Barrery Suggestions for FT60r
After many years the FNB83 replacement I got from W&W Manufacturing has failed.
In looking on their website I cannot find a 2200mAh battery like the bad one.
The one now listed is 1800mAh.
Any suggestions of a source for higher than OEM capacity (1400mAh).
Prefer fedback from actual purchasers.
Thanks
Richard
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Re: Making a Yaesu FT-60 digital??
We support something similar: a running relay race.? Two differences with yours (1) we have ~450 teams which means ~450 runners on course at any given time which we need to process. (2) we use packet radio on the ham bands.? Runner information is typed into a tablet & when the user presses "Enter", the information is transmitted via packet with confirmation.
Like you, we can attest that digital modes work fine.? We've used ft-60 as well as mobile rigs
The cell phones cannot handle the communication because?of the shear number of participants overload the cell phones (>5,000 participants in our town of 16,000)
Andy
On Sun, Apr 2, 2023 at 4:30?PM NV7V < nv7vham@...> wrote:
For many years we have supported a couple of Ultra runs with
Amateur Radio.? Many of the aid stations have no cell coverage and we
used to send info about each runner to start/finish net control via
voice which when you have 200 runners is really tedious and time
consuming.? The course is very rugged and we keep track of the runners
to keep them safe.
A few years ago my son-in-law and his brother built an app using FLAMP
using a cell phone or tablet for input of each runner.? After you have
input several runners into the app all you do is hit the PTT on your
radio, hold the microphone by the tablet/cell phone and data for that
batch of runners is sent.? It is amazing how robust the transmissions
are.? Many times it just sounds like open squelch but the data still
gets through even if the microphone of the receiving computer is 15 feet away in an echoing trailer!!...
So you don't need a digi-rig, or other interface box, to do short digital text messaging over the air.
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The app sounds like it could be useful if it would work on later versions of Android.? I tried to download it but Google Play says it is only compatible with earlier versions of Android.? Perhaps you could get them to update it?
73 de AC7EW?
Kelly?
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For many years we have supported a couple of Ultra runs with
Amateur Radio.? Many of the aid stations have no cell coverage and
we used to send info about each runner to start/finish net control via voice which when you have 200 runners is really tedious and time consuming.? The course is very rugged and we keep track
of the runners to keep them safe.
A few years ago my son-in-law and his brother built an app using
FLAMP using a cell phone or tablet for input of each runner.? After you have input several runners into the app all you do is hit the PTT on your radio, hold the microphone by the tablet/cell
phone and data for that batch of runners is sent.? It is amazing how robust the transmissions are.? Many times it just sounds like open squelch but the data still gets through even if the microphone of the receiving
computer is 15 feet away in an echoing trailer!!...
So you don't need a digi-rig, or other interface box, to do short digital text messaging over the air.
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Re: Making a Yaesu FT-60 digital??
For many years we have supported a couple of Ultra runs with
Amateur Radio.? Many of the aid stations have no cell coverage and we
used to send info about each runner to start/finish net control via
voice which when you have 200 runners is really tedious and time
consuming.? The course is very rugged and we keep track of the runners
to keep them safe.
A few years ago my son-in-law and his brother built an app using FLAMP
using a cell phone or tablet for input of each runner.? After you have
input several runners into the app all you do is hit the PTT on your
radio, hold the microphone by the tablet/cell phone and data for that
batch of runners is sent.? It is amazing how robust the transmissions
are.? Many times it just sounds like open squelch but the data still
gets through even if the microphone of the receiving computer is 15 feet away in an echoing trailer!!...
So you don't need a digi-rig, or other interface box, to do short digital text messaging over the air.
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Re: Making a Yaesu FT-60 digital??
The Digirig is a soundcard. It converts the analog signals from your radio into sounds that are transmitted and converted back on the receiving end. It can work with programs like Winlink for email, FLDigi for digital messaging, and VarAC for chat. The Digirig is small, allows a one-wire connection to your radio, and does hardware P-T-T so you don't have to use VOX. It does not add DMR, Fusion, or D-Star to an analog radio.?
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Good morning Scott
While I have not used a Digirig, they seem to be very cool. It was reviewed in QST sometime in the last 2 years.
It is a sound card that allows your analog FT60 to send and receive data via the mic jack using software such as FLDIGI.
You can do the same thing with a Signalink or Rigblaster.? ?The appeal of the Digirig vs them is 1) I think it is cheaper 2) plays better with new computers, tablets etc and 3) is the new kid on the block.
If you have an interest in VHF digital, it should be a great solution.? Much more portable than a Signalink. One immediate use I can think of that a FT60 would do well with is capturing SSTV imagines from the ISS.?
?Perhaps someday someone will be able to create a gadget that using a soundcard can connect your radio to something that allows it to access DMR/D-Star/Yaesu System Fusion? as if it was a native radio to all 3.? I am not sure that is possible, But maybe someday.
The nice thing about Digirig or any of the others listed here is that if you acquire it for the FT60, then acquire a dual band mobile or a HF radio without a built in sound card, the Digirig can multitask.? ?And I love gadgets that are not committed to one system.
73 Frank KB3PQT
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Making a Yaesu FT-60 digital??
Hi all,
So I saw this video on YouTube:???.? So this video proves this Digirig will work with the FT-60, so that helps.? I still don't understand how it works.? According to??it's more of a sound card.? I don't get it.
My questions:? 1)? Would this turn my Ft-60 into a digital system, or would it just do digital signals over a analog system?
2)? I'm guessing I could hook up a computer to this Digirig system and send emails and stuff over the air.? Think this would be useful in a SHTF situation??
Thanks in advance,
Scott - KC3VUH
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Glad you got it sorted Scott!
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Gary
KY8M
Macomb, MI.
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Hi all,
Sorry, it's been crazy busy lately...Ok, update:? I talked to a local ham in Somerset, he checked my list (some were digital, and as such are pointless for me) and gave me some other repeaters to listen too.? I was on (not sure what you call it, but it's were they went down a list to see who was up).? My NOAA radio is up.? My "list" is backed up on my computer.? I talk to a gentleman tonight.? I guess I thought the repeaters would be busy constantly, evidently not...? Everyone here has been wonderful, and I thank you all.??
I bought the FT-60R because of this report (and others) saying it's the best for survival (and new users).??
I might ask another question in this forum, but it's been so crazy it'll have to wait.
Again I thank all of you, I didn't forget, about this forum...? it just got very busy lately...
Thanks,
Scott - KC3VUH
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Re: So I am hopelessly lost on this FT-60R
Scott Where are you!
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Gary
KY8M
Macomb, MI.
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Re: So I am hopelessly lost on this FT-60R
Wonder no longer!
Certainly there were hams at Scott’s VE session. It might have been through this club:
? I hope he hasn’t given up. Gee, maybe he just gave up on *us*! ?
On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 16:01 Jack Travis < ae8pjt@...> wrote: My suggestion is to find an Elmer locally.? Can’t be that difficult to find.? I’m also wondering if Scott is a licensed ham????? Jack, ae8p
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My suggestion is to find an Elmer locally. ?Can’t be that difficult to find. ?I’m also wondering if Scott is a licensed ham????? Jack, ae8p
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On Mar 27, 2023, at 11:18 AM, Chris Smart <ve3rwj@...> wrote: I would still try a full reset, then tune through the weather radio frequencies. (long press of 1 on the keypad to switch to that frequency range, and turn the clicky knob) ? ? 73, Chris ? ? ? Even quiet repeaters send their IDs in some form. If Scott hears no periodic IDs from his nearby repeaters, something isn’t right. Nets won’t help Scott if he can’t hear them and that seems to be the matter at hand. Same with the fair idea of trying to key a repeater. Anyone have a spare, known-good FT-60R they’ll send to Scott, just to get him on the air? Sure it’s a wild idea but it would tell us something. Scott do you want to send your HT to someone you trust for testing/programming? ? My guess is that you have just discovered most repeaters don't have a lot of activity.
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Yeah Chuck, I saw that when I C/P from NOAA's site.
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Gary
KY8M
Macomb, MI.
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On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 01:12 PM, dcx3420 wrote:
NWR requires a special radio receiver or scanner capable of picking up the signal. Broadcasts are found in the VHF public service band at these seven frequencies (MHz):
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162.400
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162.425
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162.450
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162.475
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162.500
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162.525
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162.550
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Just to clarify, the NWS stations can be copied on any VHF receiver capable of receiving FM on the above frequencies (scanners, many amateur rigs and HTs). There are"special" weather-only receivers that monitor the local station, but stay muted until the station sends out an alert tone to warn of weather or other public emergency situations. There are often promotional sales of these at this time of year, the onset of summer storm season. IIRC, 162.55 may be the most commonly used regional channel. Chuck WV8A
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I would still try a full reset, then tune through the weather radio frequencies. (long press of 1 on the keypad to switch to that frequency range, and turn the clicky knob)
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Chris
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Even quiet repeaters send their IDs in some form. If Scott hears no periodic IDs from his nearby repeaters, something isn’t right.
Nets won’t help Scott if he can’t hear them and that seems to be the matter at hand. Same with the fair idea of trying to key a repeater.
Anyone have a spare, known-good FT-60R they’ll send to Scott, just to get him on the air? Sure it’s a wild idea but it would tell us something. Scott do you want to send your HT to someone you trust for testing/programming?
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My guess is that you have just discovered most repeaters don't have a lot of activity.
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OK Cliff, technically: Known as the "Voice of NOAA's National Weather Service," NWR is provided as a public service by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), part of the Department of Commerce. NWR includes more than 1000? transmitters, covering all 50 states, adjacent coastal waters, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Pacific Territories. NWR requires a special radio receiver or scanner capable of picking up the signal. Broadcasts are found in the VHF public service band at these seven frequencies (MHz): ?
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162.400
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162.425
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162.450
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162.475
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162.500
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162.525
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162.550
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-- Gary KY8M Macomb, MI.
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I would still try a full reset, then tune through the weather radio frequencies. (long press of 1 on the keypad to switch to that frequency range, and turn the clicky knob) ? ? 73, Chris ? ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Phil Milazzo
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2023 11:00 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-60] So I am hopelessly lost on this FT-60R? Even quiet repeaters send their IDs in some form. If Scott hears no periodic IDs from his nearby repeaters, something isn’t right. Nets won’t help Scott if he can’t hear them and that seems to be the matter at hand. Same with the fair idea of trying to key a repeater. Anyone have a spare, known-good FT-60R they’ll send to Scott, just to get him on the air? Sure it’s a wild idea but it would tell us something. Scott do you want to send your HT to someone you trust for testing/programming? ? My guess is that you have just discovered most repeaters don't have a lot of activity.
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Even quiet repeaters send their IDs in some form. If Scott hears no periodic IDs from his nearby repeaters, something isn’t right.
Nets won’t help Scott if he can’t hear them and that seems to be the matter at hand. Same with the fair idea of trying to key a repeater.
Anyone have a spare, known-good FT-60R they’ll send to Scott, just to get him on the air? Sure it’s a wild idea but it would tell us something. Scott do you want to send your HT to someone you trust for testing/programming?
My guess is that you have just discovered most repeaters don't have a lot of activity.
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T-Sql is Tone Squelch - the tone the receiver must hear from the repeater in order to unsquelch. Most repeaters do not send tones. What you want is most likely "T" or Tone, which the FT-60 transmits to gain access to the repeater.?
Good Luck,
Chris
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I guess I just don’t understand the need for programming software. I am totally blind, and I can input the necessary information to bring up a repeater simply by listening to the tones the radio emits. sure, if I want to program 100 channels, I use the RT systems software. But even though there is no speech output, the FT 60 is very blind friendly. so, if the blind guy can do it… Sent from Chris's iPhone.
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On Mar 27, 2023, at 04:24, Les <n9trz@...> wrote:
?A quick search I found this also there's several YouTube videos out there. You might try it with just the TX tone and no RX tone. Lastly I wouldn't put a lot of stock in Repeater Directory, I do use them but I expect errors, search for local ham radio clubs, they normally list their club repeaters which will give you access to other local hams who can provide a lot of help
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