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Fiberglass cloth. resin and Styrofoam are fairly transparent to RF through many GHz, not counting any metallic paint on top. Trees and foliage have lots of water inside and that will attenuate RF in the 12-18GHz range that Starlink uses.

This is very interesting and I don't have any metal foil in my roof panels. Hmm. What's the monthly service fee on that thing?

Yes you would want to run larger cables with a 175A Anderson. I've standardized several things here with that size from spare 100AH portable batteries in marine cases to a bank of 100AH batteries under my radio work bench to high current power supplies and HF amplifiers for amateur radio, etc...

I would use a much larger fuse like 100A or even 150A. That will provide less voltage drop through the fuse and its only there for something catastrophic like your compressor shorting out or something shorting out the Anderson connector. You could even upsize everything to maybe a 175A Anderson...

The removable cowl side piece is very curved and it will be hard to get a flat socket to fit right. The batterie(s) should be on the passenger side of the truck and if you put the socket on the drivers side you will need at least 6ft of cable, probably more to route it nice. Don't forget a fuse.

I was a car stereo/2-way radio installer a long time ago and its not fun work. Its also very risky until you get a lot of info on different vehicles so you don't break stuff when taking radios out of the dash or pulling cables. I dread working on my own vehicles these days knowing what can go...

In the mid 70s through early 80s I was a sales person and installer for CBs and car stereos and I did well because it was my hobby at the time. If I believed sand was the thing to have I could have sold it to the Saudi’s. But I’m not selling anything here, just pointing out what a higher caliber...

Maybe you didn’t read all the OPs posts like this these where he likes the idea of operating 10m amateur with the same setup. I like to recommend solutions that will take you into the future and not require a complete do over. That seems to disagree with your 1/4 mile only recommendation. Maybe...

For lead acid batteries 14.2V is a typical charge voltage and 13.8V is a float or maintenance charge. 13.5V would be on the low end of a float charge. After the residual voltage is drained off of a lead acid battery after charging 12.6V is considered fully charged. Sounds like the NOCO Genius 10...

Most batteries have a rated life based on charge/discharge cycles. Using your main battery to heat itself during the night then using a solar charger might work, but your using up charge/discharge cycles in the process and shortening its life. You would also need to insulate the heck out of the...

With that said I guess you would be perfectly happy with a stripped down 2WD JT sport model, right? Why would anyone need more? Do they even make a 2WD?

I don't think that is good advise. Yes a great radio connected to an 18" long back of set antenna makes for a sh*t station but everything is proportional to quality and cost with more emphasis on antennas. Take an average good antenna on a JT, maybe a 4ft Firestick mounted to the upper bed rail...

That wide band Anytone radio will need an equally wide band antenna. There are few options, one being a discontinued Laird CW27 NMO that covers 26.8 to 29.7MHz with no tuning and a new President Colorado 800 WB that supposedly covers 21-30MHz. I have the CW27 and it works well, been meaning to...

When using my AT5555NII on 10m with a base antenna there isn't anyone I can hear that I cant get back to on this radio from So Cal. All over the US, Australia, Brazil, Puerto Rico and much more. Transmit audio is good and punchy and receive quality is far and above any typical CB out there...

The Uniden 980 is a pretty good legal CB with SSB but If your going to go SSB and want to talk really long distances but keep it compatible with typical CBs used off road you might consider one of the newer 10m amateur radios that will also do CB at upwards of 60w output with AM, FM and SSB. You...

If you shop around you can get the Cobra 75 for about $150 but that's still expensive for what it is. I would make sure you have a spring on an antenna mounted on the side, think of what will happen if you snag something on the trail, it wont be pretty.

Maybe more even in all directions but the cowl might be better towards the front. The hood is large and the cab is mostly fiberglass, so its not as bad as you think.

Too small to be perfect, for VHF it would need to be minimum of 42" across or 1/2 wavelength dia. Well maybe it is in one direction if the top rails of the bed rack are electrically bonded to the plate.

I also live in So Cal with the numbnuts. So I don't see a kill switch as a deterrent like using a Club device on the steering wheel or something that a thief can actually see before breaking in. A kill switch should prevent a drive away theft but the thief will not be aware of the kill switch...

Question, are Gladiators actually getting stolen at a rate to worry about?