Socalgmrs

I love the solar IDEA but…. Solar panels are terrible for the environment. Absolutely horrible from start to finish. So are lithium battery’s. Much of the worlds lithium is dug up by slave children making pennys a day. OR it’s dug up by huge diesel diggers and trucks by way of giant holes dug into the earth or wiping away whole mountains. So as much as I’d love to get “free” energy from the sun the financial and eco trade off is not worth it at all. It’s the same BS as the electric car thing. They are horrible for the environment long before they even hit the road. But I do wish it was worth while.

Great time to buy that special some one a radio for Valentine’s Day

Strange. I’ve got cheap radios and professional Motorola radios that sit in side by sides and trucks down to -10 in Montana at the family ranch and none of them ever go out.

Welcome. 2!things. Don’t go out into the desert alone. The hats outdoors rule number 1. 2nd thing gmrs is a bring your own friends kinda deal not a listen and talk to others. as for hering guys talking yes probably on a repeater. Or a base station with much better antenna and more power then your jeep set up.

I use it off roading,!horse back riding, fire evacuations, cell phone down times, riding quads and hiking. Many of the local clubs talk for hours about adios and antennas. One guy as like 10 antennas for 1 hand held radio and he tests them every week. One guy asks what time it is every 30min or so. Another group chit chats at 4am. This not so much a hobby as a way to communicate while doing a hobby. I have way better things to do then chit chat about radios on a radio.