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Re: Repeater question
kbbersch
开云体育I just installed the Android app on my tablet. ?It looks like Repeater Heading is the direction from you to the repeater. ?The app uses GPS to determine your location then lets you know where the repeaters are in relation to you.73 de AC7EW Kelly -------- Original message --------
From "'Rick - yahoo' rgsparber.ya@... [FT-60]" <FT-60@...> Date: 2014/06/17 8:59 PM (GMT-07:00) To FT-60@... Subject RE: [FT-60] Repeater question I have an app on my iPod touch called Repeater Book which comes from RepeaterBook.com. Assuming it is accurate, it sure is helpful. ? Rick KG7MQL ? From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...] ? ? Where do you see that? ? 73 de AC7EW Kelly ? ?
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Re: not very exciting start
I’ve noticed the same thing in MY area (Los Angeles), which USED TO BE really busy. But, over the past 20 years, with the proliferation of cell phones, texting and Facebook, etc., it seems that there’s not as much chatter on the radio as there used to be.
One formerly popular repeater here, which has coverage from slightly north of Los Angeles all the way down to San Diego, remains quiet nearly all day now. When I first got my license, in 1986, this repeater was so busy you couldn’t break in no matter how mars you tried. It was constant chatter 24/7 on that machine. I’ll spin the dial and go through all my 2m and 440 repeaters I’ve got programmed in my radio and often won’t hear a darned thing on any one of them. These are the times. On the plus side, it’s almost like having a private repeater whenever you want to have one since nobody else seems to be on it anymore. Mark KB6KGX |
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not very exciting start
开云体育I think I have the frequencies and offsets plus PL set up right for the repeaters that are nearby but heard no traffic. I said a few CQs followed by my call sign in each channel but got nothing. I know I am transmitting because my voice came in on my scanner. That doesn’t mean that I unlocked the repeaters correctly or that my offsets are right. I’ll try again in the morning. ? Any suggestions? ? 73, ? Rick KG7MQL |
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Re: got it!
开云体育Kevin, ? A few nights ago I was outside with my FT-60 and heard a lot of chatter from CA. The frequency matched a repeater on the White Tank. Not sure how that all works but the discussion was great – a technical call in discussion. I will check out the New Ham Net on Thursday! ? 73, ? Rick KG7MQL ? From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 3:12 PM To: FT-60@... Subject: [FT-60] Re: got it! ? ? Congratulations!? I hope to hear you on the air. ? I looked up your address on google maps and it looks like South Mountain will block you from the Any reapeaters on White Tanks or Shaw Butte.? You should be able to hit the Usery Pass repeater and anything on South Mountain, though.? You might try to check in to the New Ham Net on Thursday night.? That repeater is on South Mountain. ? Kevin KE7VIN |
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Re: got it!
Thanks Jim. The fun should start this evening.
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Rick KG7MQL -----Original Message-----
From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 3:03 PM To: FT-60@... Subject: Re: [FT-60] got it! Congratulations and welcome to the hobby! 73, Jim K5JG 'Rick - yahoo' rgsparber.ya@... [FT-60] wrote:
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Re: got it!
开云体育Plan to do that this evening. My other hobby is in my way right now ;-) ? Rick KG7MQL ? From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 2:46 PM To: FT-60@... Subject: RE: [FT-60] got it! ? ? Very good, Rick.? Now get on the air! ? 73, Gerald WA5IRC ? ? From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...] ? ? I just checked the FCC data base and found my call sign: KG7MQL ? Kilo Golf 7 Mike Quebec Lima! ? 73, ? Rick |
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Re: Repeater question
开云体育I have an app on my iPod touch called Repeater Book which comes from RepeaterBook.com. Assuming it is accurate, it sure is helpful. ? Rick KG7MQL ? From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 2:40 PM To: FT-60@... Subject: RE: [FT-60] Repeater question ? ? Where do you see that? ? 73 de AC7EW Kelly ? ?
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Re: got it!
Congratulations!? I hope to hear you on the air. ? I looked up your address on google maps and it looks like South Mountain will block you from the Any reapeaters on White Tanks or Shaw Butte.? You should be able to hit the Usery Pass repeater and anything on South Mountain, though.? You might try to check in to the New Ham Net on Thursday night.? That repeater is on South Mountain. ? Kevin KE7VIN |
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Re: got it!
Jim K5JG
Congratulations and welcome to the hobby!
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73, Jim K5JG 'Rick - yahoo' rgsparber.ya@... [FT-60] wrote: I just checked the FCC data base and found my call sign: KG7MQL |
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Re: got it!
GDoucet SBC
开云体育Very good, Rick.? Now get on the air! ? 73, Gerald WA5IRC ? ? From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 10:59 AM To: FT-60@... Subject: [FT-60] got it! ? ? I just checked the FCC data base and found my call sign: KG7MQL ? Kilo Golf 7 Mike Quebec Lima! ? 73, ? Rick |
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Re: Repeater question
kbbersch
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From "Yahoo gMail rgsparber.ya@... [FT-60]" <FT-60@...> Date: 2014/06/17 2:23 PM (GMT-07:00) To FT-60@... Subject [FT-60] Repeater question When I see "Repeater Heading: north" does this mean that the main radiating lobe is pointing north? Could not find the answer with Google. 73 Rick |
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Re: got it!
开云体育Gotta get some math done but will then go outside and give her a try. I have a few frequencies recommended to me by local hams. ? 73, ? Rick KG7MQL ? From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 2:36 PM To: FT-60@... Subject: RE: [FT-60] got it! ? ? Hope to hear you on the air. ?Congratulations!? ? 73 de AC7EW Kelly ? ?
I just checked the FCC data base and found my call sign: KG7MQL ? Kilo Golf 7 Mike Quebec Lima! 73, Rick |
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Re: got it!
开云体育As luck would have it, At the instant I discovered that my call sign came in, my FT-60’s battery went dead. I just saw the charge light go out so am now ready to go. ? 73, ? Rick KG7MQL ? From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 2:35 PM To: FT-60@... Subject: Re: [FT-60] got it! ? ? Yay!
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Re: got it!
kbbersch
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From "'Rick - yahoo' rgsparber.ya@... [FT-60]" <FT-60@...> Date: 2014/06/17 2:31 PM (GMT-07:00) To FT-60@... Subject [FT-60] got it! I just checked the FCC data base and found my call sign: KG7MQL Kilo Golf 7 Mike Quebec Lima! 73, Rick |
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Re: got it!
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On Jun 17, 2014, at 8:59 AM, "'Rick - yahoo' rgsparber.ya@... [FT-60]" <FT-60@...> wrote:
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Re: now I are one!
开云体育Gerald, ? The wait is over J ? Rick KG7MQL ? From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...]
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 7:23 AM To: FT-60@... Subject: RE: [FT-60] now I are one! ? ? Rick, ? This will be a very long few days.? I let my license expire and had to retest from scratch.? I would check the website several times a day just to be sure I had not missed it. ? Patience, Cricket. ? Gerald WA5IRC ? From: FT-60@... [mailto:FT-60@...] ? ? Gerald, ? Listening is all I got right now. It has been only 5 days since I passed the tests and no license yet. I looked at various clubs in and around Phoenix. One in Mesa seems to be the most active. They want my call sign before I get my free 1 year membership.?
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Re: Airport ATIS Broadcast Receive Problem
开云体育? Obviously something wrong in the
database.? Perhaps an obscure box is checked or the wrong model
radio is selected?? Possibly, FM selected instead of AM?
Dave - WB6DHW On 6/17/2014 11:48 AM, 'Dean Herrington' herringtons@... [FT-60] wrote: ? |
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Re: Airport ATIS Broadcast Receive Problem
Jim K5JG
If you have incorrectly set the Operating Mode to FM for your aviation memories, that could certainly account for the issue you're having.
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When you reset the radio, the mode for the aviation frequency range is correctly set to AM. Then, when you write the program information back to the radio, the Mode goes back to FM. 73, Jim K5JG 'Dean Herrington' herringtons@... [FT-60] wrote: 6/17/14 Tuesday |
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Airport ATIS Broadcast Receive Problem
开云体育6/17/14? Tuesday ? OK, so this is getting exasperating.? ? My FT-60R has suddenly started receiving my local airport’s ATIS broadcast (120.775), and all other aviation frequencies I have set, very poorly, with tremendous background static, making the ATIS broadcast completely unreadable.? This happens in all locations, in or out of the car, with several different antennas.? It also happens right at the base of the airport tower, where the broadcast is the strongest.? It also happens on battery power or 12v adapter power in the car. ? My dedicated aviation handheld transceiver (King KX-99) receives beautifully in all situations, right next to the FT-60R. ? Now, here’s the kicker.? When I do a complete reset of the radio back to factory settings, then manually tune 120.775 it receives the broadcast BEAUTIFULLY. ? As soon as I reload my RT Systems database with all my frequencies and banks set (which I’ve been using all along), it goes back to the unreadable static when tuned to the ATIS on 120.775 (and all other aviation frequencies as well). ? Big mystery.? All opinions and theories welcomed. ? Dean Herrington KF7KCL ? ? ? ? ? ? |
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got it!
开云体育I just checked the FCC data base and found my call sign: KG7MQL ? Kilo Golf 7 Mike Quebec Lima! ? 73, ? Rick |