Re: a real newbie question
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I didn¡¯t mean to imply that anything was wrong with the radio. I pick up some traffic but not very much. I was wondering if it was an antenna gain problem but find that hard to believe given how close I am to the repeaters. ? My real fear is that ham radio on 2 meter and 70 cm is dead in Phoenix. ? Rick ?
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From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...]
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 7:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [FT-60] a real newbie question? ? My suggestion is to wait until you get your call and are legal, then transmit and identify on one of the repeaters and see if you get either a reset beep or someone responds to you. ?Chances are there¡¯s nothing wrong with the radio but only a unused repeater. ?Don¡¯t panic and think it¡¯s a radio problem until you can prove it is (or not). ? ? ? I set up my FT-60 to scan 2 meter. It has the original rubber duckie antenna on it. I take it outside where I can see the antenna farm 2.5 miles away up on the mountain. I hear nothing most of the time. Using the repeater book, I do know the repeater frequencies. I scan through this region of the spectrum and still get nothing. The squelch is set just above the noise floor. ? What gives? ? 73, ? Rick ?
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