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The fridge we currently have on the slider is a Costway 51 Liter: 54 Quarts Portable Electric Car Cooler Refrigerator It fits the slide perfectly and has been working just great in the ~10 months that we've had it. Before the fridge, we just had a 45 quart Yeti knock-off cooler sitting on the slide.

It typically takes 18 days, so only a few more to go!

No, that article says exactly what I am saying. They even use the specific example of illegal sale/use that is being discussed in our thread here as the reason why the FCC was cracking down (FRS/GMRS overlap now - they mention FRS). Those are exactly the Baofengs I'm talking about when I said...

Yes! You are correct, sorry! I was generalizing before but mean specifically any of the Baofeng UV5R and similar flavored Baofeng "ham" radios.

Great question! There are a known set of DTMF commands that can be sent. 08 is the command used to announce the status of any EchoLink connection. Here's the full list of commands: http://www.echolink.org/Help/dtmf_functions.htm Edit: whoops, I should have scrolled down to see the rest of the...

The best way to beat the heat for summer camping is to head up into the higher elevations. Down here in Southern Arizona we have what are called "Sky Islands" which are isolated mountains that pop up well above the desert floor and are spread out all over the southern strip of the state. We...

We have a Turtleback Expedition and I can confirm that they are pretty great!

Welcome! We have so much public land to explore around our beautiful state! You're gonna love it here!

Oh, and yes, I'll be operating for Field Day again this year. I'll be once again helping with the University of Arizona club, but I plan on operating a whole bunch this time. The students are gonna have to fight me for radio access once 40 opens up. I'm planning on operating CW-only, so it...

We did OK. I only operated a little bit, as I was mentoring the University of Arizona Amateur Radio Club, K7UAZ. I tried to give the four students that attended the most air time. We ended up with 1 CW contact, 28 digi and 54 SSB covering 27 states. I think our point total was something like...

That looks like a fun setup, @Prerunner1982! I was out in the middle of the high desert grasslands this weekend working the 7th Call Area QSO Party!

The brutal reality is that the exam does almost nothing to get you prepared for actually knowing how to USE radios. That's why I always recommend people just get the test out of the way as fast as possible so the real learning can happen. I studied like mad when i was first getting my Technician...

I've been working on a free one-week mentored self-study course. I've put on three classes so far, the fourth starts today. Send me a DM if you are interested and I can get you started on the process. Expect to spend at least an hour a day on studies. After that week you will be ready to pass...

@Todd & Meg

We'll be attending again as well. We've been to expo a few times in the past, but this will be our first time with the Herd of Turtles. Is there a convoy for that? I RSVPed for the herd on the turtleback website but haven't seen any sort of details about it. Here's us:

Welcome from up and over in Arizona! We head down to MX fairly regularly, i'll try to post a heads up next time i'm over in B.C.

Welcome!

Great shots from a really beautiful trip! @Albaro, here's more pics of Todd's trailer build!

Haha, yes, some of my favorite things!! thank you for watching! I found them all on Amazon. The 4-port box was pure dumb luck, i accidentally ran across it while looking for something else. Click through to the YouTube page for that video and check the description, I have Amazon links to all...

Here's my current cockpit setup: I customized my dash to integrate some radio connections and USB ports directly into it so that I could hide all the ugly wires that were running all over the place. Video on the process is up on my YouTube channel: