Re: Using Banks with the RT Systems software
Thanks very much for your information. On June 17 a representative from Yaesu is going to be at the HRO in Oakland as part of their open house. I think I will be going and asking him/her about it. If I find out anything I will repost in this forum.?
Joy
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Re: Using Banks with the RT Systems software
If you call RTS they will help you. Just sharing my own experience with them.
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On May 14, 2017, at 19:54, WN6WJN - - Wassim wn6wjn@... [FT-60] < FT-60@...> wrote:
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Hi Mark
I saw your message: "I HAVE the RT Systems (ADMS) software, but I haven¡¯t seen that I can do ¡°banks¡±."
I think the way you use the Banks feature in the RT System software is by placing a check mark in the column Bank 1 for all the frequencies you want to be "added" to Bank 1. Then if you want other frequencies to be "added" to Bank 2, then you will place the check mark for these frequencies in the column under Bank 2, and then you can "add" frequencies by placing check marks under the columns for all remaining banks.
This way you tell the RT System to tell the radio to "group" these frequencies into the banks you designated.
I hope this helps. If anyone has any corrections, please go right ahead.
73
Wassim
WN6WJN
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Using Banks with the RT Systems software
Hi Mark
I saw your message: "I HAVE the RT Systems (ADMS) software, but I haven¡¯t seen that I can do ¡°banks¡±."
I think the way you use the Banks feature in the RT System software is by placing a check mark in the column Bank 1 for all the frequencies you want to be "added" to Bank 1. Then if you want other frequencies to be "added" to Bank 2, then you will place the check mark for these frequencies in the column under Bank 2, and then you can "add" frequencies by placing check marks under the columns for all remaining banks.
This way you tell the RT System to tell the radio to "group" these frequencies into the banks you designated.
I hope this helps. If anyone has any corrections, please go right ahead.
73
Wassim
WN6WJN
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Re: Is there a good explanation on how to use Yaesu Memory banks?
I really agree with you. The people here help without making me feel bad. That is something?
On Tuesday, May 9, 2017, 19:52, doghouse3@... [FT-60] wrote:
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Wow!!!! You (this group) are GREAT! I have read the manual about the memory banks but I think part of the problem is I'm new to ham radio and I don't know the lingo. I did get some valuable tips from you. I especially liked the one about using the first channel as the name of the bank. That is a great idea that I would never have thought of.?
My city, Sunnyvale, is having a training meeting next week and I am hoping to get some hands on help from people there.?
Another issue I have is that I have a Mac (don't boo me!) and I am finding that many of the programs are PC only. I do have a raspberry pi that I am going to load wine on which is supposed to be able to run some windows program without actually having windows (although I do have an un-opened copy of windows 7). I am trying to talk my husband into letting me load some windows ham programs on one of his computers. (We'll see how that goes). I have been using Chirp on my Mac.
I am planning on going to the field day in June and if I don't have it figured out by then I may be able to get some guidance there.?
Thank you so much for all your great suggestions, Joy KM6IFL
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Re: Is there a good explanation on how to use Yaesu Memory banks?
Wow!!!! You (this group) are GREAT! I have read the manual about the memory banks but I think part of the problem is I'm new to ham radio and I don't know the lingo. I did get some valuable tips from you. I especially liked the one about using the first channel as the name of the bank. That is a great idea that I would never have thought of.?
My city, Sunnyvale, is having a training meeting next week and I am hoping to get some hands on help from people there.?
Another issue I have is that I have a Mac (don't boo me!) and I am finding that many of the programs are PC only. I do have a raspberry pi that I am going to load wine on which is supposed to be able to run some windows program without actually having windows (although I do have an un-opened copy of windows 7). I am trying to talk my husband into letting me load some windows ham programs on one of his computers. (We'll see how that goes). I have been using Chirp on my Mac.
I am planning on going to the field day in June and if I don't have it figured out by then I may be able to get some guidance there.?
Thank you so much for all your great suggestions, Joy KM6IFL
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Re: Is there a good explanation on how to use Yaesu Memory banks?
Think of the memory banks as more as memory groups.? Jardy Dawson WA7JRD Message sent through sub space hailing frequencies?using the Universal Translator.?
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On May 8, 2017, at 16:21, Margy & Nick Rylatt rylatt@... [FT-60] < FT-60@...> wrote:
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Don't forget that banks can be linked,? Thus, you could scan bank
2 AND bank 5 at the same time.
73, Nick, AA3T
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On 5/8/2017 12:48 PM, Mark Lassman
kb6kgx@... [FT-60] wrote:
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I HAVE the RT Systems (ADMS) software, but I haven¡¯t seen
that I can do ¡°banks¡±. I just have them in ¡°hundreds¡± for
each type of service: 001-100 ¡°City Fire¡±, 101-200 ¡°County
Fire¡±, etc..
No, it doesn¡¯t make for a ¡°great¡± scanner, but
certainly an adequate one, so long as you don¡¯t need P25
or trunking.
I¡¯ll look at the manual, as you suggest, to
see what it has about ¡°banks¡±.
Umm.. That is incorrect.?
The FT-60 has up to 10 memory
banks, or groups. See page 33 of the manual
for details. And they are made for
essentially exactly what you are trying to
do. You would create a master bank with
cross-populated memories, and then
individual banks for each municipality or
jurisdiction you wish to have separated.?
But, you can achieve sort of the
same thing just segregating your channels in
a single bank too, which is what most people
do. It's not like the FT-60 makes for a good
scanner. And it is single receive only. You
are only operating on a single channel at
any given time. But... that is totally up to
you. Your radio, and your organization. You
will figure it out. And as soon as you have
it all programmed in there, and use a it a
few times, you will probably decide to
change it around again anyway - just like
the rest of us. ?:)
I do not recall if CHIRP
supported the memory banks. You may want to
get something like RTS software if you
really want to move things around and fully
utilize the memory banks.
Ray?
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Subject: Re: [FT-60] Is there a
good explanation on how to use Yaesu Memory
banks?
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The FT60 does not use
"memory banks". There are 999 memory
"channels", not separated by "banks",
as older scanners used to be.?
?
I am a
new ham with an FT-60 R/E. I
have a list of frequencies by
city that are used in
emergencies and for net
control. It looks like the
memory banks might be what I
am looking for.?
Memory
Bank 1 for Sunnyvale,CA
frequency list
Memory Bank 2 for
Mountain View, CA frequency list
Memory Bank 3 for Los
Gatos, CA frequency list
etc.?
This way I could have a
long list of frequencies divided
by city. I have looked at the
manual and am confused. The
current single list of
frequencies I have on my Yaesu
was added using Chirp.?
Does anyone know of a
source for a good explanation of
how the Yaesu Memory bank work??
Is it possible to use
Chirp to load the frequencies
into the various memory banks?
Thanks for anyone that
can point me in the right
direction.
Joy
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Re: Is there a good explanation on how to use Yaesu Memory banks?
Don't forget that banks can be linked,? Thus, you could scan bank
2 AND bank 5 at the same time.
73, Nick, AA3T
Sent from our laptop
On 5/8/2017 12:48 PM, Mark Lassman
kb6kgx@... [FT-60] wrote:
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I HAVE the RT Systems (ADMS) software, but I haven¡¯t seen
that I can do ¡°banks¡±. I just have them in ¡°hundreds¡± for
each type of service: 001-100 ¡°City Fire¡±, 101-200 ¡°County
Fire¡±, etc..
No, it doesn¡¯t make for a ¡°great¡± scanner, but
certainly an adequate one, so long as you don¡¯t need P25
or trunking.
I¡¯ll look at the manual, as you suggest, to
see what it has about ¡°banks¡±.
Umm.. That is incorrect.?
The FT-60 has up to 10 memory
banks, or groups. See page 33 of the manual
for details. And they are made for
essentially exactly what you are trying to
do. You would create a master bank with
cross-populated memories, and then
individual banks for each municipality or
jurisdiction you wish to have separated.?
But, you can achieve sort of the
same thing just segregating your channels in
a single bank too, which is what most people
do. It's not like the FT-60 makes for a good
scanner. And it is single receive only. You
are only operating on a single channel at
any given time. But... that is totally up to
you. Your radio, and your organization. You
will figure it out. And as soon as you have
it all programmed in there, and use a it a
few times, you will probably decide to
change it around again anyway - just like
the rest of us. ?:)
I do not recall if CHIRP
supported the memory banks. You may want to
get something like RTS software if you
really want to move things around and fully
utilize the memory banks.
Ray?
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Sent: 5/8/2017 8:04:57 AM
Subject: Re: [FT-60] Is there a
good explanation on how to use Yaesu Memory
banks?
?
The FT60 does not use
"memory banks". There are 999 memory
"channels", not separated by "banks",
as older scanners used to be.?
?
I am a
new ham with an FT-60 R/E. I
have a list of frequencies by
city that are used in
emergencies and for net
control. It looks like the
memory banks might be what I
am looking for.?
Memory
Bank 1 for Sunnyvale,CA
frequency list
Memory Bank 2 for
Mountain View, CA frequency list
Memory Bank 3 for Los
Gatos, CA frequency list
etc.?
This way I could have a
long list of frequencies divided
by city. I have looked at the
manual and am confused. The
current single list of
frequencies I have on my Yaesu
was added using Chirp.?
Does anyone know of a
source for a good explanation of
how the Yaesu Memory bank work??
Is it possible to use
Chirp to load the frequencies
into the various memory banks?
Thanks for anyone that
can point me in the right
direction.
Joy
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The FT-60R DOES have Memory Bank capability.
See page 33 in the FT-60R manual on Yaesu's website.
73, Jim K5JG
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On 5/8/2017 10:04 AM, Mark Lassman kb6kgx@... [FT-60] wrote:
The FT60 does not use "memory banks". There are 999 memory "channels",
not separated by "banks", as older scanners used to be.
Sent from my iPhone
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I HAVE the RT Systems (ADMS) software, but I haven¡¯t seen that I can do ¡°banks¡±. I just have them in ¡°hundreds¡± for each type of service: 001-100 ¡°City Fire¡±, 101-200 ¡°County Fire¡±, etc..
No, it doesn¡¯t make for a ¡°great¡± scanner, but certainly an adequate one, so long as you don¡¯t need P25 or trunking.
I¡¯ll look at the manual, as you suggest, to see what it has about ¡°banks¡±.
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Umm.. That is incorrect.?
The FT-60 has up to 10 memory banks, or groups. See page 33 of the manual for details. And they are made for essentially exactly what you are trying to do. You would create a master bank with cross-populated memories, and then individual banks for each municipality or jurisdiction you wish to have separated.?
But, you can achieve sort of the same thing just segregating your channels in a single bank too, which is what most people do. It's not like the FT-60 makes for a good scanner. And it is single receive only. You are only operating on a single channel at any given time. But... that is totally up to you. Your radio, and your organization. You will figure it out. And as soon as you have it all programmed in there, and use a it a few times, you will probably decide to change it around again anyway - just like the rest of us. ?:)
I do not recall if CHIRP supported the memory banks. You may want to get something like RTS software if you really want to move things around and fully utilize the memory banks.
Ray?
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The FT60 does not use "memory banks". There are 999 memory "channels", not separated by "banks", as older scanners used to be.?
?
I am a new ham with an FT-60 R/E. I have a list of frequencies by city that are used in emergencies and for net control. It looks like the memory banks might be what I am looking for.?
Memory Bank 1 for Sunnyvale,CA frequency list Memory Bank 2 for Mountain View, CA frequency list Memory Bank 3 for Los Gatos, CA frequency list etc.?
This way I could have a long list of frequencies divided by city. I have looked at the manual and am confused. The current single list of frequencies I have on my Yaesu was added using Chirp.?
Does anyone know of a source for a good explanation of how the Yaesu Memory bank work??
Is it possible to use Chirp to load the frequencies into the various memory banks?
Thanks for anyone that can point me in the right direction.
Joy
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Re: Is there a good explanation on how to use Yaesu Memory banks?
Umm.. That is incorrect.?
The FT-60 has up to 10 memory banks, or groups. See page 33 of the manual for details. And they are made for essentially exactly what you are trying to do. You would create a master bank with cross-populated memories, and then individual banks for each municipality or jurisdiction you wish to have separated.?
But, you can achieve sort of the same thing just segregating your channels in a single bank too, which is what most people do. It's not like the FT-60 makes for a good scanner. And it is single receive only. You are only operating on a single channel at any given time. But... that is totally up to you. Your radio, and your organization. You will figure it out. And as soon as you have it all programmed in there, and use a it a few times, you will probably decide to change it around again anyway - just like the rest of us. ?:)
I do not recall if CHIRP supported the memory banks. You may want to get something like RTS software if you really want to move things around and fully utilize the memory banks.
Ray?
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From: "Mark Lassman kb6kgx@... [FT-60]" < FT-60@...> Sent: 5/8/2017 8:04:57 AM
Subject: Re: [FT-60] Is there a good explanation on how to use Yaesu Memory banks?
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The FT60 does not use "memory banks". There are 999 memory "channels", not separated by "banks", as older scanners used to be.?
?
I am a new ham with an FT-60 R/E. I have a list of frequencies by city that are used in emergencies and for net control. It looks like the memory banks might be what I am looking for.?
Memory Bank 1 for Sunnyvale,CA frequency list Memory Bank 2 for Mountain View, CA frequency list Memory Bank 3 for Los Gatos, CA frequency list etc.?
This way I could have a long list of frequencies divided by city. I have looked at the manual and am confused. The current single list of frequencies I have on my Yaesu was added using Chirp.?
Does anyone know of a source for a good explanation of how the Yaesu Memory bank work??
Is it possible to use Chirp to load the frequencies into the various memory banks?
Thanks for anyone that can point me in the right direction.
Joy
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Re: Is there a good explanation on how to use Yaesu Memory banks?
Chirp can definitely arrange channels
into memories, I group them into regions that I travel to.? One
thing I like to do is place a "dummy" channel at the beginning of
each memory group, with a regional name to identify the group.
- Aldo
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Re: Is there a good explanation on how to use Yaesu Memory banks?
The FT60 does not use "memory banks". There are 999 memory "channels", not separated by "banks", as older scanners used to be.?
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On May 7, 2017, at 9:20 PM, doghouse3@... [FT-60] < FT-60@...> wrote:
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I am a new ham with an FT-60 R/E. I have a list of frequencies by city that are used in emergencies and for net control. It looks like the memory banks might be what I am looking for.?
Memory Bank 1 for Sunnyvale,CA frequency list Memory Bank 2 for Mountain View, CA frequency list Memory Bank 3 for Los Gatos, CA frequency list etc.?
This way I could have a long list of frequencies divided by city. I have looked at the manual and am confused. The current single list of frequencies I have on my Yaesu was added using Chirp.?
Does anyone know of a source for a good explanation of how the Yaesu Memory bank work??
Is it possible to use Chirp to load the frequencies into the various memory banks?
Thanks for anyone that can point me in the right direction.
Joy
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Re: Is there a good explanation on how to use Yaesu Memory banks?
From your description of what you want, I think memory banks are exactly what you want. Great call! ? ¡°liverman at att.net¡± just posted a good explanation so I¡¯ll not repeat but hopefully expand. ? As he(?) alluded to, the ordering of entries in the memory locations is completely separate from how you can assign them to a memory bank.? At first we made entries into the memory locations in an order that made sense to us.? Don¡¯t recall our thoughts at the time on the ordering¡ ? We finally decided to keep things simple for us and made the memory organization identical to our local EOC (Mountain View).? That way when we worked the EOC and needed to go to a specific frequency, we generally knew the memory #.? For example, MTV tactical 1 or County Message Net or Hospital Net.? The reverse was also true: after working the EOC, the FT60 locations were easier to remember.? I¡¯m pretty sure your EC, Jerry, has a file of the typical Sunnyvale settings that he passes out.? I¡¯m sure he¡¯ll give you the file ¨C if it isn¡¯t online already!? If you need contact information for Jerry or any EC in the County, go to the County website.? If you have issues getting that, contact me off list. ? I know we all in MTV can get a file with the MTV EOC ¡°load¡±.? There is no requirement that we do but most people use it.? My YL & I have the same basic memories in all our radios which really helps if we grab one of our old backup HTs or use the mobile rig in the ¡°other¡± car ? We also decided to use the huge number of memories available along with the Banks. Bank 1 is memory location 1 through 300 and all memory channels are set to display the frequency. Bank 2 is memory location 401 through 700 and all memory channels are set to display the call sign.? Easy for repeaters, needs some tweaking for simplex.? The ordering is the same as 1-300: memory 1 has the same settings as memory 401 other than the display. Bank 3 is memory locations 701 through 1000 and all memory channels are set to display the tactical call.? Again, the order is the same.? Memory 1 == memory 401 == memory 701 ? For example, one memory, call it X, displays the repeater frequency of 145.270, the location 400 away, 40X, show W6ASH, and the one 700 away, 70X, shows RSCNOR (for resource net north).? This bank style allows us to more easily follow instructions regardless of style. ? So what about the 300-400 gap?? We placed all the police and fire departments in there with the display set to their tactical call, whatever they themselves use. ? We come nowhere close to using all the memories even with this tripling.? Wonderful radio! ? We have fun with the other banks ????????????? When we work an public service event, we use bank 10 to designate/tag all the frequency used by that event.? If the use a frequency not in our standard load, we use one of the spare locations.? This not only makes it easy to avoid getting on the wrong channel during the chaos of an event, if things get boring you can scan all the event frequencies (but be sure to use the pause and not the stop scan or you can lose track of your own messages!)? Well, this actually only is practical at events where most of the channels are low traffic ¨C otherwise I find it too distracting.? My wife is better at not getting distracted than I am! ????????????? Remember that a specific memory channel can be assigned to more than one bank.? This merely means here that a setting channel can be assigned to the public service bank without affecting its availability to the ¡°normal¡± bank. ????????????? We have a back assigned to the local police & fire.? In our case, MTV, Palo Alto, Los Altos, and yours: Sunnyvale.? That¡¯s just for fun.? General set the FT60 to scan when this bank is active. ????????????? For events that occur every year, we use the other banks.? Los Altos Festival of Lights gets a bank.? Tour De Cure gets one. ? Let your imagination run wild.? What we did works for us but there are a lot a other great ideas out there! ? Andy
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On May 8, 2017 12:20:55 AM EDT, "doghouse3@... [FT-60]" wrote: I am a new ham with an FT-60 R/E. I have a list of frequencies by city that are used in emergencies and for net control. It looks like the memory banks might be what I am looking for. ? Memory Bank 1 for Sunnyvale,CA frequency list Memory Bank 2 for Mountain View, CA frequency list Memory Bank 3 for Los Gatos, CA frequency list etc. ? This way I could have a long list of frequencies divided by city. I have looked at the manual and am confused. The current single list of frequencies I have on my Yaesu was added using Chirp. ? Does anyone know of a source for a good explanation of how the Yaesu Memory bank work? ? Is it possible to use Chirp to load the frequencies into the various memory banks? ? Thanks for anyone that can point me in the right direction. ? Joy
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Joy,
I use the banks to divide the frequencies into groups for different parts of the state (and neighboring states) so that I can enable and disable scanning those channels as I travel around the state...which I do about once or twice a month. That way when I am around my house, I only scan the repeaters near my house, but when I travel to Denver, I can turn off the bank containing my home repeaters and enable the bank with the Denver repeaters.
Bank 1 = Colorado Simplex frequencies
Bank 2 = Repeaters reachable near my home
Bank 3 = Denver
Bank 4 = Pueblo & Canon City
Bank 5 = New Mexico
etc.
Bank 10 = Public Service (monitor only) - we still use VHF in my rural county.
How to use it? Well, I got this all from the manual, but it is complicated - this is one of the most powerful features of the FT60 in my opinion, but is is complicated to program and somewhat complicated to use.
What you do is to load the frequencies using CHIRP or RT Systems or G4HFQ software. Put them in whatever order makes sense to you. I have mine in ascending by frequency, but blocked a little bit. 0-100 is simplex
100-300 is Colorado, 300's is NM, above 900 is Public Service. But I am thinking of doing it just by frequency as that seems to make more sense when I am hunting for a channel. But the jury is still out for me on that point :)
Anyway. What can you use banks for? Once you understand that, you can understand how to assign banks to channels. I said it that way on purpose. That seems to be the way the SW I use is organized ...but after you do it, you have the effect of having channels assigned to banks. The FT60 has 10 banks, each channel can be in zero banks or up to all ten. The banks control the channels you can select by using the channel select knob AND the channels that are scanned. The Specifics of enabling banks on and off will take too long (I gotta go to work) for this post. When banks are enabled, the channels you can select are ONLY those from that bank. You can select multiple banks for multi-bank scanning. Or you can scan just the selected bank.
You can use CHIRP to assign banks to channels - there is a separate tab for that. But I find G4HFQ to be MUCH easier for this particular task. SO I use G4HFQ - see their docs and you'll see what I mean. I can set up the channels and banks in Excel and use all my favorite fill and sort and filter tools in Excel to handle the hundreds of frequencies (we have 300+ repeaters in Colorado alone and I want this radio to be ready to handle any of them when I travel).
If this doesn't get you over the hump, let me know.
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Is there a good explanation on how to use Yaesu Memory banks?
I am a new ham with an FT-60 R/E. I have a list of frequencies by city that are used in emergencies and for net control. It looks like the memory banks might be what I am looking for.?
Memory Bank 1 for Sunnyvale,CA frequency list Memory Bank 2 for Mountain View, CA frequency list Memory Bank 3 for Los Gatos, CA frequency list etc.?
This way I could have a long list of frequencies divided by city. I have looked at the manual and am confused. The current single list of frequencies I have on my Yaesu was added using Chirp.?
Does anyone know of a source for a good explanation of how the Yaesu Memory bank work??
Is it possible to use Chirp to load the frequencies into the various memory banks?
Thanks for anyone that can point me in the right direction.
Joy
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Re: Installing HT, into a 2002 Windstar
No trunk on a Windstar minivan. I already have a mount and antenna and will work. Now to decide which side to put it Thanks for your help guys Lyle
On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 7:00 AM, Kevin McCoy ve6kjm@... [FT-60] wrote:
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I don't recall mentioning a trunk lid, ?I see more explanation is needed, You do have Hatch that has a edge where the Antenna could be mounted.? I had a Pontiac Vibe and I Fabricated a bracket that screwed on the main body of the vehicle under the edge of the back Hatch, much the same as the Hood ?bracket that goes under the edge of the hood. Removal required that just screw off the antenna from the mount and put in vehicle. Presently on my Mazda 3 , I have two brackets along side the truck lid made out of Stainless Steel, one holds my dual band antenna, the other hold a ATAS 120 Screwdriver antenna. And I have made 3 trips to California & Arizona from Alberta and return with out a problem, I removed both antenna every night and put in back seat then reinstalled in Morning before leaving. If you need I can take some pictures of the mounts. As well I left them on ?when putting vehicle in my garage and it ?has a 8 Foot ceiling. It just take some Planning.?
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I don't recall mentioning a trunk lid, ?I see more explanation is needed, You do have Hatch that has a edge where the Antenna could be mounted.? I had a Pontiac Vibe and I Fabricated a bracket that screwed on the main body of the vehicle under the edge of the back Hatch, much the same as the Hood ?bracket that goes under the edge of the hood. Removal required that just screw off the antenna from the mount and put in vehicle. Presently on my Mazda 3 , I have two brackets along side the truck lid made out of Stainless Steel, one holds my dual band antenna, the other hold a ATAS 120 Screwdriver antenna. And I have made 3 trips to California & Arizona from Alberta and return with out a problem, I removed both antenna every night and put in back seat then reinstalled in Morning before leaving. If you need I can take some pictures of the mounts. As well I left them on ?when putting vehicle in my garage and it ?has a 8 Foot ceiling. It just take some Planning.?
On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 7:10 AM, Lyle Mains lylemains1@... [FT-60] <FT-60@...> wrote:
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I would normally agree, I would put any antenna on the trunk lip, however, this is a mini van, so for two reasons, I have to use the engine compartment. 1. A minivan has no trunk. 2. When using an automatic car ? wash, you have to take the antenna off. 3. When taking the minivan in for repair work, antenna has to come off before it goes up on lift.
So there for, y'all have to have ease of getting to the antenna!
Lyle K5LCM
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in My opinion I would install the antenna as far away from the engine compartment and computer as possible. I have always installed any radios antenna ?that I want to use while driving as from away as possible as I have seen vehicle be eected ?when the radio was keyed the RF would cause issue.
Again just my Opinion?
Kevin VE6KJM
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Installing HT, into a 2002 Windstar
I used to have a Windstar! Think about using ?a "Through the glass" antenna on the side window or a deck lid mount that attaches with small set screws you can place at any location or height. The antenna will screw into that mount and be easily removed if need be!
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I would normally agree, I would put any antenna on the trunk lip, however, this is a mini van, so for two reasons, I have to use the engine compartment. 1. A minivan has no trunk. 2. When using an automatic car ? wash, you have to take the antenna off. 3. When taking the minivan in for repair work, antenna has to come off before it goes up on lift.
So there for, y'all have to have ease of getting to the antenna!
Lyle
On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 7:01 AM, Kevin McCoy ve6kjm@... [FT-60] wrote:
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in My opinion I would install the antenna as far away from the engine compartment and computer as possible. I have always installed any radios antenna ?that I want to use while driving as from away as possible as I have seen vehicle be eected ?when the radio was keyed the RF would cause issue.
Again just my Opinion?
Kevin VE6KJM
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Re: Installing HT, into a 2002 Windstar
in My opinion I would install the antenna as far away from the engine compartment and computer as possible. I have always installed any radios antenna ?that I want to use while driving as from away as possible as I have seen vehicle be eected ?when the radio was keyed the RF would cause issue.
Again just my Opinion?
Kevin VE6KJM
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Greg Liverman
