Talking to Satellites with a $35 Radio

I've been slowly getting back into playing with radios and recently had the chance to try something new for me: hearing amateur radio satellites with my HT. Like most Hams out there, I have a cheap Baofeng UV5R kicking around that I take with me on hikes and such for fun. If I forget it …

Wrenching On The Wrangler

We bought a Jeep! Trail Jeep? Grocery Jeep? Fun Jeep? Yes, yes, and yes. Not the first kind of Jeep you might think of for a young family, though. 4 doors? If you count the hood and the tailgate.Automatic transmission, right? Erm, after a while it's muscle memory. So.....kinda?6 cylinders of raw MOPAR power? Ha. …