imogene Pass while here if anyone is interested in joining. No dates...

They can, but only within the frequency ranges allocated for amateur service. FRS, GMRS, MURS, and CB, etc. are not within those ranges. You could certainly (legally) take a commercial radio or GMRS radio and modify it to transmit within the amateur bands.

To be fair, no license is required but you're not allowed to have mobile radios or repeaters, and limited to 2W transmit... it's basically FRS.

Some of the all-band/all-mode ham radios can be modified to transmit out of band, including 11M/CB and the GMRS frequencies. The Yaesu FT-857D for instance. These would be technically illegal to use to transmit out of the amateur bands they're type-accepted for but it's no different than using a...

It actually would be legal to hand out handhelds as long as you used a FRS/GMRS combined channel (1 thru 7). The "value" in the Midland over the cheap chinese radios (even though the 400W version is the same hardware) is in the FCC part 95 type acceptance. But still I'd go with the 15W version...

Also known as "hearsay." ;-)

Any source on this? I can't find anything about it. I'm going to go against the trend of this thread and say that, IMO these punishments seem extreme, but more importantly unrealistic, I question the validity of this story for several reasons.

Cool, we should still be here, Yep, pretty amazing place, and no one around. We went looking for the Wind Caves but didn't find them, didn't do enough research and expected them to be pretty obvious.

Ah, disappointed that I missed this, we were out at Chicken Corners yesterday. @HammerheadFistpunch

[04/12/2018 EDIT] Thought I'd bump this thread since I'm in Moab again this year, will be here until June if anyone is going to be in the area. I'm in Moab for the next couple months. If anyone is planning on visiting or in the area and wants to run some trails, plan a trip, or just grab a...

FYI, White Rim is part of Canyonlands NP Backcountry, no dogs allowed at all. https://www.nps.gov/cany/planyourvisit/pets.htm

Oh, interesting, I did not see that thread. Thanks @Steve!

I am retarded, I saw it as soon as the attached screenshot posted, please disregard. For others' reference, "Contact Me" must be checked... :grimacing: @Michael Any idea why I show up in CT when my location is set to Moab? I thought there used to be two location fields in the profile, but I do...

I just arrived in Moab and I'll be living here for the next couple of months (through May at least). If anyone is visiting, I'm up for whatever my big ass truck can handle.

Yeah, shows how much I was paying attention, I didn't realize it was going on a JK... I wouldn't do that either.

Reviews look good on Amazon, of course it's a compromise compared to 1/2 or 5/8 but reasonable for small group comms on GMRS. 1/4 wave of 460MHz is only 6.3". One review pointed out something that I hadn't considered, the lack of flutter, compared to a whip.

I think if I were running UHF/GMRS only, I'd do something like this: https://www.lairdtech.com/products/trab4503 https://www.lairdtech.com/products/etra4503 Of course, that's assuming you're willing to drill a hole and go NMO.

One downside to using a dualband antenna is that it's much larger than necessary to accommodate the longer wavelength of 2M.