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I have the same issue but that’s my free weekend!

Caldwell, TX, it’s listed on the Event Map: 1341 County Road 105 Caldwell, TX 77836 30.504858,-96.709667

Probably too late but the Valley of Fires campground was nice, they have tent and RV sites. It’s about 3 miles outside Carrizozo, NM.

This came up recently: Texas Overland Festival

Same, would be nice to meet up. Where are you going to the Rigs and Coffee?

Great site, good distance off the road for privacy.

Very cool. Which site? I stayed at Candelilia

ernst tenaja is a pretty cool formation. you have to drive out old ore road (4x4/high clearance) to get to it. if you want the shorter way to get there go north from the south end of the road. black gap trail is fun for a little wheeling. you can take the river road east around to the mariscal...

I think some folks aren’t going with a permanent install so that makes a good temp solution. But noisy. Also if you want more power, direct is the way to go.

this is a really good suggestion. if your cable is next to any electrical systems i could "couple" on the jacket and create that noise. Ugly Choke or Ugly Balun, will do wonders for filtering noise!

if you can i would recommend running fused line to the battery. mostly because that is going to be your cleanest source of power. you can even relay it through an accessory line if you want it to on/off with your vehicle power. another thing to check would be your antenna connection and wire...

Right, the UV5R is Part 90 (and probably not even really that since it can transmit out of band) certified, not supposed to use for GMRS regardless.

Mostly to help boost your range. If you have a bunch of handhelds that are pushing their range, you can have a rig with a repeater function parked that they all call into and the repeater "repeats" the signal to the rest. Fun rabbit hole, especially when you get into ham radio, things like...

if it comes already setup for gmrs then yeah you should be good to go. chirp does some nice stuff on the amateur side where you can download a bunch of repeaters in your area and program quickly. also nice if you want to create multiple lists.

Baofengs are great little radios to not care about if they get broken :D Get the programming cable, DO NOT INSTALL THE SOFTWARE IT COMES WITH, use Chirp to program. Amateur radio (Ham radio, not HAM) technician class license is pretty easy to get and cheaper than GMRS. Great mobile rigs that can...

Ascent pulled it like a dream. Normally use my Jeep truck but was going for comfort for the munchkins.

I’m sure they are basically all the same thing:

I'm using a 120watt foldable panel i got off amazon, it puts out 18.5v and 6.3A (according to my Manager30) in full sun, pretty good. It is also daisy chain-able.

Thanks for the net recommendation! I may have to try out echo link on my phone or something, I don’t think we have any nodes around here. Our club has a lot of YSF nodes.

Howdy! New to Overland Bound, member #29528! I have a 2020 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon and a Patriot Campers X2. I’m an intermediate level overlander, lots of camping and backpacking experience. I’m in the San Antonio, Texas area.