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I have an awning but still find myself setting up an additional DIY awning fairly regularly. Here's what i've found to work really well: Get a cheapo tarp (whatever size you want, but i typically use one of those 8-10ish feet square ones. I use two to three of those tarp ball bungees to attach...

It's quite a bit more $$$ (~$560 vs ~$280 for the Yaesu 7900), but take a look at the Kenwood TM-D710GA as well. It has built-in GPS and APRS for real time location pings and text messaging, cross band repeat, a built in digipeater for data connections, and a direct connection to a PC if you...

Out of curiosity, I checked the docs and it does support AFSK audio directly between the phone and the radio. the downside to this is that if someone doesn't have their phone in silent, and they get a text or something, the notification sound will be sent over to the radio and broadcasted. So...

Nice! that looks like it's gonna be a fun project!

nope, just a radio. APRSDroid acts as the encoder/decoder and GPS on your phone. i suppose if we want to be technical, you also need an audio cable to connect your radio to your phone I personally use a bluetooth TNC as well, but i'm 98% certain it's not required.

The event is: Friday arrival, Saturday trail day, Sunday head out, so three days total. We add a fourth to get there, and likely a fifth to get back - although this convoy is only for the trip THERE, as some people, including myself, do not return directly back to AZ after the event.

I'll take this opportunity to pimp this pending Gaia feature request we've been pushing for 7months now: https://help.gaiagps.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115008857887-APRSdroid-integration- The request is for Gaia to add APRSDroid support to the Android app so that we can use APRS to track...

@Steve @Michael Ugh, i just noticed that the Rally point event itself is now pointing to this thread instead of that other one, which i've linked to in other places already as well :/

It's that time of year again, time to start planning the Arizona Convoy up to Off the Grid Rally West! If you wanna go, registration is still open: Overland Bound Off the Grid Rally West 2018 If you want to drive up with the AZ convoy, RSVP to the AZ Convoy Rally Point Event After you RSVP for...

@Steve @Michael I created a rally point, which correctly created a thread in the forums, I then had to edit the rally point and when i saved, it created this thread, which is a duplicate. Just wanted to give a heads up. This thread can be deleted, but I left it in place in case it helps with...

It's that time of year again! If you are attending the Off the Grid Rally West at Shaver Lake this year and are interested in driving up as one convoy again, please RSVP to this rally point event! If you are leading a convoy from another state and would like to join up with us for the remainder...

Registration: Off the Grid Rally West 2018 The plan will be roughly the same as last year with some slight variation. The plan will be to leave northwest side of Tucson in the morning, possible pickup stop in the Phoenix area, and a final collection of any northern AZ folks in the Prescott...

It's that time of year again! If you are attending the Off the Grid Rally West at Shaver Lake this year and are interested in driving up as one convoy again, please RSVP to this rally point event! If you are leading a convoy from another state and would like to join up with us for the remainder...

We cleared up some schedule conflicts and are now able to attend Off The Grid West again this year! We'll be at Shaver Lake October 5-7th for the event, and then we'll probably bop up to the bay area for a few days to say hi to friends and family in S.F. before working our way back to Baja...

We just realized that fall break for the kids was the week following OTG and we had been planning on taking a long trip over fall break. Those two conflicts won out over the wedding. It helps that my wife wasn't very keen on attending the wedding, as she would't know anybody there, and I only...

Change of plans, we're gonna make it to OTG again this year! I just registered. I'm gonna be bringing the whole family this time, too!

Colorado in October might be a possibility. As the wife and I were just talking ideas for that 10/11-day block we have in Oct, we realized we have some coordination to work out, we AirBnB our guesthouse and there's two bookings during that time, but i'll keep you posted!

We'll find a time, i'm sure. We are going to do something over Memorial Day weekend as well as when we pick up some new equipment towards the end of Sept. I'll be wanting to break it in so i'm certain i'll be heading out somewhere for that, too, especially since the kids have fall break off at...

At this point I'm an "OUT". I just don't think I can pull it off with the timing of our bigger MX trip that will start the following week.

This is genius! I'm definitely going to start doing this, thanks!