Ive got 235/85x16 Roadstones on the front and Sava 7.50/16 on the rear(long story) and want 235/85 all round.
The Roadstones seem ok and are 10 ply and in the same price range as your Weslake.
So I am looking around at my options
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Ive got 235/85x16 Roadstones on the front and Sava 7.50/16 on the rear(long story) and want 235/85 all round.
The Roadstones seem ok and are 10 ply and in the same price range as your Weslake.
So I am looking around at my options
WTF!!! is up with that antenna??????
Its a HF antennae and tunes itself by opening up to the correct height to suit the frequency. You can become a member of the VKS737 club and they will help out in emergencies as well as sending and receiving radio telephone phone calls.
VKS737 - Australia's HF Radio Network
Also Direct contact to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
Very necessary in outback OZ for road information and medical assistance. And also to talk to your mates. It has a useful range of 3,500 KM (2,174 miles). It can transmit at 100 watts on any frequency between 2 and 26.5MHz.
As Rosco said, can also be used to make phone calls, simply dial the number you require and hit call. A service providor is needed to supply the radio to telephone interconnects, but in OZ the service is comparable to satphone.
Radtel, HF Radio Network
Here is an article on ExplorOz explaining the Australian HF radio system
http://www.exploreoz.com/Vehicle/Accessories/HFRadio.aspx
HTH
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It looks photoshopped lol!
I guess they look weird if you havent seen them before,but in the outback they are quite common.
Some people have a piece of wire that is strung between 2 trees or the older type car antennae where you have to plug a wire at varying heights to get the frequency.
There is aso some really cool back pack types for those on foot
Barrett Communications: 2040
Here is the Codan version of the Manpack
http://www.codan.com.au/Portals/0/publications/hfradio/2110series_data.pdf
Do you run HF Rosco?
I got an old Barret 250 but I havent used it.
After looking at the new Codans and Barrets ,maybe Ill start with a new one.
Got to do the trips to make it worthwhile ,thats the problem
I got an old Barret 250 but I havent used it.
After looking at the new Codans and Barrets ,maybe Ill start with a new one.
Got to do the trips to make it worthwhile ,thats the problem
Some of the guys over here reckon that the Codan 9323 is a better unit than the NGT....
IMO the 9323 is easier to operate and program
I dunno much on Barrets.
I have a couple of 9323's with 9350's and a couple of 6924's.
It seems like Codan is more popular over this side of the paddock, while Barret is more common in the west.
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