2012 DWeb Utah Trip
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I have to say.... my last "camping" night of that trip was at some oddball turnoff from I-15 betveen Vegas and Baker - the area was some abandoned parking lot just behind the bushes from the freeway, littered with all kinds of crap including some I wouldn't want to drive on, way much less to pitch a tent on.benlittle said:
So with all my love of nature, I'll put more effort in making camping inside the Disco more comfortable.
Kevin - check the Yaesu model I linked. You won't need many radios in your truck, it covers you from 160m to 70cm bands. And you should be fine with a single whip (with some SWR tuner, of course), unless you get off the deep end of HAM abyss.
Some Dude said:
You could use a Yaesu 857. It's easy for it to not look like an antenna farm. Just run a 2m/440cm antenna most of the time and then occasionally mount whatever antenna you want to use for HF. My eventual plan is to have a Diamond 2m/440cm on the roofrack and then mount the ATAS-120 on the spare tire mount. You could also get a buddipole for when you're in camp.
The ARRL website is pretty limited on specifics for testing in this area. Check out the Voice of Idaho website. Basically, testing is the first Saturday of every month at the Radio Shack on Overland/Orchard or the third Saturday at the Nampa Fire Training Center.jrose609 said:
http://www.voiceofidaho.org/index.php?option=com_gcalendar&view=gcalendar&Itemid=61
Some Dude said:
$850 is a lot of coin, but you'll end up spending more when your truck looks like Netjaws'.
Ugly... I only have to say that, I bought and owned many cars that I considered ugly earlier in my life, including Wagoneer, Classics, and Discos I currently have. Taste evolves, and functionality drives the taste for me quite a bit.
It haven't helped to build appreciation for the "Quite possibly, the most versatile vehicle on the planet," though. The brain's gotta draw a line somewhere.
Some Dude said:
1: You have to pay to play
2: Show me a radio that isn't ugly. They are all nasty.
Mike_Rupp said:
I thought this one was lovely -
I spent hundreds of hours listening to jazz programs on Voice of America in summer of 1982 with that one - had an internship on an ionospheric-heating station -
benlittle said:
I've had my Yaesu 857 for a year and a half and still haven't installed it. My interior is completely unmolested and I have a hard time putting it in even though I spent $1200 or so on the radio, cables, antenna and mount.
Even though it's one little radio, it will still remind me of netjaws.
chris snell said:
I'm still studying at hamtestonline. I haven't used algebra in almost twenty years, so it's slow going.:ack: