Quote Originally Posted by kawiracer14 View Post
Bump for this thread and anyone thinking about HAM.

I just bought a new rig for the truck - does way more than I understand or will probably understand in the next year or so but I didn't want to spend a few hundred and then want to upgrade again next year.

So I got a Kenwood TM-D710G which has the built in GPS for APRS.
Will be hooked up to a Rigrunner 4004 which has 4 ports for power plus 2 USB ports for charging devices.
Also got a Cobra 75 WXST for off roading comms with non-hams

Will eventually be picking up a Dell Venue 8 Pro to do more APRS stuff as well as off roading GPS mapping.

Install is getting done Monday - I'll post some photos in the Photo area.

So... if anyone has the equipment to help me tune my antennas for CB and HAM I will happily reward them with beer or some 9 or 5.56 ammo for their time.
So how does that Kenwood work? Does it mostly broadcast your GPS coords so that people can see where you are at, or will it show you some sort of map as well with people around you...? I did a bit of poking online but am still too much of a newbie to sort it all out I guess.