2015 Ghost Town Excursion – May 2nd & 3rd

[The Macf]

Yep, works great. It maybe a little slow in refresh, and if out of cell service, the topography may not load, but the trail and GPS will work. It'll prevent you from getting lost. Also, get a mount or your co-drive will have to hold it the whole time, which is a PITA.

But if you can drop coin, the radios we run are the biggest and best investment and super easy to install. With the installed high power radio, we can communicate and direct you pretty easy and avoid you from getting lost.

We can also program and help install if needed.

Fact. On the poker run I could hear everyone that had a real radio. All the handhelds came in as nothing but static.

 

[Big Blue]

This sounds like a Badass Event for sure, wish I was closer to the west coast. Enjoy and post pics!

 

[puddle hunter]

Yep, works great. It maybe a little slow in refresh, and if out of cell service, the topography may not load, but the trail and GPS will work. It'll prevent you from getting lost. Also, get a mount or your co-drive will have to hold it the whole time, which is a PITA.

But if you can drop coin, the radios we run are the biggest and best investment and super easy to install. With the installed high power radio, we can communicate and direct you pretty easy and avoid you from getting lost.

We can also program and help install if needed.

I just picked up a new 64gb iPhone 6 Plus, so I've got plenty of space to download the topo's ahead of time (or at least that's how I understand it works). I'll look into the mount too.

I really want/need the radio for sure, but I want the antenna mounted on the SVC light rack I'll eventually buy. No holes in the cab roof for me. It doesn't make sense for me to buy the handheld versions if they're not up to *****, or if I'm going to be replacing it with a higher power version anyway.

 

[str8fast]

I had a loaner radio and about all it was good for was listening not responding. I will be investing in a high powered unit here soon definitely would like to be able to communicate out. Especially after that little hiccup on the poker run


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[The Macf]

I just picked up a new 64gb iPhone 6 Plus, so I've got plenty of space to download the topo's ahead of time (or at least that's how I understand it works). I'll look into the mount too.

I really want/need the radio for sure, but I want the antenna mounted on the SVC light rack I'll eventually buy. No holes in the cab roof for me. It doesn't make sense for me to buy the handheld versions if they're not up to *****, or if I'm going to be replacing it with a higher power version anyway.

Mag mount through the rear slider. Unscrew the antenna when you're done and throw everything behind the rear seat.

 

[The Macf]

I had a loaner radio and about all it was good for was listening not responding. I will be investing in a high powered unit here soon definitely would like to be able to communicate out. Especially after that little hiccup on the poker run


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I kept calling you oxford when I was calling out obstacles while you were behind me. My bad.

I was able to hear Adam all the way from the incident while we were waiting at checkpoint one and noah and Jeff when they were in the very back.

 

[seapong]

I am... Here's a pic of it.

It's got a big opening for the mouth and *******... Hahaha

glorious! haha how did you find this gem

 

[seapong]

Couple of things...

If you are on iPhone and don't have a offroad GPS, GaiaGPS is a $20 app on the app store and works pretty darn well. I personally tested it this last weekend on the Poker Run. It shows Adam's GPX trails and markers directly overlaid on a topo map with most trails marked and supports auto-follow. Just make sure to download the area you are treading offline before you head out, that way you still get maps without cell reception. If you need help setting this up, feel free to PM me.

IIRC, motorola channels run over most of the channels our icom VHF radios support, except they use a privacy tone/code, we can technically get these to work, but would require reprogramming everyones' radios...

 

[vanilla_gorilla]

I just picked up a new 64gb iPhone 6 Plus, so I've got plenty of space to download the topo's ahead of time (or at least that's how I understand it works). I'll look into the mount too.

I really want/need the radio for sure, but I want the antenna mounted on the SVC light rack I'll eventually buy. No holes in the cab roof for me. It doesn't make sense for me to buy the handheld versions if they're not up to *****, or if I'm going to be replacing it with a higher power version anyway.

Mag mount through the rear slider. Unscrew the antenna when you're done and throw everything behind the rear seat.

This... You can run the radio now, all you want and just use a mag mount, no hokes needed. Then put it on a bed rack later. But once you see the ones drilled in the roof, you won't mind them. But bum it up and get one with a mag mount.

 

[puddle hunter]

GaiaGPS sounds similar to MotionX... except MotionX is only $.99 through iTunes.