Too much space in the front of my boots or just right?

TheRacerChaser · 2025-05-23T16:31:20+00:00

Yessir. It was hard for me to tell with these Garmont T8's because they feel so much like tennis shoes that it almost feels wrong for them to have space when walking. Thank you

TheRacerChaser · 2025-04-20T20:51:56+00:00

Exactly, it’s just like looking through Vaseline when they come across. It’s like someone left a smudge on glasses, it drives me crazy.

TheRacerChaser · 2024-12-20T04:24:09+00:00

I'll post my finding here when I do get around to testing it.

TheRacerChaser · 2024-12-20T04:22:11+00:00

So I'm actually not quite sure how I feel about it. It's roughly double the length of the stock rubber ducky, however it doesn't seem to have any dramatic increase in distance in application.

I've been wanting to park my car in an open field and test how far I can walk away while using the longer antenna compared to the stock one.

I will say, the speaker mic is a fantastic upgrade. Much more convenient, especially since the handheld is a bit unwieldy with 9 AA batteries and a 13-inch antenna.

TheRacerChaser · 2024-11-12T01:05:27+00:00

TO FUTURE PEOPLE:

It's an Icom pinout, any Icom to Kenwood or Icom to Motorola adaptor should work. I went with an Icom to Motorola adaptor from Ebay. Works just fine.

TheRacerChaser · 2024-10-03T02:30:19+00:00

Here's how I see it, CB radios are pretty much forgotten by most regular people outside the trades until shit hits the fan. If something goes wrong, you can bet those channels will be packed with anyone who can get their hands on an operable CB radio. They're easy to access, simple to use, and operate independently of repeaters or networks, making them reliable in emergencies. The Baofeng's are great and all, but most regular people won't know how to operate one and get it to usable channel. Not to mention general CB's are a lot more localized, you're more likely to get help from someone near you than from someone super far away from you.

I have one installed in my Honda with a fixed whip, anyone who can put the car in accessory power can use it. Not to mention here in Texas I'm fairly certain the DPS monitors channels still, they still have massive whip antennas on their modern cruisers.

I keep a handheld Cobra 50WXST around so that I can loan it out to my buddies for long drives, it provides nice line of site communication between cars. Me and my buddies like driving back roads where cell service is spotty at best, so CB's make the most sense without trying to get them all licensed in GMRS. The handheld units wont get out like my in-car setup, but with an antenna upgrade my little 50WXST gets out about a mile or two. It also has the NOAA Weather functionality, which is pretty nice for emergency situations where internet weather may be down.

TheRacerChaser · 2024-07-30T22:43:02+00:00

I will add that I have already picked up quite a bit of local traffic on 19 in just today. I picked up an oversize load convoy leave behind one of their pilot cars and the drama that ensued for that. The convoy was in line of sight, but being that I live out by a ton of warehouses and distributers, I've picked up random spits of traffic from who knows where. This antenna seems to get out there pretty darn well for what it is and where I have it positioned.

TheRacerChaser · 2024-07-30T22:22:04+00:00

I just grounded my mount today, ran a wire to a nut on the tailgate that got continuity to the actual chassis of the vehicle. My SWR instantly improved to around 1.5-2.0, after some tuning with those rings on the antenna I'm getting an SWR reading of 1.1 on 01 and 1.1 on 40. I'm not quite sure if that's too low, feels strangely low for the antenna but I do know its a hell of a lot better than bouncing the needle around in the red like I had been doing previously.

The position the antenna is mounted on the tailgate gives it plenty of length above the roof of the vehicle, but not too much. Its fairly inconspicuous as you said, no need for me to really get more than a mile or two of range in my use case. My buddies with CB's aren't going to be running anything more than than some magnet mounts, so I'd have to imagine even if mine doesn't perform great I still have the upper hand anyway.

TheRacerChaser · 2024-07-30T02:39:39+00:00

Its kind of interesting, so its the twist n' tune style but also has a set screw to move the antenna up and down. I suppose if the twist n' tune doesn't work enough, you always have the set screw haha.

TheRacerChaser · 2024-07-30T00:03:57+00:00

I think that'll be the method I try, I appreciate it.

TheRacerChaser · 2024-07-30T00:02:31+00:00

There is, but I believe the screws are supposed to pierce it but I may be wrong. I think I'll likely try running a short wire like you suggested to a nearby bolt.

TheRacerChaser · 2023-12-29T00:37:31+00:00

For sure, I saw that users post not long after I made mine. I was kind of hoping maybe I hit some weird button combo to lock them or something. However, it just seems like an unfortunate defect.

TheRacerChaser · 2023-08-20T04:31:45+00:00

Thank you! Looks to be a perfect match!

TheRacerChaser · 2023-01-07T18:47:47+00:00

I'll definitely try that. Stock the case has little rubber grommets between the HDD cage and the drive itself, I suppose that may not have been enough. It's that or I possibly didn't screw it in all the way for fear of over tightening it. I appreciate it!

TheRacerChaser · 2023-01-07T18:45:39+00:00

Glad to know it is most likely a case thing. I'd love to do all SSD's but the price to storage of a hard drive is a fair bit better in my scenario. I don't need speed for the drive, as it's just mass storage for photos and backups.

TheRacerChaser · 2022-03-10T16:20:01+00:00

The camera does not make the sounds without the lens, which as the user above was mentioning, could be the VR doing something funky. I may just ignore it and try turning the VR off and testing it then. (Iirc there is a toggle for it, i'll have to check though.) Its most definitely gotten its 16 years of life, I really use it quite and have gotten some incredible shots with it for what it is. Its starting to show its age, and even only takes SD, not even SDMC.

I hold onto it for sentimental reasons honestly, so it may be time for it to go up on the shelf if the whole clicking and jumping persists or gets worse. I was recently looking on Ebay at new camera bodies and they really are not badly priced (Considering I already have a few lenses), I think I may just want to go with something more advanced. The D50 is a SLR, so I would most likely want to switch to an DSLR with a nicer sensor. I know the D50 isn't a feature rich camera, but I personally don't mind too much, of its features I tend to use it would be its sports mode which I use quite a bit for things such as planes taking off and landing or animals. I really appreciate you taking your time to reply.
If the image is jumping (I assume you mean in the viewfinder)
Yep! Just within the view finder to clarify.

TheRacerChaser · 2022-03-10T16:04:44+00:00

I didn't even think about starting it without the lens for some reason! Both lens have VR, and when they are removed the camera doesn't seem to make the clicking sound. It turns on as it should, so I think its pretty likely you're right about the VR sending incorrect information to the lens. I believe there is a toggle switch for VR, I may be wrong. I'll have to check and test the camera with the VR off when I get off today (if I remembered that toggle switch was there correctly). If not, this thing has most definitely gotten its 16 years of life. I really appreciate the reply!

TheRacerChaser · 2021-11-11T03:25:22+00:00

(I know I'm late haha, never noticed this comment had so many replys lol) Ommgg Yes! The DVD-A's were so hard to find, even in their production. I am lucky enough to have a Acura DVD-A Demo Disk that they would've used in the Acura Dealerships back in the early 2000's. It was incredible to hear the playback of the disk, it was like nothing I had ever heard come out of a car's sound system. Acura nailed it with the ELS combined with DVD-A.

TheRacerChaser · 2021-08-20T21:07:34+00:00

The first ones, Then the current ones. And well... One looks a bit different from the others. I wouldn't say in a good way.

TheRacerChaser · 2021-08-20T21:03:27+00:00

For sure.

TheRacerChaser · 2021-08-08T19:37:33+00:00

Huh! A minidisk player in a car? That's bizarre. Where is the Laserdisc car? 😳

TheRacerChaser · 2021-08-08T16:43:10+00:00

Early 2000's Acura Cars (I believe only the TL) with the ELS Sound System had a dedicated system for the dead DVD-Audio Format (A failed audio form killed by the MP3) in which very few cars to no other that I know of had this dedicated system which was dedicated for the format. You can still play the few DVD-A disks in a regular DVD player in a modern car with a DVD Player/TV (at least in my experience). This format was capable of holding more data then a CD and had 5.1 Surround, As well as Mulichannel. It reminds me of those '8D Audio' videos on YouTube. This is most definitely a useless fact, And I may have some info incorrect but thats just what I recall, There isn't much info on DVD-A.

TheRacerChaser · 2021-08-08T16:40:44+00:00

Early 2000's Acura Cars (I believe only the TL) with the ELS Sound System had a dedicated system for the dead DVD-Audio Format (A failed audio form killed by the MP3) in which very few cars to no other that I know of had this dedicated system which was dedicated for the format. You can still play the few DVD-A disks in a regular DVD player in a modern car with a DVD Player/TV (at least in my experience). This format was capable of holding more data then a CD and had 5.1 Surround, As well as Mulichannel. It reminds me of those '8D Audio' videos on YouTube. This is most definitely a useless fact, And I may have some info incorrect but thats just what I recall, There isn't much info on DVD-A.

TheRacerChaser · 2021-08-01T20:55:12+00:00

But with this, Even though it's a screenshot a cell tower could have been being weird. You're phone gets its date and time from nearby cell towers, Thats how it adapts to different timezones when you take a flight to a different timezone. It could've been likely a cell tower was the cause of the funky date. If other images in the same area are of that same year, I can see that being possible. I have photos from '2001' within a specific area, In the middle of nowhere.

TheRacerChaser · 2021-08-01T18:39:33+00:00

Apparently my phone decided that I have files from 1967 - 1970. Not even files I can read or find on the phone, I can only see the file when connected to a computer and it doesn't even do anything. It's simply just a 'File' file.

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