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From my 2017 photo expeditions to UT and AZ (Page area)...

From 6m (EDIT: 50MHz) on up, which is most of what you'd need on the trails/overlanding, (as well as 99.99% of EMCOMM,) Technician is all you need; General and Extra band restrictions are mostly on HF... Here's the ARRL bandplan, http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Regulatory/Band Chart/Band Chart -...

Have you looked at the BTECH radios? I have a UV-5001 (http://amzn.to/2jNFBht), which is open (RX/TX) from 136-174 MHz and 400-520 MHz. I have that one combined with a Comet CA-2x4SR 140-160MHz/435-465MHz (3.8/6.2dBi) antenna (http://amzn.to/2ij1xRo; you can also add an optional spring...

Decided on a possible starting strategy... Leaving W. IA via normal roads to meet up with the TAT in Elkhart, KS. Then mostly via TAT to the OR coast... Way back would be via normal roads, hitting Crater Lake, Glacier, Grand Tetons, Canyonlands, then Interstates home...

Hi everybody - slowly getting Ruby (2014 Wrangler Rubicon JK) set up to where I want it to be (RTT, awning, steel rims/larger tires, etc.) So, I am considering a road trip for 2018 - From W. IA via Badlands, Grand Teton/Yellowstone, Glacier, then West through ID and WA (Mount Rainier) to the...

Pulled the trigger... Ordered 16x8 steel rims with 305/70R16 M/T tires to replace my 17" rims and OEM tires (might sell those...) Will definitely widen the stance, and I think it'll make Ruby look much more aggressive as a side benefit :). Also ordered an ARB awning to be mounted driver side...

Thanks for the feedback. Maybe I'll take my IC-706MkII with AT-180 along and just use it in camp. I agree that while driving, HF is kind of a moot point. I do have a homegrown dipole I can easily deploy, and the AT-180 is pretty good at tuning it. On field day, I did have very good results...

Nice. I have pretty much this (plus shovel) in Ruby at all times as well (I opted for the 10,000# electrical WARN winch.) Always wondering if the MaxTrax are really worth the premium over some of the cheaper options - primary reason I haven't 'pulled the trigger' on any of those yet (doesn't...

Ok, what is the general wisdom/consensus of using a Dutch/camp oven while roaming the back country? I usually just use the campfire to do my steaks, and for coffee, eggs, bacon, etc. I use my Coleman 2-burner propane tabletop 'range.' I've watched quite a few of Ronny Dahl's cooking episodes...

Thanks. I currently have a BTECH VHF/UHF radio in the Wrangler, which covers 136MHz-174MHz, and 400MHz-520MHz, paired with a Comet CA-2x4SR 140-160MHz/435-465MHz (3.8/6.2dBi) antenna. I also carry a couple of Baofeng BF-F8HP, and a Midland 75-822 CB handhelds as backups - seems like in W. CO...

Looking at replacing my BTECH radio with a Yaesu FT-857D with ATAS-120A on a Comet HD-5M mount on the back of Ruby. * Opinions on this setup? * Anybody else have installed an ATAS-120A on a Wrangler 2-door? Thanks for any feedback!

Nice place - stayed there in 2016...

Thanks. Yeah, those things are kind of like a bottomless pit :). I kept mine pretty much stock until I hit 36k miles. Then I installed the LED headlights (the OEM lights suck...), the Aries aluminum front bumper with winch (10,000# WARN), D-rings, recovery hooks, and off-road lights connected...

It's ours as well. We try to get out there at least once every year; the wife with her camper van plus 4 dogs, and I with Ruby :). Will do. You can do the same when you're around the Omaha/Council Bluffs area, we're about 40 miles North of there in the hills. Since we're self-employed, I can...

View from Porphyry Gulch; Bullion King Lake behind me.

Hmmm... I thought the 16" wheels would work, since the ExtremeTerrain folks put them up as an option for the 2014 Rubicon - go figure. I know the M/T tires are a PITA when on regular roads, but I have been running on them for so long (on my first non-Rubicon Wrangler, I was running A/Ts, 15+...

Yep. It will for sure :) Thanks for posting these. Guess my inner scientist will be busy for a while now ;)

Agreed. Then again, I am a MSc in THEORETICAL physics by education, even though haven't pursued a career in it :)... With this, I will go back to my original caution and "field-test" slowly. Adding a level back into the cockpit (added one in my original Wrangler 15+ years ago,) one of those...

Yeah, replacing the OEM 17" alloy wheels and tires with 16" steel wheels and tires that are wider/bigger (as long as they fit with OEM suspension/no lift) is a mod I was considering for 2018... Was thinking about something like this (was just checking on what's available and cost, not...

Thanks "billum," will do. Yeah, I used the Trail Duty folks to order my Stealth, they added a wind deflector and ladder for free. You are right, though, due to the hurricanes (or at least that was Gobi's reasoning...,) the rack was about 1 month delayed from the original delivery date. I did...