KF7HHV Checking In

[68LC]

Greetings from the Southern Great Basin Desert!
Found this forum while looking into the Keller Peak repeater. Very Nice! I have been using HAM Radio for a couple of months now, and am only beginning to realize its value. Passed my General last month, and will be getting into HF soon (waiting for $$$). Right now, I am having a lot of fun with my dual band hand-held and some home-made antennas. HAM and 4-wheeling are the perfect match, why did I wait so long. As for the 4-wheeling portion, I prefer Toyota land cruisers. I've owned 3 over the past 30 years, and currently have 2 in the stable. The FJ40 is my "3-season rig", since the summers out here require AC. That's where the FJ80 comes in. The next time I'm up high in the mountains, I'll give Keller Peak a try, maybe connect with some of you fine folks. Local repeaters in southern NV include:

145.62 (-) W7NYE Mt. Schader - PL100.00 and
146.88 (-) WA7HXO Mt. Potosi - PL100.00

You can hit the Potosi repeater from high up in the southern panamint mtns. I might try Keller from the Spring Mtns later this week. See you out there!

[hmfigueroa]

Great stable of Toyota's you got there, Welcome to OAUSA and glad to hear how well Ham Radio is working out for you. Be sure to check out the net recordings in the archive there is a lot of great information.

Hector

[salad_man]

Welcome, maybe you can attend one of the fine events they put on here at OAUSA

[DennisDawg]

Welcome. Nice Toyotas.

From up in select places the Panamints you can hit both up on Potsi, 146.790 PL 100 is the other. You can also kit Keller and Big Bear (K6BB), Randsburg, Trona (never anyone on it), and Table Mountain from high spots. Also Panamint Valley’s Simplex Feq. Is 147.770, the somewhat agreed meeting place for some who hang out there (most radios will try to set this as a repeater so you have to override that).

[cruiserlarry]

Welcome to OAUSA, 68LC !!!

I am partial to cruisers my self, having been through an FJ 40, FJ60, FJ62, (2) FJ80s, and now an FJ Cruiser....

Honestly, I never thought much of the A/C in the 80 series, although it was better than none (sometimes)...However, the A/c system on the FJ Cruiser rocks - it's the coldest, fastest to temp, and best at very high external temp in any car I've ever been in...