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    Post your recovery gear bag

    DMOS Stealth Shovel Stealth Shovel Mount X-Bull Recovery Tracks ARB RK9 Recovery Kit Tree Trunk Protector Snatch Strap Winch Extension Snatch Block Recovery Damper 2 x Shackles Cheapo Gloves Better Recovery Gloves 2 x Soft Shackles ARB Tire Repair Kit ARB Air Down gauge Estwing Campers Axe...
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    GMRS Antenna Upgrade and First Amateur Radio Questions.

    This is two independent systems. Amateur radio dual band and GMRS.
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    GMRS Antenna Upgrade and First Amateur Radio Questions.

    Thank you for the insight. Swapping antennas as needed will be on my mind the next time I am at some mountains.
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    That little antenna is the included one with the GMRS Midland MXT275. It is a magnet base. I ordered a replacement antenna for that and one for the Yaesu which will be on fender brackets.
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    I just placed the order for my FTM-400XDR! What are your first impressions?
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Longer drive to go hammock in peace turned into walk around a coulee a bit while thunderstorm cells passed by and merged.
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    GMRS Antenna Upgrade and First Amateur Radio Questions.

    No mountains here in MN. That is a good point to consider though, and that graphic does a good job of communicating. Since I cannot mount up high wouldn’t a taller antenna be better than a shorter one before taking gain into account anyways?
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    Let’s see some bridges

    That bridge is gorgeous!
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    GMRS Antenna Upgrade and First Amateur Radio Questions.

    So that looks like stubby is not going to be a possibility then.
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    GMRS Antenna Upgrade and First Amateur Radio Questions.

    That is reassuring for potential interference.
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    GMRS Antenna Upgrade and First Amateur Radio Questions.

    As far as I can without having antennas that interfere with my garage door. Mostly forests and bluffs here in MN. As I have a JK with both hard and soft tops I cannot mount things to the roof to get them up which is why I am looking at hood area mounts. I assume there would be a rather drastic...
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    GMRS Antenna Upgrade and First Amateur Radio Questions.

    That certainly would be annoying to have everything delivered and run into something small like that and stop you in your tracks. I will have to wait and see about interference I guess. I went to convenience over maximum power with my Midland.
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    GMRS Antenna Upgrade and First Amateur Radio Questions.

    I had not considered a spring add on, that seems so obvious now. I have a nice hole through the firewall in the JK on the drivers side so fitting a connector though is not an issue for me. I was planning on either side of the hood for distance with those mounts as the antenna would be about 6'...
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    GMRS Antenna Upgrade and First Amateur Radio Questions.

    Hello, I am looking to upgrade my antenna from the Midland MXT275 included one and am going to be buying my first amateur radio system. I am looking at the Yaesu FTM-400XDR for the radio due to APRS and having a decent system for sending text messages over APRS. Antennas, cabling, and mounting...
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    What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

    Built a hard top cart and door stands from the scrap materials. Incredibly glad to have a garage to park in now.
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    Members Instagram ID

    @canondlee Almost entirely global travel, landscape, and nature photography.
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    Jeep Owners Represent!

    2012 JK
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    Photography

    I take shots of mostly landscape and nature. Still not over how soft this one turned out all because I was too lazy to use the tripod I was dragging around all day.
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    Tread Lightly 101 Online Awareness Course

    A solid little course with explanations, glad I stumbled upon this thread. Did not take long at all to complete.
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    Rig Photos

    Envious of those mountains! It’s been almost a year since I’ve seen any. Orange FTW.