Re: general question
What hill?
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kg7dju <kg7dju@...>
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#15913
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Technical Problems
The Keyboard of my Yaesu FT-60 is blocked after cloning with "CHIRP". The Reset Procedure, page 64 from the operating manual, does not work. Via the keypad no commands are accepted. The FT-60 clone
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Robert Martins
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#15921
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Re: general question
Jack, Which hill? White Tanks? McDowell Mtn? South Mtn? There are a lot of mountains here. Most with antennas on them. I just thought he was referring to a specific location with more than usual
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Michael Lynch
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#15925
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Re: general question
My motivation started way back in the early ¡®60¡¯s. My math teacher was a ham and every once in awhile he would throw something into a class about ham radio. Also I was sort of interested in
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John Murphy <jmurphy7411@...>
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#15912
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Re: general question
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John Eroh
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#15911
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Re: general question
Look on top of the hill. Those are not flag poles. Jack, ae8p
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Jack
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#15910
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Re: general question
Thanks to all for the great answers. Very helpful. Rick Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 11:57 PM To: FT-60@... Subject: Re: [FT-60] general question I'd been in CAP radio communications
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Rick Sparber
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#15920
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Re: general question
Mike, You provide a real show stopper of a reason to have a ham license and a HT. As with any insurance, it is best if you don?t need it. That is not to say that you can?t use the HT for social and
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Rick Sparber
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#15919
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Re: general question
Jardy, Excellent point. When I hike the mountains near my home, I can see the cell plus repeater towers and see Phoenix below. Yet cell coverage is spotty because the providers are beaming their
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Rick Sparber
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#15923
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Re: FT-60R $174.95 at HRO!
Gil, Ah, you answered a few questions that were puzzling me. So you are told test results immediately and the FCC posts your call sign within a few weeks. Nice to know. Thanks, Rick Sent: Thursday,
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Rick Sparber
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#15926
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Re: FT-60R $174.95 at HRO!
Mike, May I be able to tell the same story next week! Rick Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 9:06 PM To: FT-60@... Subject: RE: [FT-60] Re: FT-60R $174.95 at HRO! Rick, That is what I did. I
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Rick Sparber
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#15918
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Re: just to verify
I think you are saying to transmit unmodulated carrier for silence and a tone which would shift the transmitted frequency from the unmodulated value. It is my understanding that CW would represent no
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Rick Sparber
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#15917
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Re: general question
Hmmm!!! I'll have to think about that. But, if the were alive, they could just fly on their own instead of needing to be hurled... Jardy Dawson WA7JRD Ham Radio Sent by underground messengers via the
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JARDY DAWSON
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#15909
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Re: just to verify
It's an FM rig. If you want to send cw, like as in a beacon, use the audio input with a tone. From: FT-60@... To: FT-60@... Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 12:15:25 -0700 Subject:
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Owen Cook
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#15908
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Re: FT-60R $174.95 at HRO!
$125.00 at AES but they were on sale. Dave J =======================
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Dave Jeffries AF0DJ
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#15907
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Re: general question
If ya hurl them over the wall while they're still alive they might come back with the return message.............. Radio
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Dave Jeffries AF0DJ
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#15906
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Re: general question
I'd been in CAP radio communications since 1958. ? ?Built power supplies to run WWII surplus radios, ?Built and aligned SSB transceivers. ?Modified part 95 sets for CAP use. ?etc etc. ?In 1980 I
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Dave Jeffries AF0DJ
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#15905
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Re: general question
I'm a third generation ham. Grandfather: WA5EIT (silent key). Father: W5JE (formerly W5MDP). Me: W5EIT (formerly WB5HHM). Being a ham was just part of growing up! I got my first ticket just after I
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L. Floyd <sonomadiver@...>
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#15904
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Re: general question
My motivation was my twin brother (KC0JPO) has been ham for as long as I can remember. In 2010 he started talking to me about it, sent the Gordon West Tech book and convinced me to at least try. Once
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bartenderjim
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#15902
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Re: general question
Rick, I got my ticket primarily to use the radio for emergency communications when we travel. My wife and I took a 4-day trip thru northern CA a year ago and I realized that most of the trip we had NO
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Michael Lynch
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#15903
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