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  1. M Rose

    Howdy

    Hello , Welcome to Overland Bound. I am the Northwest Director. @jcgraves3 is your closest member representative. To help navigate through the forums, here are some links that can be filtered by “Region” prefix. We are in the Overland Bound North America US Northwest Region (US Northwest for...
  2. M Rose

    Member Introductions *NEW MEMBERS INTRODUCE YOURSELF*

    Hello , Welcome to Overland Bound. I am the Northwest Director. @Ubiety is your closest member representative. To help navigate through the forums, here are some links that can be filtered by “Region” prefix. We are in the Overland Bound North America US Northwest Region (US Northwest for...
  3. M Rose

    US Northwest Grande Ronde Radio Amateurs (W7GRA) Summer Field Day 2021

    By all means come on down here. We would love to have you. Once I get a confirmation from W7MX on the Kennewick Field day I will set up the RP.
  4. M Rose

    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    This bolt wasn’t “Heat-Stuck”... I should have taken a picture of the intake manifold... the bolt had completely decomposed and turned into some weird metal and bonded with the aluminum... the only steel was the bolt head itself.
  5. M Rose

    US Northwest Grande Ronde Radio Amateurs (W7GRA) Summer Field Day 2021

    It’s full 24 hour event we will have stations on the air the whole 24 hours. It begins at 1800 UTC Saturday and ending at 2059 UTC Sunday. Which translates to 11 am Saturday to 13:59 Sunday. (I think we actually wrap up early because we start setup on Friday night. Personally I would look for...
  6. M Rose

    Member Introductions *NEW MEMBERS INTRODUCE YOURSELF*

    Welcome, I am the Northwest Director. If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
  7. M Rose

    US Northwest Grande Ronde Radio Amateurs (W7GRA) Summer Field Day 2021

    I will be posting another Field Day event in the next few days that will be held in Kennewick area hosted by the Spout Springs Repeater Association (WF7S) check them out at Tri City Ham Amateur Radio
  8. M Rose

    US Northwest Grande Ronde Radio Amateurs (W7GRA) Summer Field Day 2021

    Do you have your Amateur Radio License? Are you interested in getting your license? Do you have a radio, but unsure how to use it? Come visit us and get in the air. We will be conducting VE Testing as well as have several stations set up for you to have a chance to Get On The Air (GOTA)...
  9. M Rose

    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    I watched that a dozen times... tried the trick but it didn’t work. I have had luck in the past using Alphabet left handed drill bits just slightly smaller than the base of the threads. If the bolt didn’t catch, a dentist pick can turn out the remaining metal stuck in the threads... not in my...
  10. M Rose

    POTA camping weekend

    5:00 AM pacific time... so just as the DX was fading.
  11. M Rose

    Member Introductions *NEW MEMBERS INTRODUCE YOURSELF*

    Hello , Welcome to Overland Bound. I am the Northwest Director. @Apoclapedia is your member representative. Any questions, don’t hesitate to ask myself or your member representative team. Again welcome and hope to see you on the trails. Mike Rose Northwest Director Overland Bound
  12. M Rose

    Overlanding with Anxiety

    We do this every chance we get... I have a small grill that I use to burn some meat on and have a picnic BBQ. Just a short drive up to one of my wife’s favorite spots where we can let the dogs run loose and our daughter can go explore. Meanwhile we just sit down and relax... I really enjoy...
  13. M Rose

    Ham Radio Field Day

    GRANDE ronde Radio Amateurs GRRA (W7GRA) is setting up on June 25th at BirdTrack Springs Campground (45.3003000, -118.3073305) cost for camping is $5.00 per site/night. We are open to the public and encourage any one interested to come on up either for the whole weekend, or even for just a few...
  14. M Rose

    Dual band ham antenna recommendations

    Correct you are doubling the 70cm and effectively easing the dB gain as well... I didn’t say not to check SWRs i was saying even an antenna out of the box needs to be checked and possibly tuned for peak performance. For your keep top, you could run a 5/8 wave antenna since it doesn’t require a...
  15. M Rose

    OB Approved Overlanding Radio Comms (Europe)

    I believe you achieved your goals. Again great article.
  16. M Rose

    How To: GMRS - ZA FCC LICENSE

    Congratulations on getting your ticket.
  17. M Rose

    How To: GMRS - ZA FCC LICENSE

    Check back in July/August... FCC still hasn’t sent the announcement for the fee change (currently tied up in Congress) . Once the proposed process is confirmed by congress and the new fee system is adopted by the FCC it will be 30-60 days before the process is implimented and we see a change in...
  18. M Rose

    Dual band ham antenna recommendations

    Yes... but all antennas are supposed to be “Tuned” out of the box... some are within reason while others not so much... also talking 2m and 70 cm whips, most have a lot of fudge room so going with a 4” spring isn’t going to make the SWR above 2:1 and most modern day transceivers can accept a...
  19. M Rose

    South Wester BC

    I’ll work on it here within the hour. DM me the message you want to get out.