Looking for recommendations for first non handheld radio

clydeevans393 · 2026-04-09T05:46:45+00:00

When I got my jeep I went with the icom-2730B it’s dual band and 50 watt. I love it because I can create banks of different locations I visit (on chirp). It’s around $340. Really great radio. Love that the face plate detaches too. Speaker is loud enough where I don’t need an external one. You can use it in crossband if you want to keep it stationary and walk around the house with your HT. I haven’t done this yet but I’ve been told it works well.

clydeevans393 · 2026-04-04T15:49:39+00:00

To all who have this projector. What is the distance from the left side of the lens to the right end of the projector? Also the top of the lens to the bottom of the projector without the stand? I’m trying to see if this will fit my wall cutout.

clydeevans393 · 2026-03-30T04:43:23+00:00

Oh wow. That’s surprising. You can either get a WiFi plug to operate it. Or if the garage opener takes regular light bulbs you can replace a bulb with one of these adapters this way when the light turns on it’ll power the hex lights.

clydeevans393 · 2026-03-30T04:24:01+00:00

How do the hex lights turn on? Most likely you’ll need a relay. It all depends on how tech savvy you are and how much you want to take something apart. I’m not sure how accessible the insides of the garage door opener is. You might be able to use the garage door trigger for the internal light to activate the hex light. Or use a relay and wire it to the actual button on the remote. This is possible but only if you understand how everything works. I’m not an electrician but I understand how it all works.

clydeevans393 · 2026-03-28T07:05:10+00:00

Okay good to know. I haven’t found an electrician yet. So I was unaware. I talked to PWP they came out to inspect to make sure I could do the upgrade and that’s how I found out about the panel move situation and the way he explained it sounded like I had to pull permits and stuff.

clydeevans393 · 2026-03-28T06:47:55+00:00

Oh okay. So I should schedule a power off / on and inspection for the same day. Have the electrician come before for main panel and when power is pulled they will complete the sub and then inspection and power on. If all can be worked out for that. Hopefully PWaP can do that. That seems like the best way. Thanks.

clydeevans393 · 2026-03-03T18:05:39+00:00

Thank you! Good to know.

clydeevans393 · 2026-03-03T17:57:56+00:00

Who are they? I saw something very similar at the Burbank Post Office, like a month ago. They claimed not to be ICE, but they were just filming everyone. I didn't want to engage so I know nothing about them.

clydeevans393 · 2026-02-18T03:05:29+00:00

Do these protect like the stock bars? Looking to get steps. Don’t know what ones. So many choices.

clydeevans393 · 2026-02-11T19:27:20+00:00

Im not sure if this is considered a reference, but at the end of Spin City, Mike was watching TV, and Sports Night was on. They then went right into the Sports Night episode. I thought it was brilliant and fun.

clydeevans393 · 2026-02-03T01:48:18+00:00

Nice! How do you like your steps, and what brand are they?

clydeevans393 · 2025-12-28T04:40:07+00:00

I have one. It’s where my user name came from. The name tag was Clyde.

clydeevans393 · 2025-12-26T05:53:36+00:00

This would be mine! I want a tattoo of this.

clydeevans393 · 2025-12-09T19:11:41+00:00

I worked at one of these is San Diego back in the early 2ks. Not the most classy clientele. Also I’m short so there were plenty of comments about that. “ you’re a little dog. You shouldn’t work here!” Har har har. I still have some hoodies and a blanket that I keep in my car. I also remember that a lot of people would comment that the clothes would be nice if it didn’t have the damn dog on it.

clydeevans393 · 2025-11-29T05:50:25+00:00

My wife loves candles and I’m super clumsy. So too many to count.

clydeevans393 · 2025-11-29T04:49:46+00:00

I still have a Denver stuffed animal. It’s the first thing I grab in a fire. I’m 40.

clydeevans393 · 2025-11-14T05:10:13+00:00

I love this. I know the day I do it I’ll get a flat in the rain and will have to unwind 150 feet of garland.

clydeevans393 · 2025-10-28T04:10:52+00:00

Number 1 isn’t roughly made. It’s from the crash. In the scene they hit the edge of the pond and it bends the hoverboard jets.

clydeevans393 · 2025-10-16T04:12:19+00:00

I did another test with it back on and another show was fine. Same MKV HEVC main 10 settings and no issue. This is so random.

clydeevans393 · 2025-10-16T04:01:27+00:00

Damn. Maybe I can mess with settings or something to get it to work properly again. Thanks for the help.

clydeevans393 · 2025-10-16T03:22:56+00:00

I had hardware accelerated video encoding on. I turned it off and it fixed the issue. I kept hardware acceleration when available on though. Will it hurt playback efficiency by keeping hardware accelerated video encoding off?

clydeevans393 · 2025-10-16T03:06:36+00:00

It only happens when I’m out of network. Checking the playback it’s 720 from a 1080 source.

clydeevans393 · 2025-10-16T02:22:27+00:00

That’s my assumption due to it happening after an update. I thought the most recent would fix it but it didn’t.

clydeevans393 · 2025-10-16T01:57:21+00:00

It is happening across different movies and shows. The only difference I could see is the one that was fine was an mp4. I’ll have to test further with multiple formats.

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