You win some, and you lose some... and then sometimes things just don't go quite as planned. For this event I think by most accounts a lot failed... but I had fun, plenty came together, and I still got a path forward!Car wise, coming into this event...
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After the previous event at ORP the C5 was confirmed to be pretty happy and functional, but a few critical came up that needed to be addressed before the event.The largest issue was that a wheel stud had snapped on the rear of my C5 Corvette. I knew...
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ORP 4/18/2026First event of the season testing out the new brake setup and... it's somehow worse. It doesn't help that we wound up with the wrong pads on the car, but yeah it sure isn't an improvement to have gone with the Honda Element brake boster...
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So I was hoping to make this the 60th event for my car... but it just didn't happen. No worries though, I'll be doing a fun happy 60th birthday party for this car with a cake at the next event!This even was a big group gathering. We had 5 people and...
Updated 2 months 3 weeks ago
So this is a a bit of a follow up to my article on using GMRS with Ham radios.I recently saw a reddit conversation surrounding what handheld to get for small group comms...., and of course the usual contingent of hard nosed rule followers...
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Products in this article:Purchase the Yaesu VX-6R on Amazon or at Gigaparts.Signal Stick Antenna - 440 monobandCoil Leash3d Printed Leash Attachment (Free, or pay somebody $5 to print)It's a story as old as time: What's going on with the...
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For me, the excitement of HAM radio has been all about having a functional setup for communication while doing activites. Generally that focus has been on comms while skiing or driving race cars, which is generally easy enough and the locations...
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It's no secret that all of the numbers and ratings behind track tires are dubious. Treadwear is a highly debatable value, width is apparently subjective...heck to be honest I think the only reliable number in all of the process is the wheel...
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Another year of events, another winter big platform push! Coming into the 2026 season my focus was mostly on trying to figure out the rear instability of the car. To quote a pretty talented race car builder "We've never made a car faster by making...
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Link to Purchase the UV-28+ on Amazon -- $39.99To me, ham radios are purposeful. While many folks get them for personal enjoyment, Myself and my friends use them for communication in situations where cell use is annoying, disruptive, and/or not...