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Re: Mono Band Mode
MJ
If you live in Northern California 70cm is off limits because of:
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Re: Mono Band Mode
thanks for the feedback guys. much appreciated.
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Dan --- In FT-60@..., KenW <w2bdp@...> wrote:
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Re: Mono Band Mode
KenW
You never know when you might 'need' the band. Keep the manual close by
!! I totally understand that Ken, as we too have very little 70cm activity in my area. But if that was the only reason to do it, wouldnt it be more cost effective to buy a monoband HT like the 250R or 270R? Maybe I'm over-thinking this... Ken |
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Re: Mono Band Mode
Well sure, but as soon as you buy the single band rig, you will discover a local UHF repeater or net for sure. Never tried it here, might this be one means of searching previously programed memory frequencies in only one band at a time? Mark / N4MEW >? But if that was the only reason to do it, wouldnt it be more cost effective to buy a monoband HT like the 250R or 270R? Maybe I'm over-thinking this... |
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Re: Mono Band Mode
I totally understand that Ken, as we too have very little 70cm activity in my area. But if that was the only reason to do it, wouldnt it be more cost effective to buy a monoband HT like the 250R or 270R? Maybe I'm over-thinking this...
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Re: Mono Band Mode
KenW
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:51:22 -0000, you wrote:
This may sound silly, but I'm going to ask anyway...why would one want to place their dual band HT into "mono band" mode? Does this make the HT more sensitive or selective in the respective band or is there any benefit from doing this? Just curious...Because there is nothing that I want to listen to on 70cm?. 2 meters has greater range.
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Re: Water Damaged - suggestions...
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýMy electronics degree, and work history agree! ? I used to work on the assembly line where we built Keithley meters.? We always washed them in distilled water.? I forgot about that. ? From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...] On Behalf Of Pete Bucy
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 5:15 AM To: FT-60@... Subject: RE: [FT-60] Water Damaged - suggestions... ? ? The damage that you do to cell phones and radios when you submerge them No virus found in this message. |
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Re: Commander columns won't appear.
--- On Sat, 9/24/11, Pete Bucy wrote:
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Re: Commander columns won't appear.
The last time that I used CCleaner it wiped out the security keys in the
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registry for a very expensive and important engineering program that I use. It took days to get it repaired. I'm sure that I was complicit in this screw up by probably missing the reference to that program when I was running the CCleaner utility. CCleaner is a powerful utility that can raise havoc with your Windows registry and other functions too. I've never had one crash a computer, but they are certainly capable of doing that too. I make regular backups with Acronis True Image. If I had discovered what I had done within a few months (I only use this program infrequently) I could have used True Image to simply recover the entire hard drive. If you re-install FireFox, that should correct anything that CCleaner should be able to do to your registry, shortcuts, or other related functions. Try this: Uninstall Firefox, reboot your computer, then re-install it again. That works most of the time. Pete - KD4CQZ -----Original Message-----
From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...] On Behalf Of jerold222 Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 9:35 PM To: FT-60@... Subject: [FT-60] Re: Commander columns won't appear. I tried ccleaner this morning. It deleted something important. My firefox does not work properly anymore. I did my system restore, no luck, reloaded firefox, no luck. It is kind of strange. just certain things on certain pages, like my yahoo email does not show up. Everything works fine with explorer but I hate explorer. I would be very careful with ccleaner. --- In FT-60@..., ve3thn@... wrote: grommetread.
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Re: Water Damaged - suggestions...
The damage that you do to cell phones and radios when you submerge them
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usually happens when you turn them on. Believe it or not, water is not very detrimental unless it causes a component to short out. This is what I do when a device is dunked. Do not turn it on. Remove the battery ASAP. (Optional) Soak the device in distilled water. You can get it at most grocery stores. Distilled water will dissolve out any minerals or contaminants that got inside the radio during the dunking. Put the device, without the battery, in an electric convection oven at 140 degrees and leave it there for a couple of hours. You can do this at 120 degrees or even lower, but most ovens will not go that low. Don't use a gas oven. Gas introduces too much moisture into the oven. Another option is to use a blow dryer on the warm setting. To dry the device out properly takes some time. So don't think that you can do this in ten or even twenty minutes. Several years ago I bought the wife a table-top convection oven that she could use as a third oven when she was cooking holiday meals. It is perfect for this sort of thing. It has great airflow with precise temperature controls. Air flow is important to get the moisture out of places like displays. So far I have had only one device, a cell phone, that was dunked that didn't work afterwards. I think that is because my kid tried repeatedly to turn it on after he went swimming with it. If you dunk an electrical device in salt water, you can pretty much write it off. Even if you get it working for a while, corrosion will almost always set it in a few days or weeks. In that sort of situation soaking the device in distilled water is not an option. In fact you need to dump the distilled water out every day or two and replace it with new water. Even then the odds of a long-term repair are low. Pete - KD4CQZ -----Original Message-----
From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...] On Behalf Of MJ Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 11:11 AM To: FT-60@... Subject: [FT-60] Water Damaged - suggestions... Purchased this model after getting my license a number of years ago. I remember reading (and the confirming) that this model was water resistant prior to taking along with me on a canoe trip with the scouts. During the trip we were sunk twice - completely submerging the canoe and my radio. I noticed immediately that water was able to get in and cause some fogging to occur between the view window and the LCD. I didn't bother turning it on, figuring something else go wet inside. Now, a week later, the radio won't turn on. Looking for suggestions - is this something I could repair? Is there a shop you know of that could repair the damage cheaper than buying a new (hopefully water proof) model? Mike KI6NLC ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links |
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Re: Hi Newbie seeks help
Bill Boyer
Look in the photos section of the group under "Bill's Stuff". From: "cls@..." that's excellent care to post a photo or two of your equatorial mount? > I have an equatorial mount for my Elk, and with the iPhone I use a compass = > app and a level app to set the mount, then I can track the satellite just b= > y swinging the antenna. Satellite Tracker Plus (iPhone) has been modified s= > o you can attach your phone to the antenna and it will show you the directi= > on and angle -- just line up the bubble with the satellite position on the = > screen. |
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Re: Hi Newbie seeks help
that's excellent
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care to post a photo or two of your equatorial mount? I have an equatorial mount for my Elk, and with the iPhone I use a compass = |
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Re: Hi Newbie seeks help
Bill Boyer
I have an equatorial mount for my Elk, and with the iPhone I use a compass app and a level app to set the mount, then I can track the satellite just by swinging the antenna. Satellite Tracker Plus (iPhone) has been modified so you can attach your phone to the antenna and it will show you the direction and angle -- just line up the bubble with the satellite position on the screen. >> ...? I tried an inclinometer ... wasn't worth the effort ... >> ... I really only need to know AOS, LOS points, and whether it is going to be to the east or west of me at maximum elevation. Indeed ... although this is all rocket science, it really IS that easy to work the FM satellites! Clint Bradford ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: ? ? <*> Your email settings: ? ? Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: ? ? ? ? (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: ? ? FT-60-digest@... ? ? FT-60-fullfeatured@... <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ? ? FT-60-unsubscribe@... <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: ? ? |
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Re: Hi Newbie seeks help
... I tried an inclinometer ... wasn't worth the effort ... Indeed ... although this is all rocket science, it really IS that easy to work the FM satellites!... I really only need to know AOS, LOS points, and whether it is going to be to the east or west of me at maximum elevation. Clint Bradford |
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Re: Hi Newbie seeks help
Paul W. Ross
You are probably seeing the Olympus digital voice recorder. I have a pocket compass on a cord. I tried an inclinometer, but decided it wasn't worth the effort. Elevation angles aren't as critical. 90 degrees is straight up. 45 is half of that. 22 1/2 is half again. Eyeball judgement seems fine. As to azimuth, I really only need to know AOS, LOS points, and whether it is going to be to the east or west of me at maximum elevation. I then simply track by hand, and adjust Doppler as I go. Do some listening, get some experience. I got 5 contacts in one pass yesterday afternoon. Of course, announcing you are in Delaware helps. <grin>
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Re: Hi Newbie seeks help
Cliff Sojourner
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýOn 2011-09-21 14:42, Kevin Wilson wrote:They are in the Photos section. Easily found if you sort the picture folders by Last Modified. ?I hope this helps. hey, nice job! I see the FT60 and a gps?? wondering if you have mounted a compass and/or inclinometer? Cliff? k6cls |