Adventioneering

Distance: 8.9km
Time: 6 hours, 30 minutes, 49 seconds
Avg Speed: 1.3kph
Max Speed: 12.5kph
A&V damage: bent fender, destroyed fender flare, destroyed turn signal
JG damage: blown tire
Our first epic since moving east. Old Florida “road” near Adams, MA could only be described as a road if the only vehicle ever intended to pass it was a donkey. Apparently [...]

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These are antenna connector repair instructions for the Yaesu VX-7r portable H/T. I looked around the Internet for instructions when I was faced with this problem, and found none, so I thought I would share after having worked it out myself.
We’re not sure exactly how “Jordan’s New” VX-7 got broken, but one thing for sure [...]

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So on the advice of Brett (AI5C) I ordered one of these. Go big or go home, I guess; it worked out for snowboarding when I bought all my gear before I had even tried it.

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KB3EEE recently took advantage of my “you break it, you bought it” policy to purchase my trusty VX-7R. This left me without a radio, and in late 2008 Yaesu had come out with a new radio with bluetooth (if you bought the extra thing) and ARPS/GPS (if you bought the extra thing) and a decent [...]

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I live in an apartment complex, which precludes a fancy antenna installation, and the usual tricks like stringing a dipole up in my living room have produced mediocre results. No, if I’m to have fun with amateur radio I need to combine it with my adventure time. Besides what better way to while away campfire [...]

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“This is so ridiculous, it’s awesome.” Alex Leigh

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I am feeling the need to skydive again. The last time (and also first time) I jumped was at SkyDive San Marcos in San Marcos, TX, which was awesome! Definitely go check them out if you’re there. Regrettably, I really should’ve had Bryan drag me down there again to jump when I visited Austin in [...]

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We headed up with Jordan & Hilary this weekend to a sort-of off-road park in Maine. What’s happened is some guy with 400 acres has basically opened up his land for any reasonable sort of off-roading and tenting use. A real gem, because in New England public land access is basically a non-existant.
The only real [...]

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Jordan’s orange TJ gets some new lights.

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Photos of Betty’s new Pro Comp Mud Terrain tires.

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