TGO David

Thankfully the FCC allows you to break the rules and communicate on any available frequency in any available mode if you are in an emergency situation, regardless of your license status or class.

My brother called them tormatos when he was little. Who knew vegetables were so dangerous?

The question of whether it is worth it or not is easily answered by a look at current events in middle TN. Flooding everywhere. Granted, we are fortunate that cell towers and landline phones are still up, but I look at shortwave as another form of "preparedness" in general. For me, more specifically, it may be the only form of comm we have available to us in an emergency situation when we set out to run some of the ORV trails in the high desert later this year. A good CB radio is worth about... 5-10 miles at most without [illegal] amplification. Mobile shortwave is much more suited to the task.

It's glass reinforced nylon. It's pretty light.

Thanks Kevin. I'm happy to add forums that add value to the community. A knives forum has been requested once or twice in the past but there really never seemed to be a whole lot of member momentum behind it. Looks like now is a good time.

I've got one of the XV71's. Great knife.

Primarily I'm looking for this as a means of comm when we're out away from places where CB is useful. Like the mountains in Colorado, etc. I'm sure there's a big possibility that I'll get hooked on it though.

Excellent picture!

End of the world stuff here. Flooding, plagues, volcanoes, earthquakes... dogs and cats, living together in perfect harmony... mass hysteria!

Two week ban issued against clsutton21 for that.

Dude... not cool. There's a Krispy Kreme truck beneath the water in that last photo.

Darwin at work.

Why the hell did you open the door? If it's not someone I am expecting, or they aren't wearing a badge and a uniform, they can piss up a limp rope before I'll even consider answering the door for them. Gun on my hip or not, my home is my castle and I don't lower the drawbridge for people I don't know or didn't beckon.

As I am starting to set up one of our vehicles for some "expeditions" later this year, I have begun looking into mobile shortwave (aka HAM) radio for it rather than equipping solely with a CB. Specifically I believe I have narrowed down my search to the Yaesu FT-9800R due to it having quad-band flexibility and the option of remotely mounting the core unit and only having the faceplate to contend with out in the open. Tentatively I am planning on going to take the ARRL Technician class license test next weekend. I've looked through the test prep materials and none of it is very difficult given my education background in electrical engineering with a focus on communications. Who else here is into amateur radio and what sort of mobile rigs are you running?

You guys don't know it, but that's Hero Gear Joe's unit. He did the costumes.

Got to work.

I'm happily lifting a glass of 18 year old single malt in honor of your grandfather.

I would have to change it for you. You could just put something in your signature stating that you're artist formerly known as Prince... er, the user known as Sgt Joe.

I'll add it this weekend. Thanks for the suggestion.

I think we've all had enough fun with the thread now. If this was indeed a case of the wrong person getting hold of 2HOW's password, he should contact me to have his account restored.

Nope, I didn't post pics and doubt I will. I'm slowly coming to the point where I feel that the less I post of things that easily identify me, the better.

For my truck. MPAC Rack for Toyota FJ Cruiser. Pretty damn sweet if I do say so myself. I scored it as part of a group buy, so it included not only the rack but also the four MOLLE pouches. The two larger ones in the center are rip-away with a velcro carrier. All of them are perfect for keeping track of things like first aid kit, jumper cables, recovery strap, etc. "I'm so tactical that my truck has MOLLE gear"

You recall wrong.

2HOW banned until we figure this mess out.

Thanks guys. I know that the system that processes (and alerts you about) Benefactor renewals is a little confusing to some folks. I'm working on some changes to it that hopefully will make it a little easier, it's just a matter of finding time to implement them.