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Hey guys, I dropped a poll on the first post for you to fill out. It's in Google so just click the link and answer honestly and we'll get an idea of when everyone is available. I'd like to get a day when most everyone can attend, at least for a little while. Thanks.

With the 1/2 wave you should be good as they aren't as ground dependent, but with a 1/4 wave that mount isn't going to perform very well. The powder coat isolates it from the rack and the rack will most likely be isolated from the body of the vehicle by paint which means that your coax will be...

AHHH, roger that. I'm just looking for hot bean juice.... :grinning:

This is why I use the Stanley french press. It takes a bit to get your recipe right, but you just boil water, pour over the grounds in the press, let it steep for a minute or two, then press the filter down in to trap the grounds in the bottom. It'll make a couple cups, usually enough to get me...

He makes some good points about watching the weight of your rig. He never really does say what failed on his Jeep or what modifications he actually did to it though. I like both rock crawling and overlanding and I've planned my build accordingly. I'm adding weight so I bought lift kit pieces...

I have a small Lodge that I carry in my mess kit that's rough like that. It came with a stove I bought so I'm not overly concerned with it but it does stick more than my others. They've had to cut manufacturing steps to stay competitive with the Chinese market and keep production in the US...

Ballast Point is nice, a little fru-fru for my usual standards and not quite the kinda place I think of when "casual meetup" is mentioned but that's just my opinion... :laughing:

I've never been to Parkway. I do like their beers though. I think the Bent Mountain IPA is one of my all time favorite beers.

Gonna log off for now. Might try again later this evening if anyone is interested.

Different frequencies propagate differently at different times. The higher frequencies will work better for line of sight and certain ranges are more likely to "bounce" off things like mountains and talk around ridges, CB not being one of those bands. GMRS will work better than CB MOST of the...

I'm on Echolink again this morning if anyone wants to chat. My HF antenna is out of commission right now so I'm exploring this a little.

No, I'm afraid you have to have both licenses to use them both. Ham license only gets you Ham frequencies. GMRS only gets you GMRS. They are separate services and have different rules. There is also no cross-banding from one to the other and they are not interoperable. BUT, there is NO test...

Notice on the FCC page for MURS that it only has 5 frequencies that you can use unlicensed. The rest of the band is allocated to businesses who have paid for the license to use the frequency and that varies region to region based on who licenses it in what are. For example, the station I hear at...

What a quick search turned up was that RR is programming those radios with a lot of frequencies that are licensed to companies in the "business band" and are not for general population use unless you are associated with those companies. Comparing the list I found with band listings from the FCC...

I would have to see what that system you are talking about is to comment on it, but that sounds like something working on the cell networks, which there are many programs that will do similar things if you are in cell phone range. As for the difficulty, it seems pretty hard. I would think...

I wouldn't bet on it but I'd have to see the list of frequencies. At one point in time not long ago they were putting in Amateur repeater frequencies which caused quite a stink.

You can research all the frequencies for each service and what's required to use them. All that is available online. Stick with GMRS and FRS. They share frequencies. RR is a sore spot as they put frequencies in their over priced gear that you have to be licensed to be on without regard for...

I think I have echolink working. Anyone want to give it a shot? I'm logged in now. KT4OZ **Off line now. If anyone is interested in some Echolink testing, I should be around this evening. **

Looks like there's a good bit of interest! If we met up every month, what day would work best for about everyone? Like I said, I'm free most Fridays and Saturdays. Also, any suggestions for places around Roanoke to meet up at? I would think somewhere with a nice sized parking lot where we...

Good net fellas! Thanks to Brent and Shane for hosting and running it! I think it went well and was a great start. I'll have to figure out why my computer won't allow Echolink to communicate with the system so I don't have to use my phone next time. Looking forward to it again next week. de KT4OZ