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  1. Sparksalot

    Hello from Placer County, NorCal

    @1boarder @Kent R both of y’all are in my home turf. I grew up in Amador county. The sheriff of El Dorado county was a classmate of mine.
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    Wheel Offset Question

    Ronny Dahl did a video last year where he explained this and other things about wheels. It was pretty straightforward once you see it explained with a wheel, ruler and straight edge.
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    In Hot Pursuit

    Been doing stuff to thecopcar for weeks. None of it involving a rooftop tent or skottle so no pics to upset the post police.
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    San Antonio area members?

    It moved. https://www.overlandbound.com/event/san-antonio-tx-meet-greet-eisenhower-park/
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    San Antonio area members?

    There’s supposed to be a meet n greet this coming Sunday off of 281 north side. I can’t recall who posted the rally point.
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    Manual Coffee Grinder Review: Packable Stainless Grinder

    I picked up a manual grinder a while back. The idea being I sometimes find a local roaster with great coffee that I may want to enjoy before I get back home.
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    Salisbury Steak in Dutch Oven

    That looks delicious.
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    Passed my Tech exam, now I need a ham

    If you mount your antenna to the rack with bare metal contact, that should be plenty to make a ground plane.
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    Resolved Stars?

    I was wondering what the question meant, then looked at the app. There are 5 stars in each profile.
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    ARB compressor installed

    AW man, you took the battery tray. Now where does the fridge get power?
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    PVC pipe pressurized water system

    As long as the pipe isn't marked as DWV (drain waste vent) it is supposed to be fine for potable water. The DWV pipe is often a little bit cheaper so than other pipe the same size. IF you see that, be looking for the marking.
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    Help a noob with recovery straps

    I have this one.
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    Kharkovchanka sneers in the general direction of your "overlander"

    This one would be killer for overlanding.
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    Kayaks - Inflatable, Rigid, Folding. . . whaddya have and how do ya like it?

    It’s a Mill Creek 16.5 from Chesapeake Light Craft. I built it from plans. In the end I didn’t save any money doing that because you can’t buy the exact quantity of materials. It did let me purchase over the duration of construction. as far a different, I built it with the ability to move...
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    So optimistic for Starlink

    cant please everyone. We’ll have have the nimby perpetually offended.
  16. Sparksalot

    So optimistic for Starlink

    Eh. Satellites are fun to spot with the naked eye or binoculars. The professionals will have a database of the artificial satellites and the computer will likely filter them out before any data is viewed by a human.
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    Rant - Studying not going well for my General

    Ha! Yes they do. I was camping in May a few years ago. Using an Elecraft K2 at 15 watts on battery power. My antenna was a Hustler mobile with a suite of resonators. It was ground mounted on a stake with a single counterpoise. I busted through a pileup on 20 meters to work W9IMS. The...
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    Rant - Studying not going well for my General

    The RULES part is what technician is all about. Extra amplifies that a lot. General is mostly technical, on purpose. the focus of technical issues goes back to the history of licensure. To ensure that hams had the knowledge to construct functional equipment which met regulatory...