Minus a small warning light, the Jeep is complete and ready to chase. I've posted videos in the gear section of the site.

Weather doesn't look exciting for the next week, maybe something will happen..

Pissed is about the only word that comes to mind today. My inverter was supposed to be here yesterday so I could run my new computer setup in the jeep which is everything, radar, gps, all the stuff i need to chase alone. Tornado Warning was issued for the SE corner of my county yet there wasn't jack i could do to track it alone without the computer. The system continued to move NE into douglas and jefferson counties which i definitely could have tracked with the computer.


Anyway, very frustrating day for me today. Jeep is completely ready to chase minus this dang inverter which will be here Monday, one day too late for the Sunday extravaganza. Maybe next week..

First day in a week I didn't wake up feeling like absolute crap, that was a very welcome sign.

All I accomplished on the Jeep today was getting the LED control box mounted and the wires for the front LED's ran, then the mono kicked in and said time for a nap.

I'm planning on nixing the whole laptop idea and going with an actual computer. Reason? My laptop doesn't offer the smoothing option in GRLevel3, not to mention it's kinda slow with gps, radar and w/e else open at the same time. I've got a 3GHz Gateway with dedicated ATI graphics card that'll work perfect and should fit behind the driver's seat. Wifi card will be installed with an antenna on the roof, so any place I'm at with wifi I can browse the internet without worrying about my mobile broadband cap. The laptop stand will simply house my 15" LCD monitor, I'll have a wireless keyboard/mouse and, 800 watt Cobra inverter so I can power the pc with ease and w/e else I might need to plug in.

I've also got new headlights on the way. Stock vehicle headlights are 60/55 watts hi/lo beam. The new lenses are 100% clear glass on front with diamond lense in the back. The H4 bulbs on the way are 100/55, hi/lo. 100 watts vs. 60 normally is going to be a HUGE difference in light, of course they'll only be on when I'm the only one on the road.

AND YET ANOTHER!

I found some sweet JEEP 4x4 fog lights on ebay that'll mount to my bumper. They're 55 watt H4 halogens and say "JEEP 4x4" in chrome smack dab on the front, should match the Jeep nicely.

LINKS:
headlight lenses: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=370187199750
headlight bulbs: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=270376200971
fog lights: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=330322044217
planned inverter: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=110375761288

Home with mono, haven't been able to work on the Jeep lately.. gotta wait for this crap to get out!

I did get my rooftop scanner antenna though.

My new toy, the Radioshack Pro 433 scanner arrived from Cali today. I've been messing with it on and off for hours now and with some guidance from KG4LEO, will need to get the software to fully utilize the settings on this.

Main thing, the NOAA S.A.M.E. and local Skywarn spotter frequencies are setup which were my priorities.