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If the hub battery fails on a PRC-138 the unit should work, it'll just forget everything when you remove the main battery / external power. It'll power on to factory though. If it won't power on at all, I don't think the software is going to do anything for you...

There's always the PHX show in Jan...

I had the same thought about N6NB's trailer, why doesn't it fall over. To his credit he's been making these trailers for a long time now, and has made quite a few of them. My guess is that he simply doesn't use it unguyed in bad weather. My feeling with the M105 is its weight, and I can add some...

I haven't heard of anyone putting a grid heater in, but coolant heaters are popular with the folks in colder climates. In good tune the truck should start immediately in decent weather and freezing or below without ether it aught to catch quickly, stumble a bit, and then run well when it warms...

Printed up some prototype connector shells to work on the dimensions. Looks like I can get the spring loaded contacts off the shelf, so should have this all buttoned up once I get some of those in and finalize a design. I avoided getting a 3D printer for a long time but it turns out they are...

If you really want to hack at it, all the wiring schematics are in the TM. I echo the others though, leave the truck as it is and just put it in good repair, and it will be reliable. If you pull the fuse panel and dash panels up you will be horrified by the anonymous sea of white cables but at...

So for a couple of years now I've had it in the back of my head to build an antenna trailer. The goal here is to have a trailer I can tow out wherever, crank up a ~40 foot mast, and be operating on HAM without too much fuss. I have all manner of manual crank up field masts and things, but they...

If you do that kind of work, I was just starting to shop around to find a fabricator willing to weld up a frame to mate an off-the-shelf crank-up self-supporting antenna tower with a trailer chassis. Thinking 40' ballpark. I have a rolling M105 chassis already for the project. The frame is...

The little bulb tester things (which are just hydrometers) measure the specific gravity of the coolant. As the specific gravity rises the freezing point drops. What those don't measure for is how acidic the coolant is, and it can become so after time. Coolant ph is a whole thing in and of...

It works well, the crane. The big problem with it is that if you want to move taller loads, like a FMTV wheel, you have to tip the boom up. Learning to do that solo is a kind of a thing because it's heavy and awkward and the pins suck to drive in, especially when it's new. The real problem with...

I had similar problems and it was actually the old circuit breakers the truck came with. Try a fuse, you can use regular ATC style automotive bladed ones. Also welcome from Phoenix. If that doesn't solve your problem, all the schematics for the truck are in the TMs. Your next stop though is...

I dunno but mine is crimped down in the engine by the frame rail and kind of sticky. Have to lift up on the pedal sometimes. Figure it'll wear through one day at WOT and I'll get a big surprise. Item whatever on the glitch list, right after I repair the raptor fences.

Ha! I just needed the one. What is taking a daily effort is not buying one of those PRC-138s from Murphy's.

I drank a lot to forget the cost, so you have to factor the booze into the total cost of ownership, but I want to say I paid something like $3500, new in crate.

For awhile now I've had a back-burner project to get a military radio setup working in my LMTV. The first phase of that was getting a VIC-3 system installed, which I mated to a Yaesu FT-857 by making a cable. I have all that mounted in one of the equipment racks that go behind the passenger...

The part I don't get is how many HMMWV-related accidents must there have been terrorizing the streets of VA for this to be raised to the level of legislative awareness that they are actually trying to pass a law. I understand what is being said about the manufacturer's association but really...

A few selected photos from the drive up... The rest are at hhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/adventioneering/albums/72157700352689352

Well, I think the EUC and ITAR gets you to basically the same place, since they have the paper trail and laws there to prevent you from exporting it to a conflict region.

You take the truck someplace else and use it to impersonate US forces. Sort of like owning a cop car with all the lights and logos. It's a self-evident problem.

PSA: I was surprised to learn in AZ that the declared gross is for the combination, so includes a trailer...