FT Commander help
I'm having a problem writing to my FT-60. I have written to it once and I can read from the radio. I had to to re-arrange the ole ham shack. All cables disconnected and plugged back in. I tried to
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Mike
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#16033
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FT60 programming memory banks. Help!
I just got a new FT60 and am trying to program it so I have one bank of amateur frequencies and another bank of "scanner" frequncies. I would like to do it this way so I can easily disable the scanner
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Jason D. Wolters
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#16032
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Re: now I are one!
Rick, Listening is good. It doesn¡¯t take long to understand the flow of the QSOs. I also remember other HAMS being very patient and welcoming with me as I got started. The other thing I would highly
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GDoucet SBC <gdoucet@...>
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#16030
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Re: External antennas
Here in the mountains it's not unusual when talking to someone who?is mobile to have a long pause in a conversation. We just wait for the answer because we assume they are dealing with traffic or
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John Eroh
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#16029
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Re: FT-60 User's Manual
Mark, I agree 100%. About the only thing the FT-530 lacked was the ability to be programmed via computer which wasn't common (or available at all) at the time. Of course, it only had 41 memories for
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Jim K5JG <k5jg@...>
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#16028
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Re: FT-60 User's Manual
Bob, Good catch. It has been wrong for many years and you are the first to see it. I just corrected the error. All of us are smarter than any one of us. 73, Rick Rick.sparber.org Sent: Monday, June
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Rick Sparber
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#16031
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Re: FT-60 User's Manual
I might be wrong, but having canvassed others in the past, I believe the word you were looking for on your home page is 'canvas.' I've learned over the years that while I strive for purfection, I need
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Bob Betts
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#16026
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Re: Weak battery?
Probably just a bad battery. Sometimes you just get a defective piece of merchandise.
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Greg Chacon
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#16027
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Re: FT-60 User's Manual
The FT-530 was probably the best HT that Yaesu ever made. Probably even better than the FT-51R.
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Mark Lassman
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#16023
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Re: Ft-60 powering off on transmit.
Some radios will do that if there is high swr (auto transmitter protection circuit).? Does it do it with the antenna from the other radio?? Just a thought.? 73 KF4DAX
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STEVE BALCH
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#16025
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Re: Quick Tickets (was now I are one!)
Great Stories!!!! Yep, my first time took something like that time period, KA4FXR was my "interim" call sign, Novice.? I did not upgrade in a timely fashion, so I lost the license, marriage, kids,
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STEVE BALCH
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#16024
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Re: FT-60 User's Manual
I was very impressed with the fact that this was the only typo I found in the entire book. Much of my time is spent writing articles and I welcome people that find my typos. I quickly correct the
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Rick Sparber
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#16022
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Re: FT-60 User's Manual
It is a typo that was intentionally inserted into the text so that folks looking for bad documentation could gain that strong sense of satisfaction they obviously needed. Asian culture values being
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Dave Crocker
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#16020
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Re: a real newbie question
I didn't mean to imply that anything was wrong with the radio. I pick up some traffic but not very much. I was wondering if it was an antenna gain problem but find that hard to believe given how close
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Rick Sparber
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#16019
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Re: a real newbie question
My suggestion is to wait until you get your call and are legal, then transmit and identify on one of the repeaters and see if you get either a reset beep or someone responds to you. Chances are
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Jack
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#16018
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Re: FT-60 User's Manual
In my copy of the user¡¯s guide, they do say alarm in the "CTCSS/DCS Bell Operation" section. Is that what you were trying to tell me? I put a copy of the pdf in my Nook. Much easier for these old
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Rick Sparber
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#16021
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Re: a real newbie question
no one is using the repeater. try using one frequency with the PL and listen for the identifier. [FT-60] <FT-60@...> wrote:
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Phil Jenne
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#16017
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Re: FT-60 User's Manual
Well, I am alermed to hear that! Rick Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 7:21 PM To: FT-60@... Subject: Re: [FT-60] FT-60 User's Manual Guess they missed one!
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Rick Sparber
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#16015
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Re: FT-60 User's Manual
Guess they missed one!
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Mark Lassman
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#16013
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a real newbie question
I set up my FT-60 to scan 2 meter. It has the original rubber duckie antenna on it. I take it outside where I can see the antenna farm 2.5 miles away up on the mountain. I hear nothing most of the
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Rick Sparber
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#16016
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