Calgary Jeep Association
Off Highway Staging Area => Open Trail Rides => Topic started by: HikingViking on April 06, 2021, 09:15:03 PM
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I was looking at some trails out in Waiparous and was hoping some other people might be interested. I was thinking maybe trail 51 coming out at 119, maybe some others, I don’t know the area too well haha.
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That would be lost knife trail. Very well used trail, and can be a lot of fun at this time of year. The section from 93-119 might be a little slippery on the down slopes. Hopefully melted by then.
I should be good to join. I can confirm the week before.
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That would be lost knife trail. Very well used trail, and can be a lot of fun at this time of year. The section from 93-119 might be a little slippery on the down slopes. Hopefully melted by then.
I should be good to join. I can confirm the week before.
Ditto 8)
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Hi there, new to Calgary and the wife and I would be interested in going on a trail ride. Been a while since I've done the Jeep thing, the last Jeep I had was a 2005 LJ Rubicon I bought new and wheeled in Ottawa. Just picked up a new leftover 2020 JL a couple weeks ago and have started with some basic mods to hit the trails with.
What type of comms do you guys use? FRS, GMRS, HAM? I need to pick up something, just not sure what is most common around here.
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Welcome.
Most of the guys around here use FRS/GMRS. A lot of the club members use the Baofeng UV92 hand held radios that are pre programmed to FRS channel 13 and GMRS channel 1
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Perfect, thanks!
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I ran the Midland radios this weekend in Limestone. (The ones you can get at Costco) They worked really well, and can charge from micro USB, and you don't need to set them up
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I ran the Midland radios this weekend in Limestone. (The ones you can get at Costco) They worked really well, and can charge from micro USB, and you don't need to set them up
Are these like FRS “Walky-talky’s” ?
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I ran the Midland radios this weekend in Limestone. (The ones you can get at Costco) They worked really well, and can charge from micro USB, and you don't need to set them up
Ae they strictly GMRS Rob?
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Rob, do you have a link to them?
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The GMRS has some channels that overlap FRS. Cabela's sells Midland ones too. Curious to see which model you were using, I was going to go take a look at them tomorrow at Cabela's, maybe I'll look at Costco too.
I think down the road I'll add a midland MTX 275 to the Jeep for better range. I like that you can store the guts of it out of the way and just control everything from the Mic.
https://www.cooltechllc.com/2018-jeep-wrangler-jl/140-211-jeep-wranglergladiator-gmrs-all-in-one-kit.html#/92-jeep_gmrs_bundle_options-front_mount_antenna_bracket (https://www.cooltechllc.com/2018-jeep-wrangler-jl/140-211-jeep-wranglergladiator-gmrs-all-in-one-kit.html#/92-jeep_gmrs_bundle_options-front_mount_antenna_bracket)
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The GMRS has some channels that overlap FRS. Cabela's sells Midland ones too. Curious to see which model you were using, I was going to go take a look at them tomorrow at Cabela's, maybe I'll look at Costco too.
I think down the road I'll add a midland MTX 275 to the Jeep for better range. I like that you can store the guts of it out of the way and just control everything from the Mic.
https://www.cooltechllc.com/2018-jeep-wrangler-jl/140-211-jeep-wranglergladiator-gmrs-all-in-one-kit.html#/92-jeep_gmrs_bundle_options-front_mount_antenna_bracket (https://www.cooltechllc.com/2018-jeep-wrangler-jl/140-211-jeep-wranglergladiator-gmrs-all-in-one-kit.html#/92-jeep_gmrs_bundle_options-front_mount_antenna_bracket)
I have the MTX 275, it’s definitely a nice radio.
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This is them $109:
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01LVUBPPA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Costco Has them for 150, so just shop around
https://www.costco.ca/midland-t77vp5-x-talker-extreme-2-way-radio-kit%2c-2-pack.product.100362567.html
They were full GMRS Radios, I haven't done any testing with them yet for range, will this spring though
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This is them $109:
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01LVUBPPA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Costco Has them for 150, so just shop around
https://www.costco.ca/midland-t77vp5-x-talker-extreme-2-way-radio-kit%2c-2-pack.product.100362567.html
They were full GMRS Radios, I haven't done any testing with them yet for range, will this spring though
Are they strictly GMRS? Or do they work with FRS as well? The reason I ask is because I already have the Midland MTX 275 which is strictly GMRS which I didn’t realize until after I installed it.
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Looks like they are frs but you can communicate with gmrs on the channels they overlap. Midland sells another line that has the gmrs channels as well but I can’t find them In Canada. Maybe they run a higher output.
I was just at the Costco the NW and they only had the Motorola t473 (3 pack of the the t470) for $99 with all the bbq/ summer stuff. I might run up the the one at cross iron and See what they have
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Alright, sorry to clog up this thread with all the radio talk. It's a huge rabbit hole once you start looking at HAM, GMRS etc.
Costco in Balzac also only sells the Motorola T471 (not a T473, I was mistaken) for $100. They are at the front of the store by the printer ink refills. They are $115 if you go through the website https://www.costco.ca/motorola-t471-2-way-radio%2c-3-pack.product.100752353.html (https://www.costco.ca/motorola-t471-2-way-radio%2c-3-pack.product.100752353.html)
I ended up going to Bass Pro at Cross Iron mall and they had a bunch of different Midland ones. The best deal seemed to be the one mentioned above the T77VP5. It comes with the carry case and a car charger and some ear pieces. There are a couple that are nearly the same, the only difference being no case and one is black (T71VP3) and one is Camo (T75VP3). The camo one has a whisper/vibrate feature and make some animal calls.
Anyway, I bought the T77VP5 combo pack with the case for $130, it was cheaper than the others too. They had 6 of these ones left. They are right when you walk in, over by the fish finders, first isle. They had several of the other modes and some cheaper ones too.
T77VP5 - https://midlandusa.com/product/x-talker-t77vp5/ (https://midlandusa.com/product/x-talker-t77vp5/)
T71VP3 - https://midlandusa.com/product/t71vp3/ (https://midlandusa.com/product/t71vp3/)
T75VP3 - https://midlandusa.com/product/t75vp3/ (https://midlandusa.com/product/t75vp3/)
Spec Comparison - https://midlandusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Midland-FRS-GMRS-Portable-Comparison-032119.pdf (https://midlandusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Midland-FRS-GMRS-Portable-Comparison-032119.pdf)
Also, here is a chart that shows the FRS/GMRS frequency overlap. https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/FRS/GMRS_combined_channel_chart (https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/FRS/GMRS_combined_channel_chart)
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Just confirming i will be joining. Do we know what time we want to meet Saturday morning?
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Set your radio to channel 15 that's what the CJA main channel is.
I won't make this trail ride unfortunately
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Cool, I was thinking meet at the a&w in cochrane around 9 and hopefully be on trail for 10.
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For those who are not aware there’s two A&W listed in Cochrane.
One on Griffin Rd and the other on Westside Dr...
Meetup is at the west location 8)
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Perfect, I would have gone to the wrong one. See you guys Saturday. 👍
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I’ll aim for 9am but I’ll probably be a little late🙄🙄🙄
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I’ll aim for 9am but I’ll probably be a little late🙄🙄🙄
I’m in... leaving the’Dub by 9:30am Eric. ;)
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I’m in... leaving the’Dub by 9:30am Eric. ;)
Lol ok I can work with that.
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Very fun day! A little exciting for some of us ;D the trails are in good shape and the snow is almost gone. Weather was fantastic.
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Awesome day out! Thanks for coming! Definitely won’t forget what I will now call sideways hill!
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It was nice to meet everyone. We had a great time!
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Yep it was a great day out there. My sunburn lasted all the way through Sunday. 8)