Frederic

Well deserved @Kashx2 !

DRIVE DESCRIPTION Together with @Ishakin the lead, we will go and explore the pristine white dunes of Al Faya. Join us for a summer-fantastic drive! We request that every member who joins this drive review the information below and strictly follow these guidelines, etiquette, and responsibilities. MUST READ AND COMPLY Offroad Flag Guideline Two Way Radio Guideline Off road Driving Etiquette's Emergency details for all off-roaders Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities DRIVE DETAILS Level: Fewbie and above When: 10 Aug 2025, Sunday Meeting time: 06AM - Sharp (Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zmS98PammHuw72RW7 Approximate finish time: 9.30AM Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance. What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), smiles, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn. Mandatory off-road gears: Tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, compressor, walkie-talkie radio, off-road flag, shovel, first-aid kit, and fire extinguisher. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE This drive is limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on Saturday 5PM. If the RSVP is full, you can add your name to the waitlist, once anyone drops, you will be moved to the RSVP list. RSVP will close a day prior to preparing a convoy list. Latecomers will be returned back - Without any exceptions. Members without RSVP will be returned back - Without any exceptions. Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others. Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month. PLEASE RSVP ON BELOW CALENDAR

It’s unfortunately not a standard M8, but a bolt with a special fine thread (if you are talking about an AOR off-road flag). Will bring a suction cup. Might do the job as well.

RSVP IS NOW CLOSED @Benje_Junior@kyle1west@INSTINCT@Kashx2@Gary F@Zahid Sharif@saumik1989@Danie@Ana@Johannes Roux@Deepak Eswar@Andrei S@J-P L@Simon D Glad to see you all signed up and join us in the middle of summer Few pointers for tomorrow: 1. We will use Channel 6: 446.13125Mhz Please bring your radio along, set to this frequency. 2. Please arrive by 5.45AM, so you have time to deflate and install your off-road flag. This way we can start the briefing at 6AM and head out before it gets too hot. 3. You can park your cars behind each other in this lane marked in yellow, rather than spread across the building: 4. Bring enough fluids and keep an eye on the car's engine temperature tomorrow. Summer is in full swing. See you tomorrow morning!

Great introduction Kyle ! See you tomorrow!

The 5 Watts or 10 Watts only relate to your broadcasting strength, not receiving strength. For optimal receiving quality, it’s the quality of the antenna and the radio in general that plays the biggest role. For broadcasting far and wide is where the 5 Watts or 10 Watts comes into play. Agree that within a convoy 5 Watts is more than plenty.

Hi @Mahesh_ very good topic you brought up! - When we created the 10 Carnity Frequencies, we wanted to make sure they are in the PMR446 range, which is the so called license-free frequency range. Doing this would avoid getting us in trouble with the authorities. Unfortunately these frequencies are indeed open for farmers and construction workers as well. However the most busy frequencies are usually 1,2,3,4. Perhaps we can start using 5,6,7,8,9,10 a bit more which should definitely help. - CTCSS codes are a nice option to use to avoid chatter on your chosen frequency, but the complexity for us to set it up is big. We regularly have new members joining us who struggle with programming their radios, and although we offer advice and help to program the most used ones, this would another layer of complexity with potential issues during the drive of not hearing each other or other broadcast issues. There used to be a time that most of our briefings were spent programming other people’s radios, and with so many different models being used this is a load that falls onto the shoulders of the marshal or lead. For that reason we decided not to use it. Worst case, Any new member that brings their radio can just type in the frequency we use, without further complications. - proper SQL or Squelch setting really does help, EXCEPT with the Baofeng UV5R which has squelch issues out of the box. For that reason there was a hack created that allows to extend the squelch way further than the original setting. It takes a laptop, CHIRP software, and 20mins of your time to install the hack. Whoever is interested let me know. - to avoid having two Carnity convoys using the same frequency, we have an internal drive planning sheet where we post the planned channel that each will use. This helps to avoid cross comms amongst channels, but sometimes we tend to forget or assume that the other convoy in a different emirate won’t hear us 😛. In reality when you are on elevated ground the signal can reach many miles.