Despite rumors on social media (Ok, it was one tweet), Ridiculous Dialogue isn’t going anywhere! This week we delved into the holidays, discussing everything from the best and worst of Thanksgiving, to why certain Christmas songs aren’t getting radio air time.
Besides the holiday talk, Bryan, Rob and Kelly provided highlights from a recent Repeal Day celebration they attended. Hint, it involves goth flapper girls and fake jazz bands.
Our ITS 10-4 Radio Pouch™ is lightweight and skeletonized, offering rapid acquisition, the ultimate in retention and multiple mounting methods for Baofeng UV-5R style radios (transceivers) with extended batteries. The 10-4 Radio Pouch™ doesn’t impede any functional operation of your Baofeng radio, leaving buttons and ports available for use. Continue reading
Cold weather is here and Bryan gives his thoughts on what to include in an alpine loadout, what someone attending the Mammoth Sniper Challenge should expect and how the new ITS 10-4™ Radio Pouch solves problems on how to carry your handheld transceiver. Continue reading
Everyone has seen an old Jeep with a mangled front bumper that’s a result from pushing or an accident. My old CJ5 was one of those. Many CJ-Series Jeeps have winches of varying capacities that are often bolted to the 1/8″ thick metal between the radiator grill and bumper. Others may be mounted to a large piece of “C” channel (ostensibly designed to mount a winch) and the whole affair is then bolted through that thin tack-welded piece of metal between the bumper and grill. Continue reading
Communicating on existing networks and infrastructure can be challenging during or after a disaster. Today on Gear Tasting Radio, we discuss different radio options for emergency communications, as well as some of the licensing required for transmitting on different frequencies.
In addition to the nerdiness behind communications, we discuss some of our favorite gear and talk about an upcoming ITS product that will make carrying your radio much easier.
Believe it or not, we found a way to make our EDC Trauma Kit™ even smaller! We reduced the kit’s overall footprint by utilizing our TruFlex™ material found in the Boo Boo First Aid Kit™ and ETA Trauma Kit™. This durable material is more puncture resistant than other vacuum material on the market, which allowed us to eliminate the protective outer sleeve from our previous version. Continue reading
Is talking to your family about preparedness an awkward subject? We know the feeling and today on Gear Tasting Radio, we discuss how you can approach skills and knowledge with family members.
While it’s not always something they’re interested in, we discuss how planting a seed for certain things can help down the road. There’s also a few of our EDC pet peeves in this episode.
It’s finally here! From the deck of your landing craft, you can see the outline of the looming ITS Store and you’re prepared to mercilessly plunder during the Black Friday Sale. There’ll be no shortage of treasure seekers and ITS Members will be getting a two-hour head start on all the other swashbucklers! The public sale starts Friday, November 23rd at Midnight CST and you can use the coupon code PLUNDER at checkout to receive 20% off eligible items! Continue reading
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