Hey if you have good trail maps in standard gps format you can upload them here as well. When you create a new form post just click the 'Upload map' button on the form. You can upload kml files (if you don't have kml just open whatever you have in Google Earth first and save). Once you do that it will show up in the Map section with links to your post. Add some photos to the post and they will show up on the map as well. I probably don't advertise this feature as much as I should - most people probably aren't even aware of it.
I was just out the other day with a guy who had one of the preprogrammed vhf/uhf units and we couldn't figure it out. The programming looks like a bit of a convoluted process so I would test to make sure you can actually access those channels at home before you go out. My thinking is you may need to manually program each one before hand and label them.
I'm not sure about the forestry channels but you should definitely shortcut all of the frs and gmrs channels as lots of us use those and I've found that they're pretty common in the bush.
Hey if you have good trail maps in standard gps format you can upload them here as well. When you create a new form post just click the 'Upload map' button on the form. You can upload kml files (if you don't have kml just open whatever you have in Google Earth first and save). Once you do that it will show up in the Map section with links to your post. Add some photos to the post and they will show up on the map as well. I probably don't advertise this feature as much as I should - most people probably aren't even aware of it.
PM me your address and I'll stick a couple in the mail.
Hey that's the spot - thanks for the links and info!
I was just out the other day with a guy who had one of the preprogrammed vhf/uhf units and we couldn't figure it out. The programming looks like a bit of a convoluted process so I would test to make sure you can actually access those channels at home before you go out. My thinking is you may need to manually program each one before hand and label them.
I'm not sure about the forestry channels but you should definitely shortcut all of the frs and gmrs channels as lots of us use those and I've found that they're pretty common in the bush.