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They're pretty darn good right off the factory floor. If you plan to do a lot of suspension work, add lockers, etc right away, you might favor an SR5. If you plan to drive it as is for a while, the TRD OffRoad comes with Crawl-Control, A-Trac, rear-locker, and KDSS - together they work pretty...

At one point, I did look to see if there were any available callsigns that contained "WTF", but apparently that trigram is popular/desired among many. Can't imagine why. :tearsofjoy: :tearsofjoy:

Mine isn't a tongue-twister so I'll probably keep it. Some people prefer shorter callsigns since they are reserved for more advanced licenses.

Mount options: I haven't looked a Jeep cowl recently, but I recall that there are many options for Jeep-specific mounts - I'll let the Jeep Guys comment on those. A good generic option for the hood is a Diamond K400 lip mount with either a UHF mount or NMO mount to match your antenna. Mounting...

I run ham w/ a mount for one ham antenna and GMRS with a mount for one GMRS antenna. I have a longer range (5-6dBi) antenna and a shorter range/higher angle (2-3dBi) antenna for each (four total). The terrain can be steeper here, so I'll mount the shorter range/higher angle antennas before...

Thanks Mike. The antenna stuff is probably the weirdest aspect of radio to get a handle on, but getting it right can make a huge difference in communication performance. I'm still learning, but if we can accumulate some of our collective knowledge and share it here...

My fault. I didnt' do a very good job explaining on the first pass. But I really think this is information that would be helpful to the whole community. Everyone needs a radio in their vehicle. Everyone needs an antenna system that works for what they do. The problem is I'm not sure where to...

I've always suspected that if anyone **REALLY** understood how antennas worked, we wouldn't need 4... :tearsofjoy: :tearsofjoy:

No problem. It was a head scratcher for me when I started too. We're here to help each other. If you're willing to let me (or one of the others here) take another shot at explaining, I know others here are interested in this too. Tell me where to start, and I'll do my best.

There are several versions of it, but I appreciated seeing it (or one like it) one of your (?) earlier posts - it *really* clarifies what's happening for those starting out!

I have one of these. Not a terrible antenna. My only complaint is that the one I received should have been longer to be ideal for the 462-467MHz for GMRS, but measuring it, it's tuned for more like 480MHz - It wasn't particularly efficient to begin with and being a bit too short costs a little...

For GMRS, you're looking for an antenna that covers 462MHz and 467MHz. The gain of the antenna determines how "pinched" toward the horizon the signal will be - more pinch meaning greater sensitivity to a signal on the horizon and more transmit power pushed toward the horizon. The downside of...

GMRS and ham are two different animals. Usually clubs use one or the other. Many hams (like me) keep both in their vehicle. GMRS uses discrete frequencies around 462MHz and 467MHz (voice only). Mobile ham is typically ~144MHz or ~440MHz (voice and/or digital), though many of the ham rigs can...

Some clubs are testing in person and you can seach for one near you HERE, BUT also check HERE for remote testing too. But, if that doesn't work for you, my choice would be a Midland MXT-275 GMRS radio. With a length of Cat5/Cat6 cable, you can mount the radio body anywhere, and put an RJ45 mic...

I picked mine up on Amazon, but I see he's added a software thing to the book now. If you don't want the software (I don't know anything about it) you might also take a look at ARRL's or Craig Buck's or Stu Turner's books. Search for "Amateur Radio Technician Class" - that should bring up the...

I used and recommend Roy Watson's "HamRadioExam - Technician" (and General and Extra) app for the iPhone. It will help you: Study the complete question pool and the correct answers Take practice quizzes for each section Take practice tests Track your results so you know what you still need to...

I'm just going to go out on limb here and guess that he doesn't park it in the garage.

Two isn't bad... could be worse.

Repeaters really are a game changer. Here in New Mexico there are 29 GMRS repeaters across the whole state, but over 300 ham repeaters on 2m and 70cm. Many of the ham repeaters are in linked systems, so that if I can hit one of them, I have them all. From Albuquerque, I can talk to Fort...

With one of these for your vehicle and a hunk of Cat5 cable, the answer is "pretty much anywhere".