Northern Virginia Roll Call

Hmmm how hard is it to actually do that shit? If I could get something with a 3-5 kilometer range I would be happy.

 

Liking that!

 

It’s ok, it’s hard to read tone over the Internet! I couldn’t tell if you were joking or wanted to have a keyboard fight lol

No thanks, had sushi for lunch!

 

Very few people use ham on the trails. ThTs the thing. Most people use ham so you are stick with it.

People are starting to switch to gmrs but that's gonna take time

 

Tune isn't hard, you just need an SWR meter and some patience. The big thing is finding a large open area to tune in. Buildings or trees around a clearing will effect how good of a tune you can get.

Mounting the antenna at the back of the bed (where everyone mounts them) will skew your transmit and receive to the rear and to whichever side it's mounted on. Mounting it on the roof like @EatSleepTacos did gives the best all around TX/RX pattern.

You should be able to get the range you want with the typical setup that most people run.

 

I love ham over cb. It’s way more clear and the test isn’t too difficult

 

Yum.

 

I’ll have to really delve into the comm world and weight all my options. Also I’m hear @EatSleepTacos

 

Sushi and McDonalds the perfect recipe for bubble guts!

 

Oh it’s gonna be a miserable afternoon lol

 

I believe in you!

 

Oh it’s good, and cheap. $7.50 for 15 pieces freshly made. It’s in a different building so once a week I’ll shuttle over there and get it.

 

Ahemmmm

 

You just need a PRC-E7...

 

Fucking PRCs... that shit was heavy and never worked when we boarded shit.

EDIT: PRC-9s to be specific.

 

Yep...and the E7 variety can be even heavier.

 

That's how mine is. I can tell you it's sort of a pain. And with the center console closed you can't really here the radio. You'll need to run an external pa.

 

Yeah fuck the E6-E9 series!

 

I wanna know why the rock wasnt avoided.

 

It was avoided by the slider?