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Try DMR if you're bored. There's a talkgroup there called Venture Overland, started by a fellow in VT. For me, HF is where it's at. I'm Extra Class, and have been a ham since 1979. 2m/440 mobile is a very, very small fraction of my operations <grin>.

I'm wondering if anybody here has done the Northeast Backroads Discovery Route in an overlanding vehicle, and not on a motorcycle. I'm thinking of doing 2 or 3 legs in MA/VT/NH this coming summer but I don't know which routes are passable in a reasonably-well-equipped 4WD SUV (Grand Cherokee...

I think it's more of a thing out west, where repeaters have coverage footprints that are hundreds of miles wide and lots of active hams that monitor them regularly. Plus the fact there are so few places to drive on dirt roads that nobody even bothers. When I'm on a trail ride with others, I'm...

As was mentioned elsewhere, there's a wide-coverage repeater on .46 in northern NJ, and as a result, I took it out of my scan rotation. Normally 46 is the low-side input to 147.06 (which is one of a few pairs that can have their inputs 600 kc up or down from the outputs; the others are 147.00...

It's all moot in my case as I've been vaccinated, but gotta keep the Stasi happy. I'm more worried about freezing my nuts off in an April snow storm or something.

I am interested, provided it's safe to travel and I don't have to quarantine for 2 weeks, and the weather is decent.

April might be doable if it's not too cold. No 30s or even low-40s for me, thanks. That said, If I'm in the area I want to do PMR for the Jeep Badge of Honor. My Grand needs some more bling =)

We're ground tent only. The Grand Cherokee has the spare under the cargo area, and I suspect it will end up getting relocated to the roof rack when we acquire one, and it will live up there for overlanding. Sometime I'd like to try one out to see how well my knees could handle going up and down...

I wish I could! A little too short notice for me, plus I don't have any cold weather camping gear. I think I'll leave the overnight or weekend trips for after it warms up a bit :) I might be up for a day-trip somewhere, though. I think the NJ Overland FB group has something planned for Sunday...

I have a good friend who's a ham in Ft. Lee as well (Alex, K2BB). He's not into overlanding, though, but he's big into moonbounce. Probably about as expensive. If you're ever up for a short trip please keep me in mind. I'm always looking for an excuse to get some dirt under my Falkens.

I don't think I want to push it. A hydrolocked engine would be the end of my daily driver and Jeeping for me in general. I have to play this ultra conservative. It's why I deeply regret buying a WK2 and not a used JK or JL Rubicon. But like I said, that ship sailed in 2019.

Manual says 20 inches so for safety I'm saying 16-18, tops. The intake looks higher than 20 inches, but the alternator is lower and probably other things.

My only concern is deep water. I'm already pinstriped so a few more won't kill it, but flooding the engine worries me. So long as I can get to a do-it-yourself car wash to clean off that sugar-sand completely I'm good. Better in the summer when I can pressure wash it in my driveway.

Well here's to Justin at least opening the border—that'll be a start! I will certainly ping you here once we're ready for a trip down east.

That might be pushing it for time for us, but a week in NL, 4 or 5 days on Cape Breton and 3 or 4 days on PEI (plus travel time to/from home) would be doable. We love PEI (I used to holiday on the north shore with my parents in the 70s) and I adored my time in Cape Breton, but we only spent two...

Can't say I've ever heard of Norvin Green. I'll have to look that one up. We did Ramapo last October with one of my clubs and it was just perfect. A nice mix of easy trails, climbs and technical stuff. Probably my favourite so far, in fact. I'm not sure of the legality but it seems to be a...

My biggest fear would be taking a trail that looks safe but I end up breaking a CV joint or hydrolocking an engine 10 or 20 miles into the bush, and unable to get help or get out. The WK2 is a great vehicle, but it's absolutely not as simple to fix or as versatile for rocks and water as a...

I think your point number 2 is a big one and that's one of the big things I want to do--meet up with experienced overlanders in both cyberspace and meatspace who are willing to point an overwhelmed n00b in the right direction, or away from bad advice. Finding legal trails that a WK2 can handle...

Yeah, maybe someday we'll hit Tuk or Dawson City. But back to my east coast working stiff reality. Let's talk about my intended 3-5 day trip to VT or NH. Assume we have all the camping gear we need in terms of shelter, sleeping bags, foam mattresses, chairs, cooking supplies and food, along...

Just amazing!!! Yes, I'd like to drive north at some point, but bear in mind that we also need to get to and from B.C. itself. Since we're just outside of New York City, going across the continent east-to-west, then the same distance or more south-to-north, then back, north-to-south again, and...