Steve,
HamTestOnline was a great way to prepare.?
Rick
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On Jun 12, 2014, at 11:40 AM, "Steve railcon@... [FT-60]" < FT-60@...> wrote:
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Congrats! ?I'm thinking of finally upgrading to general, I've been a tech for to long!
Steve KB9SVW
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Excellent!!!!!
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I just took my Technician test and got 100%. Then I took my General and just squeaked by and passed. They told me to expect my license in 10 days. On Saturday I should be picking up my FT-60. ? ‘Tis a good day! ? Rick
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Really good testing data there.???? Thanks.? Now studying for the commercial tickets. Radar is easy.? the ## formulas are not so much so..........grin
Dave J?? N0GMP
From: "jspokes@... [FT-60]"
To: FT-60@...
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 10:05 AM
Subject: [FT-60] Re: general question
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John AC8JW
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Dave, ? The slip I got from the VE gave the database URL but not the details you have provided. Thanks! ? Rick ?
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Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 12:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [FT-60] now I are one!? ? Rick:
? You can check the FCC database at
? You don't need to fill in all the blanks.? I usually just put in our zip code.? In your case, you can search on your name.? Once your name pops up there with a call sign, you are good to transmit.
? Your VE coordinator mails the completed forms and exam answer sheet to the VEC(ARRL, W5YI group, etc).? They then transmit the info electronically to the FCC.? I am our club's VE coordinator and we are part of the ARRL VEC.? We give exams before our club meetings in Kamiah, Idaho on Tuesday evening.? I mail the paperwork on Wednesday to the ARRL.? The licenses usually show up on the FCC site the middle of the next week.
Dave - WB6DHW
On 6/11/2014 9:14 PM, Mohd Haizail bin Zainal Abidin haizail@... [FT-60] wrote: ? On Thursday, 12 June 2014, 12:05, "'Rick - yahoo' rgsparber.ya@... [FT-60]" wrote: ? ? I just took my Technician test and got 100%. Then I took my General and just squeaked by and passed. They told me to expect my license in 10 days. On Saturday I should be picking up my FT-60. ? ?
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Rick:
? You can check the FCC database at
? You don't need to fill in all the blanks.? I usually just put in
our zip code.? In your case, you can search on your name.? Once
your name pops up there with a call sign, you are good to
transmit.
? Your VE coordinator mails the completed forms and exam answer
sheet to the VEC(ARRL, W5YI group, etc).? They then transmit the
info electronically to the FCC.? I am our club's VE coordinator
and we are part of the ARRL VEC.? We give exams before our club
meetings in Kamiah, Idaho on Tuesday evening.? I mail the
paperwork on Wednesday to the ARRL.? The licenses usually show up
on the FCC site the middle of the next week.
Dave - WB6DHW
On 6/11/2014 9:14 PM, Mohd Haizail bin Zainal Abidin
haizail@... [FT-60] wrote:
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Thursday, 12 June 2014, 12:05, "'Rick - yahoo'
rgsparber.ya@... [FT-60]"
wrote:
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I just
took my Technician test and got
100%. Then I took my General and
just squeaked by and passed. They
told me to expect my license in 10
days. On Saturday I should be
picking up my FT-60.
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‘Tis a
good day!
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Rick
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Congrats! ?I'm thinking of finally upgrading to general, I've been a tech for to long!
Steve KB9SVW
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On Jun 12, 2014, at 9:06 AM, "kg7dju kg7dju@... [FT-60]" < FT-60@...> wrote:
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Excellent!!!!!
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I just took my Technician test and got 100%. Then I took my General and just squeaked by and passed. They told me to expect my license in 10 days. On Saturday I should be picking up my FT-60. ? ‘Tis a good day! ? Rick
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Congratulations! Don't forget, you can go on the air as soon as your call appears in the FCC database. If everybody in the chain is on the ball, that can be a lot quicker than 10 days. For example, last month I took my upgrade tests on a Saturday, and the database was updated by the following Tuesday. Here's the the FCC site to check:
Not a particularly user friendly site, but it is *the* source. Other sites will have the info a day or two later, for example:
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Congrats again!
-Don, KE6DM
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On June 11, 2014 8:28:44 PM PDT, "'Rick - yahoo' rgsparber.ya@... [FT-60]" wrote:
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I just took my Technician test and got 100%. Then I took my General and just squeaked by and passed. They told me to expect my license in 10 days. On Saturday I should be picking up my FT-60. ? ‘Tis a good day! ? Rick
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Hey general Rick:
Congrats on the ticket. ?I got my mag mount at -- support a local Arizona company! ?I also love their aprs stuff.
Clint recommends a duck replacement that is collapsible, but I don't recall the model just now. ?Was discussed a few weeks back here. ?I want to try one of those out. ?If you will be swapping antennas often, you want to save your SMA and put a BNC adapter on the FT60 and use antennas with BNC connectors. ?Some adapters don't tighten all the way down to the plastic case and will put more stress on the SMA.
Gil, AF7EZ
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Doesn’t matter how close you are, as long as you pass!!!!! ? Congratulations. ?
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Subject: Re: [FT-60] now I are one!? ? ? I just took my Technician test and got 100%. Then I took my General and just squeaked by and passed. They told me to expect my license in 10 days. On Saturday I should be picking up my FT-60. ? ‘Tis a good day! ? Rick
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Thanks for your support. ? It sure felt funny taking a test. Haven’t been on that side of the hand shake in many decades. All of the VEs were very upbeat and friendly. ? Rick ?
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Subject: Re: [FT-60] now I are one!? ? ? I just took my Technician test and got 100%. Then I took my General and just squeaked by and passed. They told me to expect my license in 10 days. On Saturday I should be picking up my FT-60. ? ‘Tis a good day! ? Rick
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On Jun 11, 2014, at 9:28 PM, "'Rick - yahoo' rgsparber.ya@... [FT-60]" < FT-60@...> wrote:
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I just took my Technician test and got 100%. Then I took my General and just squeaked by and passed. They told me to expect my license in 10 days. On Saturday I should be picking up my FT-60. ? ‘Tis a good day! ? Rick
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Dave,
The law pertains only to telephones.? Emergency personnel and
transit vehicles are exempt.
FYI,
- Mike
At 09:11 PM 6/11/2014, you wrote:
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WOW,? I'll bet that really bugs the CBers, taxi drivers, wrecker
operators, animal control officers, firefighters, police, and anyone else
who uses a handheld microphone.
Dave J
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- From: "Phil Jenne pjenne@...
[FT-60]" <FT-60@...>
- To: FT-60@...
- Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 9:37 PM
- Subject: Re: [FT-60] Re: External antennas
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- FYI Here in california we have to have hands free devices although
the radio is legal to use in your car it can be construed as interfering
with driving an ensuing ticket.? I use a 1/4 wave mag mount and
repeater range is about 30-35 miles with it.
- On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 4:21 PM,
rcochran@... [FT-60]
<FT-60@...>
wrote:
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- Any mag mount quarter-wave antenna should be a huge improvement over
the rubber duck, especially the rubber duck inside a car's Faraday
cage.? I don't have a specific brand recommendation, but I do
recommend getting an external antenna.? If it's just for the FT-60,
you don't need an antenna capable of handling high power, so consider
that as you shop.
- ?
- Some anecdotal evidence: From my home, I can see the local repeater I
most often use, on a hilltop about 2 miles away.? I'm in an area
with excellent coverage.? With a homemade rooftop jpole (copper
cactus), 500mW is reliably full quieting, and I don't have equipment that
I can turn down lower than that to see just how little power it
requires.? With the rubber duck antenna, standing outdoors, 5 watts
is reliably copyable, but not always full quieting.? Take the rubber
duck inside the closed car, and 5 watts won't always be copyable.?
It's been a while since I played with a rooftop magmount, but if I recall
correctly, it performed nearly as well as the jpole.
- ?
- While you're antenna shopping, consider getting a longer "rubber
duck" style whip, about 19" long.? The diamond SRH77CA is
one popular model.? It's a little more cumbersome than the factory
rubber duck, but offers a significant signal improvement while
handheld.? It's my default antenna when using the FT-60 handheld --
I only use the factory one when I really value portability over signal
quality.
- ?
- 73 de AG6QR
- ---In
FT-60@...,
wrote :
- Even though I don't have my radio in hand yet (HRO $162 including
tax), I'm already thinking about buying or making a 2m / 70 cm magnetic
base antenna for my car. There are plenty of plans on line but I also see
that Amazon has one for $16 including shipping.
- I expect to mostly use my radio around Phoenix where the repeaters
might let me operate with just the rubber duck inside my car. I will try
that before buying an external antenna. On rare occasions I drive to
Tucson and see value in an external antenna for that trip.
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On Jun 11, 2014, at 9:14 PM, "Mohd Haizail bin Zainal Abidin haizail@... [FT-60]" < FT-60@...> wrote:
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Congratulation Rick,
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I just took my Technician test and got 100%. Then I took my General and just squeaked by and passed. They told me to expect my license in 10 days. On Saturday I should be picking up my FT-60. ? ‘Tis a good day! ? Rick
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Congratulation Rick,
On Thursday, 12 June 2014, 12:05, "'Rick - yahoo' rgsparber.ya@... [FT-60]" wrote:
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I just took my Technician test and got 100%. Then I took my General and just squeaked by and passed. They told me to expect my license in 10 days. On Saturday I should be picking up my FT-60. ? ‘Tis a good day! ? Rick
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WOW,? I'll bet that really bugs the CBers, taxi drivers, wrecker operators, animal control officers, firefighters, police, and anyone else who uses a handheld microphone.
Dave J --------------------------------------
From: "Phil Jenne pjenne@... [FT-60]"
To: FT-60@...
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [FT-60] Re: External antennas
?
FYI Here in california we have to have hands free devices although the radio is legal to use in your car it can be construed as interfering with driving an ensuing ticket. ?I use a 1/4 wave mag mount and repeater range is about 30-35 miles with it.
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FT-60R:? $139.00 on "Hamcity.com" website... AG6E
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FYI Here in california we have to have hands free devices although the radio is legal to use in your car it can be construed as interfering with driving an ensuing ticket. ?I use a 1/4 wave mag mount and repeater range is about 30-35 miles with it.
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 4:21 PM, rcochran@... [FT-60] <FT-60@...> wrote:
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Any mag mount quarter-wave antenna should be a huge improvement over the rubber duck, especially the rubber duck inside a car's Faraday cage.? I don't have a specific brand recommendation, but I do recommend getting an external antenna.? If it's just for the FT-60, you don't need an antenna capable of handling high power, so consider that as you shop.
? Some anecdotal evidence: From my home, I can see the local repeater I most often use, on a hilltop about 2 miles away.? I'm in an?area with excellent coverage.? With a homemade?rooftop jpole?(copper cactus), 500mW is reliably full quieting, and I don't have equipment that I can turn down lower than that to see?just how little power it requires.? With the rubber duck antenna, standing outdoors, 5 watts is?reliably copyable, but not always full quieting.? Take the rubber duck inside the closed?car, and 5 watts won't always be copyable.? It's been a while since I played with a rooftop magmount, but if I recall correctly, it performed nearly as well as the jpole.
? While you're antenna shopping, consider getting a longer "rubber duck" style whip, about 19" long.? The diamond?SRH77CA is one popular model.? It's a little more cumbersome than the factory rubber duck, but offers a significant signal improvement while handheld.? It's my default antenna when using the?FT-60?handheld -- I only use the factory one when I really value portability over signal quality.
? 73 de AG6QR ---In FT-60@..., wrote : Even though I don't have my radio in hand yet (HRO $162 including tax), I'm already thinking about buying or making a 2m / 70 cm magnetic base antenna for my car. There are plenty of plans on line but I also see that Amazon has one for $16 including shipping.
I expect to mostly use my radio around Phoenix where the repeaters might let me operate with just the rubber duck inside my car. I will try that before buying an external antenna. On rare occasions I drive to Tucson and see value in an external antenna for that trip.
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I just took my Technician test and got 100%. Then I took my General and just squeaked by and passed. They told me to expect my license in 10 days. On Saturday I should be picking up my FT-60. ? ‘Tis a good day! ? Rick
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Any mag mount quarter-wave antenna should be a huge improvement over the rubber duck, especially the rubber duck inside a car's Faraday cage.? I don't have a specific brand recommendation, but I do recommend getting an external antenna.? If it's just for the FT-60, you don't need an antenna capable of handling high power, so consider that as you shop. ? Some anecdotal evidence: From my home, I can see the local repeater I most often use, on a hilltop about 2 miles away.? I'm in an?area with excellent coverage.? With a homemade?rooftop jpole?(copper cactus), 500mW is reliably full quieting, and I don't have equipment that I can turn down lower than that to see?just how little power it requires.? With the rubber duck antenna, standing outdoors, 5 watts is?reliably copyable, but not always full quieting.? Take the rubber duck inside the closed?car, and 5 watts won't always be copyable.? It's been a while since I played with a rooftop magmount, but if I recall correctly, it performed nearly as well as the jpole. ? While you're antenna shopping, consider getting a longer "rubber duck" style whip, about 19" long.? The diamond?SRH77CA is one popular model.? It's a little more cumbersome than the factory rubber duck, but offers a significant signal improvement while handheld.? It's my default antenna when using the?FT-60?handheld -- I only use the factory one when I really value portability over signal quality. ? 73 de AG6QR ---In FT-60@..., <rgsparber.ya@...> wrote : Even though I don't have my radio in hand yet (HRO $162 including tax), I'm already thinking about buying or making a 2m / 70 cm magnetic base antenna for my car. There are plenty of plans on line but I also see that Amazon has one for $16 including shipping.
I expect to mostly use my radio around Phoenix where the repeaters might let me operate with just the rubber duck inside my car. I will try that before buying an external antenna. On rare occasions I drive to Tucson and see value in an external antenna for that trip.
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John AC8JW
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