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not sure if you already have an iPad or are looking to buy a tablet for this purpose, but i thought i'd pipe in to say that I have essentially the same setup that you are looking at, only i use a wifi-only Android tablet instead of an iPad mini. I've tried with the iPad mii as well, but ran into...

I'm planning on doing the design part myself and then i'll send it off to Stickermule for the magnet production. The minimum order size is 10 magnets i believe, and it will end up being about $80 for 10" round magnets - so ~$8 each. I use stickermule for printing my stickers and they turned out...

Also, you guys are a great looking family! All smiles!

I'm not sure January will be doable for us at the moment, two kids are in school (Kinder and 5th grade) so we'd probably only be able to join for a week or two before having to head back north. Lets definitely keep in contact about that trip though, it may work out. Re Your OB badge comment...

Definitely! I see you are headed to MX sometime next year, maybe well cross paths there if not before. This November we're heading down into Sonora and Sinaloa, and then over to Baja and back up. Next year sometime (likely June - July or somewhere around there) We're considering maybe a much...

Awesome thread! My wife and I take our three kids out multiple times a month, some long trips, some short weekend things. Ages are 1/5/10 but when the baby was 5 or 6 weeks old we took here along for a 6-day overlanding trip around southwestern Utah. My wife and I have just recently started...

This morning I did my first ever CW activation for Summits on the Air. I did technically make two CW contacts during one of my previous SSB activations a few months back, but this was the first time I completely left the mic at home. I was extremely nervous while heading up the mountain, and...

Here's just my driver side: Let's see your rig living on the edge

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Jeesh that really sucks. Sorry to hear this and I hope your appeal is timely and successful. Do you mind me asking you for details about that sun visor you have over the windshield of your JKU? For some reason those never took off here in the states. I have one on my old '67 VW Squareback that...

We love the Foxwing we have on our Jeep. The Darche is being installed on our trailer which is still in the build queue at Turtleback. We pick it up sometime next month so I won't have any first-hand experience until after then.

I meant to post this a while back, but forgot until just now. Here's a talk I gave at a conference about some technical customization I did to Jolene where I hacked into the CAN bus and hardwired a RaspberryPi directly into the vehicle's communication network. WARNING: Kind of a technical talk...

Washout collapsed as I tried to straddle it. Nothing a little 4-low couldn't solve. Bonus angles: Post your better half behind the wheel

The Overland Bound community has settled on some common "calling" frequencies for the most common radio types. These are meant to be a starting point for making contact with a Overland Bound members. If your local region already has other generally accepted practices, you may want stick with...

One use case I had that I think mobile cross band repeat would be good for is that you can leave your vehicle radio on, take and HT, then go on a hike. Use your dinky 5-10W HT to connect to the vehicle, then the vehicle repeats at 100W for super extendo range in the case of an emergency when hiking.

As long as you have one radio (HT or mobile) of each of those "big three" you'll be good to go. I would only recommend getting a mobile GMRS if you prefer the usability over that of using just an HT. I have mobile 2m/70cm, mobile CB, and some Cobra GMRS HTs. I'm actually likely picking up a...

Another PROTIP: Inside the Gaia app on your phone, you can have it download maps for a selected route. iOS: Tap a route line. Tap the (i) to open up the route info. Tap the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen, Tap "Download Maps for Track" Android: Tap a route line. Tap the...

I uploaded a video to YouTube this morning where I go over our current camp kitchen bins.

For HF we'd probably be better served if somebody organized an HF net, but even then, with propagation playing a huge factor, it'd be really hard to coordinate a worldwide HF net and have people be able to reliable participate. What might be of interest, however, is if there are any OB members...

Thanks, @Charlie W2YBX, The off-road ham frequency was specifically chosen since it is already the most common off-road calling frequency in use, especially in the western half of the U.S. The recommendation is to use it primarily as a calling frequency as it currently is. Once contact is made...