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Paul . . .
On Thu, 19 Aug 2021 09:46:08 -0700, "Paul Bicknell" <admin@...> wrote: Although I am new to the group but I do not see any activity is this because we do not have any storage space to store associated literature to any of the articles ?At this point, the group is new so I wouldn't expect a lot of replies, but let's see if we get replies. As to whether it's because we have no storage space, I doubt that's the case personally since there are some groups with plenty of members and posts who have a basic group created before they started adding a per-member fee for gorups over 100 members. I created this group for that reason, in case it would be of some use to others. There are a couple of recent Yaesu groups that are well-esablished that have a few posts every week. A few years ago you could create a basic (free) group that had storage, no per-member charge for groups over 100 members, up to 3 subgroups per group, and more. There have been a few changes along the way but groups created before certain dates had their feature sets grandfathered into the group with no fees or charges. . I also created a bunch of other groups, some for vintage radio brands no longer made. Stick around until the beginning of the month and one of the reminder messages sent out monthly will have the entire list in case you're interested. As to the second part of your question, I also doubt that. Plenty of people have purchased new radios and seek out help on how to use the various features. Todays radios have features buried under multi-level menus that are sometiems not intuitive. I don't have a modern Yaesu, but I have been told by some that their menu system is less intuitive than Icom's. I have a Yaesu FT-767GX that I bought for $50 late last year at a tailgate hamfest and got it working for less than an additional $50. Working, but not fully restored, as the built-in antenna tuner doesn't work yet, but since I don't use the internal tuner on my Icom 7300, I won't likely use it on the 767, either. I use an external tuner. And owners of th enew radios run into simple problems they can't figure out for themselves, like a high SWR that was traced to a bad coax jumper that worked just fine the day before, or the radio shutting down when transmitting due to a bad electrical connection at the fuse, Molex connector on the back of the radio, etc. Many people don't have good troubleshooting skills and need the help and support of others. It's a great way to learn new things when you post a help needed questions. My 767 doesn't have a touchscreen or a menu system. Everything is accessible, mostly from the front panel, one or two things require removing the cover. I prefer this arrangement but love the features of the newer radios. And I did use some radio forums to get information when I was figuring out what needed fixes on the radio. Donald KX8K ---------------------------------------------------- Some ham radio groups you may be interested in: /g/ICOM /g/Ham-Antennas /g/HamRadioHelp /g/Baofeng /g/CHIRP |
