Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
@tx_shooter you need to skip that wedding. Is it family?
October 6-9 Arkansas hunt for the toothbrush inventor
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Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
How old is your boy? I'm taking my daughter, she just turned 7. We'll see how that goes.
bakerla
Man, Myth, Legend
He'll be turning 6. He can handle the camping part, the slow and long off-road driving part may test his patience which would test my patience.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Whiskey or Benadryl and android tablet
bakerla
Man, Myth, Legend
Tablets are for road trips, not off highway adventures.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Yeah I'll bring a tablet for Kenna for the 9.5 hour drive up and back.. but not for camping unless its bedtime and I fire up Friday the 13th. 
bakerla
Man, Myth, Legend
Ran this past the wife and she'd be ok with a delayed birthday for the boy. I'm going to seriously consider but remain non committal at his point. Haven't seen some of ya'll in a few years and Rich and Scott are on the list to go, which is almost like hell freezing over. Would be a good trip.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Lets rename this trip "Hell is freezing over... in search of the toothbrush inventor" Or something to that effect.
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
Bastards.
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
Anybody know the advantages of having APRS built into a Ham radio? I learned that I don't have a need for a quad band radio with just a tech license, so I've moved to dual band units. Now I'm trying to decide between the Yaesu FT7900 and the FTM100D. I just don't know if the digital aspects, APRS and GPS are worth the extra money.
Silverback
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The APRS is super cool.. I don't have it but have seen folks who did. Guy had setup a website his wife (or anyone who knew the link) could go to and it would show his location... it even had breadcrumbs for his route complete with how fast he was going and at what time he was there. I can see it useful on a wheeling trip. If you don't show up when you said you would the searchers could use it to pinpoint your last know location. To me it wasn't worth the extra $$... cause its not cheap.
MatthewMay1
amateur professional
I think the safety benefit of APRS is pretty neat. Between the two radios I am looking at, the APRS unit is $60 more. Just not sure how often I would use it
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
For $60 I would do it. Now to learn how to use it. Good luck man.
Oswego
n00b
That's pretty dam cool. I'd never trust it for uses like a PLB, but for what it's worth I'd get those options if it was a lifetime payment not subscription. Even Cospas-Sarsat systems don't charge for subscriptions, but they don't have fancy options. Just a single "save my ass" button
If any of you guys hear of any new PLB stuff let me know. A new systems supposed to be coming out but I don;t stay up on the tech. Think it's called Meo or Meow or something.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
That's pretty dam cool. I'd never trust it for uses like a PLB, but for what it's worth I'd get those options if it was a lifetime payment not subscription. Even Cospas-Sarsat systems don't charge for subscriptions, but they don't have fancy options. Just a single "save my ass" button
If any of you guys hear of any new PLB stuff let me know. A new systems supposed to be coming out but I don;t stay up on the tech. Think it's called Meo or Meow or something.
What is Meosar?
Oswego
n00b
I'm hooked. Screw everything else including phones/tablets/gps/ham radios. Meosar is the new king IMO. Now to find a good unit made by a good manufacturer.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Yeah it looks awesome.. cool technology.