DaveInDenver
Rising Sun Ham Guru
Indeed, a 40W mobile GMRS off the shelf is certainly not an inexpensive endeavor, especially considering the $70 licensing. I'm not suggesting GMRS presents a high value alternative necessarily.
People talking like the test is the Bar exam. It's not. If you graduated high school you should be able to pass it. You probably don't even need to study if you are already a nerd like most of us.
This is a 4WD club, not a ham radio club.
I was introduced to amateur radio in Boy Scouts
I'm curious, how many have become ARRL members?
"Most of those 4wd people I've run into at HRO are the weirdest people." said some highly stereotyped amateur radio operator.Nope. Not a member of any amateur radio club. I've listened to a couple nets in my local area but never participated in any of it. The most active amateur radio people I've run into outside of 4x4ing are some of the weirdest people.
"Most of those 4wd people I've run into at HRO are the weirdest people." said some highly stereotyped amateur radio operator.
One person's "weird" is another's "interesting", "focused", "offbeat", "unique", trailblazer". Normal people lead normal lives and I'm sure they're perfectly content in their normalcy.
Thanks for the inspiration!
I mean, seriously, what kind of knucklehead spends all their time in the garage keeping a rusty old carb'd truck on the road anyway? Don't they realize there's a new American Idol on tonight?Haha exactly!!!
Indeed. It was RF quietness last weekend somewhere between GJ and not GJ.Wow, this discussion has gone off the rails.
I'm just going to leave this post here for people who happen to read all the way through and think we are all nuts for having such a long public discussion over what type of radio to use as a club promoted concept:
See you on the trails!
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"Most of those 4wd people I've run into at HRO are the weirdest people." said some highly stereotyped amateur radio operator.
One person's "weird" is another's "interesting", "focused", "offbeat", "unique", trailblazer". Normal people lead normal lives and I'm sure they're perfectly content in their normalcy.
Thanks for the inspiration!
ACzeroVH got yur back homie.That's exactly the kind of guy I'm afraid would shank me if I said I just simply wanted good comms on the trail when I'm off roading with my buddies!
Kind of the weirdo your friends warn you about?
That's the bottom line. When a new person joins he needs to know what is needed and that someone will be there to talk to. It's not just hams, it's not as easy to get help with CBs anymore, either.We may not make a final decision, but at least need to decide what comms we support on the trail and at what priority.
LOL, about his ham statements.Just don't watch the end on his view and comments about HAM...
Here's some more food for though: another "overland channel", but the test they perform (where the video is queued up to) is pretty telling on how well GMRS works over CB.