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Just throwing this out there: I have a friend who is wholeheartedly against accepting military discounts because he feels he doesn't deserve them. I offered up a similar idea, that he should accept them, and then put the savings towards whatever charity means the most to him.

I'm all for that, but that's where showing one's valid ID card or DD214 should be sufficient.

Anyone know why they want so much information on the military discount form? Wanting to be able to verify someone's service status/eligibility is one thing, but I'm not sure why they need to know what base you're stationed at and who your supervisor is. If anyone has any information on this...

I'd be more inclined to participate if it was on a YSF room or DMR talk group. No real echolink repeater options near me, but I do have a hotspot. I'm also not a huge fan of how the notes that were posted each week included where each participant was located. Some might think it weird, but I...

Oh, well that's good to know!

I was trying to find a thread on this topic for the longest time... I became a member before COVID, when it was the one time $20 fee for lifetime membership. When I saw this new "Adventure Tier" thing pop up, it looked like I was grandfathered in to the new features, but as of today it looks...

I had an experience like that once, but the other way around. A trucker gave me a tip on how to use back roads to divert around a huge traffic jam just south of the Cincinnati area a few years ago. It was awesome! There ended up being a handful of us that took that route. It probably saved us 2...

That's actually a great idea. I was just thinking about hardwiring my GMRS radio, but didn't want to run more wires through the firewall. I may end up clipping them on the CB and the GMRS and adding powerpoles so I can easily swap them out off the same wires. If you like that Cobra CB with...

I agree. I used to always have the CB on for potential traffic updates/getting advance notification of backups, etc., but I often found myself driving with my wife or my mom and due to the language having to turn it down to a point where it's not even useful to have it on anymore. With my...

I have a 2' firestik as well as a 5' one. I'll have to give them a try. For serious attempts at HF I have the chameleon MPAS. I haven't spent a lot of time using it as I'm relatively new to HF, but I like it so far!

That would be cool... But I'm not sure it's practical for my daily driver

I might have to give that a try one of these weekends when nothing else is going on! Sounds like a fun experiment.

A CB is worth it for the Dalton. I used to live up there. The milepost is also vital for the drive to Alaska. Let me know if you have any other questions related to Alaska!

Awesome! Yeah I have a Yaesu FT-891 and an MFJ tuner that has about the same footprint. It's pretty portable, which was what I was after. I wanted to have a "go-kit"/"field kit" that I could bring on trips. Intent was just one more added layer of emergency comms should an emergency arise.

Even with an external antenna tuner?

I'm considering trying to hook up my HF radio to the firestik CB antenna and seeing if it'll work on 10m in a pinch... Just out of curiosity.

Agreed! Any updates? Did you end up keeping the stock antenna in that location or did you upgrade to something else?

I think this is my main focus... Antennas. I'm already not thrilled about the placement of my CB antenna, which is bolted to the fender. I think I'm going to remove it and stow it somewhere. All I need to put it back on is a 10mm socket if I remember correctly, and the Wrangler came with a kit...

The weather radio is definitely valuable. I'm personally not factoring it into my decision though since it's built into all 3 radios I currently have in the Jeep.

I have the same CB in my JKU. I'd 100% get rid of it if it wasn't so heavily used by truckers on the highways... I've avoided several huge delays because of the info I've gotten via ch. 19!