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newbie query..........what and why for all the features?

 

Newbie Ham (Tech, Aug '20 and Gen'l, Dec '20) w/ new FT-60R.? Going thru the Owner's Manual and Rick Sparber's KG7MQL "Beginner's Guide", I am bewildered by all the features for which I have no idea of their use or value.? Since local Elmers are not back up to speed yet (5-'21), are there any resources that would explain what all these features are and why someone would find them important.? I'm sure they're not exclusive to the Yaesu FT-60R.? Dumb question, I know, but that's where I'm at .........right now.? Thanks a bunch.

73!
Tom Resk KJ7TKR
Reno, NV
 

Tom - you have the best analog FM voice 2m/440 availae.

I have owned several since the moment ?they became available ... and STILL don't use all the available features.

Work a couple satellites!?
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Clint Bradford K6LCS
http//www.work-sat.com
 

Love your response, Clint!? And, I do plan to work satellites, esp the ISS.

Tom KJ7TKR


On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 6:47 PM Clint Bradford via <clintbradford=[email protected]> wrote:

Tom - you have the best analog FM voice 2m/440 availae.

I have owned several since the moment ?they became available ... and STILL don't use all the available features.

Work a couple satellites!?
--
Clint Bradford K6LCS
http//
 

Try the ISS crossband repeater NOW - it is scheduled to be switched to packet in June.

Freqs on my Web site.
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Clint Bradford K6LCS
http//www.work-sat.com
 

You’re not alone! After not using the radio for too long, I’m re-learning the simple operation of my FT-60R, discovering features I’ve never used (memory banks, alphanumeric memory labeling and subaudible tone detect) and wrestling with some of the instructions in the manual. I’ve even printed yet another copy of the manual because my original and prior printed copies ?are…around here, somewhere.

I call the Set options Set-and-Forget because there are so many. The manual is a must here because the abbreviations tell me nothing.

One incorrect button push will put the radio in the wrong mode for accomplishing what I’m trying to do. It’s because every button has three functions depending on press technique: momentary, press-and-hold and Function-button-first.

Putting programmed memories into banks seems awkward. There’s a lot of switching modes back and forth and dialing a bank and then a memory before I can store what I want, where I want. It feels to me like I’m doing everything twice.

As a degreed electrical engineer, I’m determined to master this thing without resorting to a programming cable and software. I’m smarter than a piece of technology!

Phil, KC6OEI
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-- philip.milazzo@... 484-868-3056 mobile

 

Phil, KC6OEI,

You're my spirit animal!? A double E in doubt..........I love it.? I'm only an M.D. struggling thru the same maze of baffling instructions but have accepted my position at the low end of the learning curve.? I can see that I'm gonna love this group both as a source of education and inspiration.

73! ya' all
Tom, KJ7TKR
Reno, NV

PS? Rick Sparber, author of the "Beginner's Guide to the FT-60R," commented separately that (paraphrasing), "Yeah, those guys know it all"


On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 5:57 AM Philip Milazzo <philip.milazzo@...> wrote:
You’re not alone! After not using the radio for too long, I’m re-learning the simple operation of my FT-60R, discovering features I’ve never used (memory banks, alphanumeric memory labeling and subaudible tone detect) and wrestling with some of the instructions in the manual. I’ve even printed yet another copy of the manual because my original and prior printed copies ?are…around here, somewhere.

I call the Set options Set-and-Forget because there are so many. The manual is a must here because the abbreviations tell me nothing.

One incorrect button push will put the radio in the wrong mode for accomplishing what I’m trying to do. It’s because every button has three functions depending on press technique: momentary, press-and-hold and Function-button-first.

Putting programmed memories into banks seems awkward. There’s a lot of switching modes back and forth and dialing a bank and then a memory before I can store what I want, where I want. It feels to me like I’m doing everything twice.

As a degreed electrical engineer, I’m determined to master this thing without resorting to a programming cable and software. I’m smarter than a piece of technology!

Phil, KC6OEI
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-- philip.milazzo@... 484-868-3056 mobile

 

For manual programming, I digested the 84-page manual down to one-half of one page.
It is posted on the SHACK AIDS page at ...

http://www.work-sat.com


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Clint Bradford K6LCS
http//www.work-sat.com
 

So am I (Industrial AC power).? The programming software makes life so much easier.

73, Nick, AA3T

On 5/28/2021 8:57 AM, Philip Milazzo wrote:
As a degreed electrical engineer
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Sent from laptop
 

Sure Nick. I get its value in cases where I have to reload everything. I expect not to be reprogramming the ht much after setup.

I only reset it to factory defaults as a (re)learning exercise. I didn’t lose much because I only had a (small) handful of repeaters stored.

On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 16:25 Nick Rylatt <rylatt.nm@...> wrote:
So am I (Industrial AC power).? The programming software makes life so
much easier.

73, Nick, AA3T


On 5/28/2021 8:57 AM, Philip Milazzo wrote:
> As a degreed electrical engineer


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-- philip.milazzo@... 484-868-3056 mobile

 

Thank you for the one-half page cheat sheet on "Shack Aids", Clint K6LCS.? It's a treasure trove of simplified programming dxns.

Tom Resk KJ7TKR
Reno NV


On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 7:54 AM Clint Bradford via <clintbradford=[email protected]> wrote:
For manual programming, I digested the 84-page manual down to one-half of one page.
It is posted on the SHACK AIDS page at ...




--
Clint Bradford K6LCS
http//

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