Re: Loosing my mind too!
Thanks for the suggestions. I have the battery in the charger and am charging some NiMH AA. I will try them in the adapter battery tray.
Karl
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KJ Bald
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#19121
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Re: Loosing my mind too!
Weak battery would be my guess.
david
w5rda
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david arnold
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#19120
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Re: Loosing my mind too!
Charge the battery, but most likely the battery will have to be replaced.
A few years back I left mine on the shelf for six months and it did the
same sort of reset on pressing PTT. It took a new
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Chuck Moore
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#19119
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Re: Loosing my mind too!
Symptoms of poor battery. See if it does
the same thing at LOW TX Power.
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Clint Bradford K6LCS
http//www.work-sat.com
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Clint Bradford
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#19118
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Re: Loosing my mind too!
Try a different battery.
Jardy Dawson WA7JRD
Message sent by....Oh look!! Pretty lights!!
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JARDY DAWSON
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#19117
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Loosing my mind too!
I haven't used my FT60 for quite a while. After reading the latest post I dug it, and that's when I started losing my mind too.
When I press the PTT switch to transmit the radio acts like it is
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KJ Bald
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#19116
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Re: Losing My Mind
Jeff - if you are still not comfortable with your FT-60, call me - and we can have a Zoom chat Sunday it Monday.
951-533-4984
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Clint Bradford K6LCS
http//www.work-sat.com
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Clint Bradford
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#19115
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Re: Losing My Mind
The FT-60R has advanced features that “simplify” operation. The problem—and
it’s a nice problem to have—is that is takes some *real* work to learn them
all and frequent use to remember the
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Phil Milazzo KC6OEI
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#19114
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Re: Losing My Mind
Maybe the club where he took his test can step up and Elmer those taking the test. Teach them the basic to get them going. If they are left to flounder around they loose interest quickly. Just my
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cltoby600
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Re: Losing My Mind
Jeff - EVERYTHING you need to know is in that 84-page manua to manually program your HT.
BUT - It sure isn't logically presented, and on pages 1, 2, and 3 ...
That's why I - and others - have
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Clint Bradford
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#19112
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Re: Losing My Mind
Jeff,
If you are far from repeaters or other hams these make a huge difference.
https://newhams.info/category/rat-tail/
https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/cma-sma-24
Andrew VK5CV
Get Outlook for
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Andrew Russell
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#19111
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Re: Losing My Mind
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions and feedback. I try whats been
suggested and get back to everyone soon with hopefully great news. Thanks
for helping.
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jeffbanks0313@...
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Re: Losing My Mind
The red light when you press the PPT indicates that you are transmitting.
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Michael Eastman
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#19109
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Re: Losing My Mind
More questions.
Are you using the stock antenna or something better? Are you on high power, 5 watts? (F/W then 3 then turn the knob)
Sent: September 15, 2021 9:47 AM
To:
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Chris Smart
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#19108
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Re: Losing My Mind
Red light indicates you are transmitting. It is not an error indication.RudiWA2NUB
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Rudi
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#19107
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Re: Losing My Mind
It took me a couple months before I could talk on a local repeater. There
is more to it than just dialing up the frequency and pressing the
Push-to-Talk button.
Most repeaters have a carrier tone
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williamhutton@...
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#19106
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Re: Losing My Mind
I would perform a reset, and follow the half-page quick programming guide on the SHACK AIDS page at work- sat.com
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Clint Bradford K6LCS
http//www.work-sat.com
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Clint Bradford
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#19105
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Re: Losing My Mind
Check the offset direction, + or -, check that CTCSS is on, and that you are transmitting the correct tone.
Sent: September 14, 2021 7:16 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Yaesu-FT-60]
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Chris Smart
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Re: Manually Programming your FT-60R - ZOOM
Clint,
Didn't make the cut for the August ZOOM presentation. Pls add me to your
whichever list you can put me on. Thanks
Tom Resk
KJ7TKR
Reno, NV
[email protected]> wrote:
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Tom Resk - KJ7TKR
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#19103
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Losing My Mind
Several months ago I purchased a FT-60 and have read everything that I can get my hands on and have watched every video and still can't do anything except listen to the weather.? This is my first
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jeffbanks0313@...
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#19102
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