Utah TJ Fest 2022

Status
Not open for further replies.
I’m thinking handhelds will do what I need them to.
Golly
Well, I think of it this way. It's another tool your buddy can borrow from you not get it back. Haha
Baofeng UV-5R
Yea! Great radios. I program mine by hand. It's not too hard to program. I set mine on VFO and enter the required FREQ'S you need. Also, did you guys know you can lock a Baofeng so you don't bump against it and accidentally transmit? Cheers
 
5 GMRS channels were set aside with digital code for last year's event. I recommend keeping those for this year. I labeled them TJFest1, TJFest2, etc in all the radios I programmed. They already have the private code programmed in.

GMRS & CB Channels
These are the official channels we will be using for our time at TJ Fest. You'll need a either a GMRS or CB ratio (preferably the former).

GroupGMRS Channel (freq)DCSCB Channel
TJ Fest16 (462.575)D223N20
Hyphens (CO)17 (462.600)D223N30
LJs18 (462.625)D223N
N/A19 (462.650)D223N
N/A20 (462.675)D223N
Dino
Are you talking about an actual Ham radio or a dime-store GMRS radio with the FREQ'S your suggesting? Or could that be both? Cheers, nice Jeep again! 73
 
An air vent holder might work for your radio. Something like a cell phone holder? CheersView attachment 304864
Unfortunately no. That doesn't address any of the things I didn't like about mounting a handheld for use while driving while still using it outside the Jeep if I wanted to with some convenience. Separate units was the only solution I could figure out.
 
  • Like
Reactions: rasband
Like Dino said, we pretty much settled on GMRS last year. Most of the CO group's CBs are either dead or almost there.
My CB died last Fall. I'll be tearing it all out soon and not replace it.

Mine quit too about the same time though I suspect its a dead speaker.


I need to figure out a way to mount my handheld GMRS. There has to be a way. It can be annoying with it in the cupholder or wedged between the seat and console.

I already tore out my CB stuff a couple weeks ago when I did the BedRug. Good riddance. I had more problems with that than I did graduating from the university.

Which handheld do you have? I picked one up off of eBay that holds my baofeng using a ram mount. Paired with a external mic it felt like I was chatting on my CB. Though the baofeng volume lacks.

20210421_202147.jpg
 
  • Like
Reactions: rasband
Mine quit too about the same time though I suspect its a dead speaker.




Which handheld do you have? I picked one up off of eBay that holds my baofeng using a ram mount. Paired with a external mic it felt like I was chatting on my CB. Though the baofeng volume lacks.

View attachment 304875
I have the Radiottidy GM-30. It was a last minute buy before TJ Fest 2021.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08SLR7W7F/?tag=wranglerorg-20
Something like your Ram mount might work. Your radio looks a lot like mine. I'll have to look into that. Thanks!
 
It's been discussed that the factory (rear) Rubicon locker will survive locked longer than unlocked.
Pick your battles. :confused:
I agree as long as you are driving straight. Unlocked, the rear is acting like a limited slip. Not sure how it reacts to spinning wheels or how it will survive. Just don't be Johnny Leadfoot with factory lockers!
 
Which handheld do you have? I picked one up off of eBay that holds my baofeng using a ram mount.
I picked up a 3D printed holder that allows you to screw in a ball for a Ram mount. Thought I bought it from somebody on here, but maybe it was Ebay.
 
Good idea. Related I could try to mount one of the metal backing plates on the GMRS which would magnetize to my phone mount.
I have one of those types of mounts and extra plates and I can't believe I haven't thought about sticking one onto the back of the radio
 
  • Like
Reactions: JMT
Unfortunately no. That doesn't address any of the things I didn't like about mounting a handheld for use while driving while still using it outside the Jeep if I wanted to with some convenience. Separate units was the only solution I could figure out.
Hang it by the tether loop over your mirror and play "wrecking ball" on your radio. Problem solved.
 
I agree as long as you are driving straight. Unlocked, the rear is acting like a limited slip. Not sure how it reacts to spinning wheels or how it will survive. Just don't be Johnny Leadfoot with factory lockers!
Driving straight would never tear up the limited slip since there is no differentiation between the two sides to bring the LS into play. What tears up the rear locker 9 times out of 10 is the small gears in the limited slip section break and send the pieces through the diff.

The only way to prevent that is to lock it up when you are offroad or on high traction surfaces. No differentiation when it is locked.

That and it isn't acting like a limited slip, it actually is one, a gear driven one at that.
 
Driving straight would never tear up the limited slip since there is no differentiation between the two sides to bring the LS into play. What tears up the rear locker 9 times out of 10 is the small gears in the limited slip section break and send the pieces through the diff.

The only way to prevent that is to lock it up when you are offroad or on high traction surfaces. No differentiation when it is locked.

That and it isn't acting like a limited slip, it actually is one, a gear driven one at that.
I can’t get my head around this. On road would certainly be a high traction surface, and I don’t think LSD’s are coming apart driving down the street. I would think what would kill an LSD off road would be a low traction situation where the LSD is fighting to keep the wheels locked. What am I missing?
 
I can’t get my head around this. On road would certainly be a high traction surface, and I don’t think LSD’s are coming apart driving down the street. I would think what would kill an LSD off road would be a low traction situation where the LSD is fighting to keep the wheels locked. What am I missing?
I know of more than a few TJ Rubicon rear lockers that have been torn up via some spirited driving on the street around corners. We likely would have just attributed the failures to normal attrition rates due to age and mileage were it not for the trip to Moab by a large group off of the ROF. They had an abnormally high failure rate running open there. That's when we started paying attention to it and what the failure consisted of. Across the board it was the small gears used to deliver the limited slip function that broke and sent the pieces into the rest of the assembly.

High traction differentiation and trying to slow down side to side tire spin rates and equalize them is going to put lots of stress on the limited slip portion of the locker.
 
I know of more than a few TJ Rubicon rear lockers that have been torn up via some spirited driving on the street around corners. We likely would have just attributed the failures to normal attrition rates due to age and mileage were it not for the trip to Moab by a large group off of the ROF. They had an abnormally high failure rate running open there. That's when we started paying attention to it and what the failure consisted of. Across the board it was the small gears used to deliver the limited slip function that broke and sent the pieces into the rest of the assembly.

High traction differentiation and trying to slow down side to side tire spin rates and equalize them is going to put lots of stress on the limited slip portion of the locker.
Thanks. I guess that should worry a lot of Rubicon owners.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.