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You'll do fine!

Looking forward to it!

I'm pretty poor so I do the same thing. However, a NEW HT is in my future, I just have not decided what I want yet. One of the tri-band Kenwoods is in the running though as well as possibly a DMR rig.

In the land of amateur radio, the FT-60R is a really affordable radio. Check out some of the higher optioned ones. $300-500 for a HT.

FT-60R is a classic and a great little radio.

Not yet Chris. Was gonna give it time for ome more round on comments and try to make up the RP this weekend.

I'm not going to make the OH ride this year. I lucked out and was off New Year's Eve last year but I'll be working this go round. I expect it'll be a good time though.

OK folks, there's been no more input so here's what I'm thinking. I've not been to Beamers or Parkway so we'll start at Mission BBQ and we can move it for subsequent meetings if we want to. Sunday January 20th at 3pm at the Mission BBQ in Roanoke, Va at Towers Mall. That should be after the...

For best results, any of your contact points need to be sanded clean of paint so it's bare metal to bare metal. You can put a light coat of copper anti-seize the to help prevent rust. You also should put a ground strap (1/2" wide tinned copper braid) between the tailgate and the body. Just...

I applaud you for not cutting it up. I've never seen one like that before. That's pretty cool!

Found it. https://www.overlandbound.com/forums/threads/coleman-sickness-affliction.1073/

Have you joined in on the coleman gas products thread on here? I don't have the link handy.

Saw this on FB.

How does that antenna mount work? Do you drill those holes or are they preexisting?

It will probably receive ok. A dual band would work better since it's also tuned for a closer band but they are going to be longer. My dual band Tram is about 18".

Pretty much exactly what PR said. I'm also a Ham and have my radios programmed to be on low power when I select a memory. 99% of the time I can get through on low which is 5W and easily access repeaters that are 20 miles away in the mountains of Va. It's rare that I need to go up in power to be...

It seems like a nice radio for the money. It's just getting that money! :laughing: I'm planning some "shack standardization" soon. I'd like to sell off all my various brand radios and pick one particular one to standardize on, that'll be a bank breaker when I finally make the decision on that. I...

Neither of these off a great ground plane since the roof rack bars aren't usually grounded to the body. You'd want to have a good wide ground strap from the mount over to a good ground on your roof to use them effectively. You really have to be weary of that kind of thing, it can make or break...

I don't have the Midland. I have a dual band Ham on mine. I use a GMRS HT. I don't know if the Midland RX the WX freqs or not. I have been considering the smaller Midland recently though.

Ok everyone! Here's the results of the poll. Looks like Sunday and Saturday are the most voted for and a meetup in the afternoon won out easily. We've also had Parkway, Beamers and Mission BBQ suggested for the location. I've never been to Parkway or Beamers, so what are everyone's...