2021 Great North Woods - Fall Date TBD

I ordered mine on Amazon last night... Search it and it'll come up!

$63 BaoFeng BF-F8HP (UV-5R 3rd Gen) 8-Watt Dual Band Two-Way Radio (136-174MHz VHF & 400-520MHz UHF) Includes Full Kit with Large Battery

BaoFeng BF-F8HP

 

The

$63 Bf-F8HP (UV-5R 3rd Gen) 8-Watt Dual Band Two-Way Radio (136-174MHz VHF & 400-520MHz UHF) Includes Full Kit with Large Battery

Bf-F8HP has the out put by 3 watts
But the

$70 UV-5X3 Tri-Band Radio: High-Power Amateur Handheld with USB-C Charging - VHF, 1.25M, UHF - Customizable Features - Comprehensive Accessory Bundle Included

UV-5X3 has a larger frequency range. And one would think a commercial rated case would be stronger than the commuter.

Any reason to choose one over the other?

What’s the reason for the possible ban?
https://youtu.be/iJdSaFHdPYg At about 4 minutes in, talks about why

 

That's the radio I was using last time.

 

Because they're sloppy radios and ham radios aren't allowed to operate on gmrs, FRS and other non-ham bands.

Just one of those things

 

@Spare Parts if you need one, you can just have one of mine.

 

K, I was thinking it would be a good idea to pick up one. I would have ordered last night if I wasn’t over thinking the more frequencies versus more watts.

 

It's not a bad little radio. Has the quirks I mentioned above and what not. But for the price you normally can't beat them.

I'm still a fan of their gmrs radio. It's a handheld with a detachable antenna. So you could actually hook it to a mag mount antenna, and get a cheep hand mic, and you could toss the radio in a cup holder and forget a out it. Your audio quality would be a ton better. And you'd still have a Walkie to talk to everyone with.

 

Would a decent FRS radio be suitable for comms on this trip? I have access to a couple of those.

 

That would be my recommendation. Easy/ cheap enough to get those radios that everyone should be able to get one

 

Cup and string.

 

Just make sure it's a "recovery" string so it has some stretch to it

 

Id like to go! It'll depend on when the baby arrived and if the wife goes out to stay w/ her parents.

But I need to get back up to my old stomping grounds bad, I love how the logging roads go forever! And the trout fishing isn't bad either

 

I like watching Zacks gas mileage go right out the window.

 

Whaaaaa? Gotta pay to play

 

Lol second gen problems

 

2nd gen best gen

/thread

 

I mean I get 18mpg out there but no big deal

 

Mine went with the new rims/tires... getting 15-16mpg wish now, although speedo has not been corrected yet...

 

I still do 18-20 with my truck the way it is. Been good.

 

I upgraded method racing 17x 8.5" rims 265/70/17 goodyear wrangler duratrac c load.. only 5lbs each heavier than my old tires, but a much more aggressive tread.. rims are a few pounds heavier..