Re: DC External Power and Combined Battery Pack Usage
I guess i dont understand why there would be any problem using?any alternative dc power source and leave the battery in the radio? All any ht want's at the ext dc port is whatever the dc voltage the
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Bill Peacock
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Re: DC External Power and Combined Battery Pack Usage
In my experience, an external dc power source has worked well. But yes, take out the attached battery pack or you will have a problem. gell cell battery, but you definately want to take the battery
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Stephen Meyer <tubasteve@...>
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Re: DC External Power and Combined Battery Pack Usage
The way I understand it, and have been told, yes, you could use a 12 volt gell cell battery, but you definately want to take the battery pack out! Cause, like I said, I have been told, that the
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LYLE M
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FT-60 Commander not working on Seven x64
Impossible to work with the FT60 Commander with the x64 version of Seven. You get first the error 13 in the popup and then the progrma show a empty grid. Impossible to select the buttons or other
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Roland Mayn?? <on4rm@...>
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Re: DC External Power and Combined Battery Pack Usage
My understanding is that this DC cord will allow you to charge the battery packs. There are 3rd party products which allow for this type of operation. Sadly, a quick google search didn't come up with
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MJ <rccar_novice@...>
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Re: Commander columns won't appear.
Do you have a scroll bar at the bottom of your screen? Jardy Dawson KE7FHH
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JARDY DAWSON
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Water Damaged - suggestions...
Purchased this model after getting my license a number of years ago. I remember reading (and the confirming) that this model was water resistant prior to taking along with me on a canoe trip with the
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MJ <rccar_novice@...>
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Re: Quick Question Please ?
You must read the new radio first, then you can change things. Jardy Dawson KE7FHH
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JARDY DAWSON
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#11145
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Quick Question Please ?
Hi all. I just ordered a FT-60R and I wanted to pre program the software with a import from my Commander export file for my VX-7R. I open up the FT-60 Commander software and I can only open up a new
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Eric Champine
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Re: Adapters
Photo of finished product uploaded. One on my Baofeng, and the other on an SMA whip. /paul W3FIS
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W3FIS <deadgoose@...>
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Re: Transmission Problems
I want to thank all of you who responded to my post. I learned a lot. It was an Echolink repeater and I was able to learn about that and also download the software to use that repeater. I will try the
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[email protected]
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Radio Story: Hams Travel to South Sudan
This was a segment on this weeks NPR program "On The Media" that you might find interesting. You can listen online to the story at this website: Hams Travel to South Sudan
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Dave B <Dave_in_Boston2001@...>
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DC External Power and Combined Battery Pack Usage
OK, so I'm a bit confused. The manufacture list a dc power cord accessory to use with or without a cigarette lighter plug. So, then I would assume that you could transmit and receive using a 12 volt
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Jim Quattlebaum W4QQI <jimqbaum@...>
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Re: Adapters
I think there is an all-metal adapter -- Kenwood maybe that might work as well. I have seen something coming in from Hong Kong. Anybody use one of those?? The BNC/reverse SMA adapter available for the
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W3FIS <deadgoose@...>
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#11138
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Re: Adapters
You actually need something heavy that will cover the a large area of the outer perimeter of the SMA connector and spread the force around the outside of that connector, and not break the top where
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jtkeyz@...
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Re: Adapters
To clarify things (my science/engineering/chemistry background is showing), Tygon tubing is the clear stuff. Usually found in the plumbing department in big rolls. DON'T get the re-enforced stuff.
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W3FIS <deadgoose@...>
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Adapters
We are all probably aware of the Gulya adapters for BNC to SMA for the FT-60R in order to take the strain off of the SMA fitting. However, the regular BNC to SMA fittings are cheaper and easier to
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W3FIS <deadgoose@...>
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#11135
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Commander columns won't appear.
Hi Folks, Don't know if this is the right place, but here goes. In FT-60 Commander, I turned off some columns to make a cleaner printout and now when I click all the columns back on, they won't
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Wayne R.
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Re: Transmission Problems
Hello Jacqui - KD2ARF, I can't comment on your being able to hear stations from California, the Virgin Islands and Australia, except to say that you need some special propagation conditions (like
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mayneerc
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Re: Transmission Problems
Jacqui, When you communicate point-to-point, you normally use simplex mode (you transmit and receive on the same frequency). When you communicate via a repeater, you normally use duplex mode (transmit
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Russ <russ.chung@...>
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#11133
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