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  1. Best Camping Style Propane Stove

    I've used a Coleman 2-burner propane for years (and Coleman white gas stoves for decades before that). Works okay, but built to a price. Check out the Camp Chef Everest or Everest 2X. They seem to be a bit higher quality...

  2. Texans got a good test or their prep or lack of.

    Yep. Have family and friends out there. Some of my friends spent time in South Louisiana and were prepped with generators, but this surprised even them. Said it was like riding out Katrina. I was surprised to learn that in the U.S., there is the East Grid, the West Grid, and the Texas Grid...

  3. I have decided I need a radio

    Not just mine...I ended up programming about 40 Baofengs for a club and ran into this problem. Thankfully, I figured out what was happening and was able to find enough radios with the same firmware to recover (happened to about half of them). Well, all but one... The weird thing is that these...

  4. I have decided I need a radio

    I *think* Winterfest is a tailgate swap. If so, get there early, as folks start leaving around lunch. Sent from my SM-G781U1 using Tapatalk

  5. I have decided I need a radio

    Main ARRL Field Day is the 4th weekend of June each year. Clubs and individuals all over will have camps and vehicles set up with radios & backup power solutions. Gwinnett Amateur Radio Society is usually set up in a county park. Typically have to go to individual radio club websites to find...

  6. I have decided I need a radio

    Not quite so simple. If the radios have different firmware, you'll likely brick the one you're uploading to. Need to first D/L the memories from the radio you want to program, cut and paste the memories from your file, then upload to the new radio. Don't ask me how I know... [emoji21] Sent...

  7. Alternative Heat

    It was easy-peasy for me. Already had a gas fire starter in the firebox, so just hooked up to that for my natural gas source. As another poster said, ventless aren't very realistic-looking, but they put off a *lot* of heat. My house is about 2400 square ft & 24" logs heat it almost too well...

  8. Alternative Heat

    I put ventless gas logs in my fireplace about 15 years ago. It will heat the whole house when we have power outages. Sent from my SM-G781U1 using Tapatalk

  9. Coronavirus Pandemic (many threads merged)

    Interesting. That's the same woman who was interviewed in this documentary. Sent from my moto z4 using Tapatalk

  10. Coronavirus Pandemic (many threads merged)

    No, but after awhile Tapatalk become second nature. Sent from my moto z4 using Tapatalk

  11. Coronavirus Pandemic (many threads merged)

    This may have already been posted, but if not, I find it extremely interesting. Especially the chemistry of how this virus attacks the body. Shows why traditional therapies (and ventilators) might not necessarily be the best treatments...

  12. Suggestion for two way radios

    Truckers still use them, as well as a few hobbyists. Some off-road trail riding clubs also still use them, as they provide more range than your typical Walmart bubble-pack GMRS radios. Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk

  13. Suggestion for two way radios

    Sorry...ham speak. HF is High Frequency. Basically 1.8 mhz through 28 mhz. Typically single sideband, rather than AM or FM. HF bounces off the Earth's ionosphere (i.e. "skip"), offering extremely long range communications. HF will also follow the Earth's curvature to some degree (ground...

  14. Suggestion for two way radios

    As many others have stated, range will be limited, no matter what the GMRS handheld package states. 20 miles? 30 miles? No way, no how. In using my mobile ham radio on VHF (145 mHz), I've been able to talk as far as 6 miles point-to-point, but that's using 25 watt mobile rigs and we were...
  15.

    Alone in the Wilderness

    It wasn't me! Bought my own book years before I joined here... Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk
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    Alone in the Wilderness

    I've read the book (One Man's Wilderness) and seen the 3 documentaries multiple times. Awesome story and Bob Swerer did an outstanding job of editing the miles of 8mm video that Proenneke shot over the years. A must see/read.

  17. How do you store gas?

    I like the steel NATO cans. Self venting while pouring and they do NOT leak! Best quality and price I've found is from here: http://www.roverparts.com/Parts/GJC20K4 If you get some, buy a few spouts. They have mounting hardware to mount them to the can's carry handle. These are nothing like...
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    6000 Lumens?

    Not a problem. If you have an old laptop battery pack, you can harvest 6 18650 cells from them. Be careful to not short them out, however. They will explode if shorted out. That said, even a dying laptop battery pack will usually have 2-3 good cells in it. I use an Xstar VC2 charger that...

  19. I lived off the land in Alaska 12 years loved it !

    I only watch it for the stupid (and obviously unscripted) blunders. There ain't a lick of sense between the whole lot of them. Lol! Sent from my Droid Turbo using TapaTalk

  20. I lived off the land in Alaska 12 years loved it !

    Barely...if they keep crashing it into docks, it won't be for long. Idiots. Sent from my Droid Turbo using TapaTalk
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