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I'll bring my special recipe garlic bread and I'll try to talk the Mrs into making some sheet cookies like she made last year. My avatar pic was taken right after my first batch of garlic bread :tt2:

OK, change in plans with the Westy. I had a spare 12-volt 255Ah AGM battery stashed away under my work bench, that was destined for my trailer. It just so happened that there was just enough room for it under the passenger side of the rear bench seat ... so, that's where it is now, along with...

Took delivery of a Jetstream JT7505B 2M/440 (black) mobile antenna that matches the Lil Tarheel. The Jetstream looks exactly like and has the exact same specs as my Diamond SG7500A, but the Jetstream was only half the price! I'd bet they're both made at the same factory :sneaky2: All the...

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy :laugh: Don't let the door his your ass on the way out, looser :tt2:

Not ready for a lift kit yet, but 16" wheels with 195 ~215/75-16 tires will lift it pretty good. This is what it will eventually look like:

Almost ready to go :w00t: Still on the hunt for some 16" Mercedes CLK 320 alloys and some taller, more aggressive tires :pop:

For condo applications, check out the Ventenna VT-22 dual band antenna ($130.) ... Click here ... and welcome to the madness

Had to move the panels further out to accommodate the antenna bracket, so I removed them and made up the parallel wiring harness to size. Reinstalled the panels in their new position ... and the antenna bracket. Next, gotta do all the cable runs (and eventually, a bath) :laugh...

I hope so, Anthony ... will give it the smoke test soon :confused1: I checked out the empty auxiliary battery tray and battery transfer module under the rear seat today (Saturday). Tidied up the electrical connections, tested the operation, then made a hold-down bracket and installed the...

Made up an antenna bracket for the 'Westy' today ... will have to see if it works out, both electrically and physically :confused: Little Tarheel-II HF screwdriver, mounted 17" away from a Diamond SG-7500 (Super Gainer) dual-bander on a piece of Unistrut - plan to mount it to the front...

Fabricated a rack for my 'Westy' camper Made some brackets ... ... and installed the cross rails (shallow aluminum Unistrut) ... and installed a couple 100-watt solar panels :wink: I'll be installing a 20 Amp charge controller, an Odyssey sealed battery and a 1500-watt power inverter...

There IS a VHF input, Scott, but you have to obtain it from the repeater 'owners', K9KAO or N6DTO. It's a secondary freq mainly for use when the UHF input is shut off due to malicious interference situations. I find the UHF input works better for me, so I seldom use the VHF anyway.

Are those power output specs validated, or just Chinese hype? ... like certain brands of GMRS HTs claiming 35 mile range ? Midland used to state their 27mHz CB HTs were 7w ... but that was input power, output was still the 'legal' 4w out.

Yep, they'll have to inject one into my corpse ...

Keep reminding me on the air ... if I make it up there, I bring those old Win-95/98 laptops for you two to fight over ^^ ab v c^^

We're really hoping to keep the balloon repeater tethered, but this is definitely cool info, Les

Tentative ... it's the day after my 60th birthday anniversary :blink:

Here's someone who did some additional research koeZ11Gbb7I :ohmy:

Brett (KHV) gets in from Valley Center with a 9-el yagi (i believe)

No, I didn't send any emails. Daryl told me where to get the info today ... I just have to dig through some old emails to find the one with the URL. It's all good :)