Re: travel
Larry, I have been using my FT-60? for our office of emergency operation on one of our city 50 stations on 1st Wednesday of every month at 12 PM? storm warning in Arlington, Tx. I'm glad that your
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James Boyd
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#17713
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Re: travel
When I travel with my FM on one of the freqs monitored full time is 146.52 the designated VHF calling freq. ?As to the various books and listings I find so many of them woefully out of date that
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Dave Jeffries AF0DJ
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#17712
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Re: travel
Thanks Jim ... Just what I was looking for ... Dennis KE7LBR
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Dennis Scoggins, Sr.
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#17711
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Re: travel
Thanks Jim ... Just what I was looking for ... Dennis KE7LBR
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Dennis Scoggins, Sr.
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#17710
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Re: travel
Thanks Kevin ... Just what I was looking for ... Dennis KE7LBR
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Dennis Scoggins, Sr.
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#17709
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Re: travel
Thanks Mark ... Just what I was looking for ... Dennis KE7LBR
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Dennis Scoggins, Sr.
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#17708
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Re: travel
Thanks Larry ... just what I was looking for. Dennis KE7LBR
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Dennis Scoggins, Sr.
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#17707
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Re: travel
I use several sources. The repeaterbook.com I copied a bunch of 70 CM repeaters from the site last year and when I bounced them against the ARRL Repeater book and the Traveler repeater software many
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Jim
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#17705
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Re: travel
Since my wife and I are both hams, we have our Radio Operator plates with call signs on our vehicles and have gotten calls while traveling on 146.52. I also use Repeater Book app to show local
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Jim Quinn
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#17706
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Re: travel
I use following website to look up repeaters in area or route them save as a CSV file and load into radio using CHIRP program. https://www.repeaterbook.com/index VE6KJM Kevin FT-60@...>
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VE6KJM - Kevin
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#17704
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Re: travel
I use the app RepeaterBook. It's free and shows you the nearest repeaters by distance. +++++ Jerry +++++ Live simple, love well, and take time to smell the flowers along the way. ~ Mark Twain
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Gerald Stein
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#17703
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Re: travel
I travel often with my FT-60, I have a cupholder mount for it & use a 1/4 wave mag mount antenna for rental cars plus a 1/4 wave whip. I use the RT Systems programming software to program it & before
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Mark Pisani <m.pisani@...>
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#17702
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Re: travel
Dennis, I look up the repeaters for the locale I'm going to and program them in the radio. I also include the two simplex national calling frequencies of 146.52 VHF and 446.00 UHF. Their are also
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Lawerence Gonnello <gonnello@...>
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#17701
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travel
Hi all ... I am new here. I was wondering how you travel with you ft-60. What freq do you listen to and do you use simplex? Thanks Dennis KE7LBR
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Dennis Scoggins, Sr.
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#17700
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Re: FT-60 headphone thump?
Yes. I used to plug a small FM transmitter into mine and monitor the radio on my car FM radio - there was a very annoying thump when the squelch closed.
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Joel <hiqual@...>
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#17699
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Re: FT-60 headphone thump?
Yep, thanks Kelly. I¡¯m asking about the headset out on the MH-34 speaker/mic, which is a 3.5mm mono jack. I just tried adding a filter and that seems to have done the trick. Two .33¦Ìf dipped
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Rick Levine
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#17698
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Re: FT-60 headphone thump?
Thank you for the excellent explanation. Carl Sutter KK6UQZ
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Carl Sutter <idrawblud_cds@...>
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#17697
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Re: FT-60 headphone thump?
You do realize that the socket is a 4-conductor not a 3-conductor like a stereo socket, right? One of those lines has voltage on it for the microphone. tip = speaker ring1 = data/clone ring2 = mic/ptt
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Kelly Bersch
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#17696
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Re: Instantly check frequency of a alphanumeric memory?
Hello, "Is there a way to do this on a FT-60 ?" Yes if you press the BAND button (between the 0 and the F/W). It will toggle between frequency and Alphatag. Hope this helps. 73 Wassim WN6WJN PS:
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WN6WJN
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#17694
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Re: Programming using Chirp
I agree 100%. RT Systems products are the best and they are a US company, unlike some others. Their excellent tech support, should you ever need it, is just a phone call away. 73, Jim K5JG
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Jim K5JG <k5jg@...>
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#17693
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