Simpleman74
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CB would surely be better but I would look into HAM if going off grid alone becomes a habit
*EPIC TRIP* Taking my Trail on the Trail!!
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rhartley81
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Hello...I appreciate all of you watching out for him. You would have thought I would have thought about the CB. Great suggestion. Thanks
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X2 on this. Ham radio is much better for longer distance communication, and it's not difficult to get anymore (no Morris code required). Or, in the case of a trip like this, getting a satellite tracker/communication device can save your hide.
USKTog
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Definitely glad you got un-stuck!
+3 (or more) on getting your HAM technician license! As a landscape/nature photographer, I spend a lot of time in places where cell service is iffy at best! I always have my HH 2m/70cm radio attached to my photography backpack.
Before I head out to a remote location, I will review repeater frequencies for the area, using RepeaterBook.com. I've got 120 frequencies pre-programmed for most of the areas I normally travel throughout the Rocky Mountain West and West Coast.
Here's my little HH (hand-held) radio (Baofeng UV-5RE Plus):
+3 (or more) on getting your HAM technician license! As a landscape/nature photographer, I spend a lot of time in places where cell service is iffy at best! I always have my HH 2m/70cm radio attached to my photography backpack.
Before I head out to a remote location, I will review repeater frequencies for the area, using RepeaterBook.com. I've got 120 frequencies pre-programmed for most of the areas I normally travel throughout the Rocky Mountain West and West Coast.
Here's my little HH (hand-held) radio (Baofeng UV-5RE Plus):
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Jhalko
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How hard is the license test to operate one of those? (Like I need more stuff to spend money on)
OP, seems like you totally kept your cool while stuck, seems like that's half the battle.
USKTog
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I used an app on my iPad to study. Took practice exams a few times per day for about 10 days, then sat for the Technician exam. Overall, not hard.
The Tech licence is pretty easy. This is one of the books you can use to study. You can take practice tests on QRZ.com The Technician licence will give you privileges to operate on the frequency you need to use to hit most of the repeaters. I would suggest a little beefier mobile setups for real back country communications. Handhelds are good, only as long as your not far from the repeater.
1engineer
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Geez guys the guy is at the end of a trip. He can't study and get a ham license and get one right now! Although he can go to Walmart and get a cheap CB now. Read the thread and if you want to talk ham stuff go join one of 50 threads out there on that subject. It's a trip thread in the 5th gen forum not a ham thread in the general forum.
Jhalko
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When your sitting on top of a mtn stuck in the snow thinking about how the heck you'll get out you have plenty of time to study. Haha. Point taken though.
SirWilliamGoes
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Yeah, I knew I had fuel, food and water so I was str8. I changed my clothes that got wet and sleep in my undies to stay warm and all was good.
Believe it or not as I was cooking breakfast the only thing I could pick up was a Christian cannel that had a sermon about giving up just b4 help comes and yada yada yada. Interesting story to hear over a beer, not a computer. I'm not a really religious person but I definitely was being looked after.
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SirWilliamGoes
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DAY 19
I woke up this morning and decided to upload the YouTube video and then head on down I5 to meet back up with the Trail. I had misread the map and went northwest instead of Southwest. So I was about 150mi away. I also was upset that I spent 120 on a hotel room because there was apparently a marathon was in town so they gouged me!! Nonetheless I headed out after getting some decent sleep.
After about 2hrs of driving I finally got back on the Trail then, after about 3 or 4hrs of more off road driving I MADE IT!!! I had finally made it to the Oregon coast!! I was in Port orford at a beach with only a few people. I thought it would be a good idea to drive on the beach, guess what happened, Yep, I got stuck!!!! So after being Stu k for a while some locals came down freaking out saying that the tide was about to come up. I told them I wasn't slightly worried because I had full coverage and the ocean taking the car would mean no more payments, I just needed a ride to the airport!!! I let all the air out the tires and worked at it for a while and finally I got unstuck. I hund around with some folks I meet and drank a beer and watched what I thought to be the absolute best sunset I have ever seen in my life. Everything always happens for a reason and I truly think that I was stuck so that I could see the sunset. After that I was able to make it up to the local bar. Which is where I'm at now. Here's the pics from today's journey
For what ever reason my phone isn't letting me get all the pics loaded. I'll try tomorrow.
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I woke up this morning and decided to upload the YouTube video and then head on down I5 to meet back up with the Trail. I had misread the map and went northwest instead of Southwest. So I was about 150mi away. I also was upset that I spent 120 on a hotel room because there was apparently a marathon was in town so they gouged me!! Nonetheless I headed out after getting some decent sleep.
After about 2hrs of driving I finally got back on the Trail then, after about 3 or 4hrs of more off road driving I MADE IT!!! I had finally made it to the Oregon coast!! I was in Port orford at a beach with only a few people. I thought it would be a good idea to drive on the beach, guess what happened, Yep, I got stuck!!!! So after being Stu k for a while some locals came down freaking out saying that the tide was about to come up. I told them I wasn't slightly worried because I had full coverage and the ocean taking the car would mean no more payments, I just needed a ride to the airport!!! I let all the air out the tires and worked at it for a while and finally I got unstuck. I hund around with some folks I meet and drank a beer and watched what I thought to be the absolute best sunset I have ever seen in my life. Everything always happens for a reason and I truly think that I was stuck so that I could see the sunset. After that I was able to make it up to the local bar. Which is where I'm at now. Here's the pics from today's journey
For what ever reason my phone isn't letting me get all the pics loaded. I'll try tomorrow.
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arty:SirWilliamGoes
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Everything is made of Myrtle wood here this was a t the bar called aggots I think that's how you spell it. I know it's a type of rock
This stuff is a hot commodity back home
Some TAT riders that have made it to this same bar
I had to explain to everyone what the TAT stood for on the bathroom, they have never known. To top it off its OK to write on the walls here.
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SirWilliamGoes
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Okay I have the week three YouTube video!! To include Moab and Getting stuck!!
https://youtu.be/XSkHUsSphco
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https://youtu.be/XSkHUsSphco
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Queue up the seat belt ding ding..... looks like this trip of a lifetime is holding up to expectations.
I do have one small request at the end of trip. Give a summary: total miles, best day, worst day, things you didn't get to see/do,etc.
Cheers!
Ron4RNevada
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Just finished your week three video. Thank you. What kind of tires are you running? Seems as if a slight bit of shoveling and the right tires would have gotten you out of that stuck.
Any way glad you made it to the Pacific Ocean. Welcome to the west.
Any way glad you made it to the Pacific Ocean. Welcome to the west.
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