Re: UK FT60R to US Spec?
And I would like to use my US model for AF MARS operations. ? ? That said, when I read the various reports on mods.dk ?I'm unsure if the mod will work. Has anyone on this group had experience in
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Dave Jeffries AF0DJ
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#15952
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Re: UK FT60R to US Spec?
Check mods.dk for info. Jardy Dawson WA7JRD Ham Radio Sent by underground messengers via the worm people.
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JARDY DAWSON
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#15951
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UK FT60R to US Spec?
Has anyone worked out how to convert a UK FT60R to US spec, please? All I can find on the internet are details to extend US spec. radio coverage. This may work on UK spec and do the job, has anyone
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Brian Reay
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#15950
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Re: general question
If you will note the callsign at the bottom of his post, he is in Canada where they have a Basic license and an Advanced licensed. 73, Jim K5JG 'Rick - yahoo' rgsparber.ya@... [FT-60] wrote:
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Jim K5JG <k5jg@...>
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#15949
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Re: general question
Rick: I'm in Canada, and the terms are different. If we pass the Basic exam with 70-80%, we are allowed access to 50Mhz and up, and a maximum of, I think, 250 watts. At that level, we are allowed to
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Neil Slater
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#15948
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Re: general question
Neil, You say you passed the "Basic" exam. Do you mean the Technician exam? Do you have a CW rig in mind or are you just working on learning Morse Code right now? I find the Pixie 2 a rather
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Rick Sparber
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#15947
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Re: general question
Hi all: I'll still a newbie; only 13 months at the radio. I have been aware of amateur radio for 40 years - a friend, and then an employer, were both hams, but I didn't have much to say, so never
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Neil Slater
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#15946
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Re: general question
Gil, It is great to hear about young students getting interested in science. Often they just need a little exposure and then we can stand back and let them discover on their own. Yes, I teach part
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Rick Sparber
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Re: general question
Hi Rick: Well, I became a ham last November, to go fly a high-altitude balloon for my daughter's high-school science fair (she took first in state in the Earth and Planetary Science category, and even
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Gil Smith <gil@...>
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#15944
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Re: just to verify (CW over FM rig)
Early repeater controllers used it to ID. Some clubs use MCW on repeaters for CW training sessions. This message was delivered by flying monkeys!
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Bill Boyer <daweasel@...>
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#15943
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Re: just to verify (CW over FM rig)
So other than the fun of doing it, is there any advantage to using MCW? Rick Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2014 4:35 PM To: FT-60@... Subject: Re: [FT-60] just to verify (CW over FM rig) CW
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Rick Sparber
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#15942
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Re: just to verify (CW over FM rig)
CW (unmodulated carrier) on in squelched FM sounds like bursts of silence. What you hear is MCW -- the transmitter is keyed and the the tones are transmitted the same as voice. Try monitoring the CW
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Bill Boyer <daweasel@...>
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#15940
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Re: FT-60R $174.95 at HRO!
Dave, Given the various answers I have received, it appears that the major delay from test mailed in until database update is the USPS. Still, this blindingly fast compared to the old days. Thanks,
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Rick Sparber
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Re: just to verify (CW over FM rig)
Anthony, Ah, I should have read a bit further before posing my question. Since I do hear Morse Code on my scanner, I guess I should conclude that these people are actually using MCW and not CW. Is
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Rick Sparber
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#15939
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Re: just to verify
Jim, It seems that MCW does not have the advantages of true CW. Does anyone just attach a key to the PTT terminals? Rick Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2014 8:07 AM To: FT-60@... Subject: RE:
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Rick Sparber
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#15938
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Re: FT-60R $174.95 at HRO!
Rick: I am a VE through the ARRL. Our club is in north-central Idaho and we give exams before our club meetings on Tuesday evenings. I mail the paper work to ARRL the next day(Wednesday). The calls
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Dave WB6DHW
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#15937
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Re: general question
Same here Mike, I live in Az, occasionally I'm up in Phoenix. I like getting a visual on the repeaters when I can. Just curiosity.
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kg7dju <kg7dju@...>
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#15936
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Re: FT-60R $174.95 at HRO!
John, That is amazingly fast! I've been studying by using an on line program which is excellent. I've gotten 100% on the last 5 technician practice exams. Took the general once and passed with the
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Rick Sparber
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#15935
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Re: just to verify (CW over FM rig)
As far as I understand this, the "real" CW transmitters would just transmit the carrier at a constant frequency and filter heavily to produce these 100 Hz bandwidth signal after you modulate it on and
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Anthony Verevkin
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#15934
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Re: just to verify
Rick, Modulating an FM transmitter (like the 60R) by feeding tones into the mic jack is called MCW (Modulated CW). It's the same as whistling CW into the mic (if you're good at that!). If your HT is
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jim@...
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#15933
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