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I should have also pointed out that if you save points into the ID-51, they are recorded on a Micro SD card, which can be removed from the radio and viewed and exported on a computer. Doing this, you may not even need the log book (at least out in the field).
I can only speak for the ID-51A. The GPS capabilities are pretty basic, it does give you your position in latitude and longitude. It also gives your altitude (MSL), velocity and direction of travel (the direction of travel is an arrow on a compass face). You can store a position with a name...
Your technician license does give you voice privileges in 10 meter from 28.3 to 28.5. Technicians can also do CW between 28.0 and 28.3 in 10 meters, 21.025 and 21.2 in 15 meters, 7.025 and 7.125 in 40 meters and 3.525 and 3.6 in 80 meters.
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mr fx beat me to the message....
Wow, that's good information! Of course, as far as my wife is concerned, it might as well have been written in Swahili...
I was thinking more along the line of the radio's equivalency in a purse.:tongue:
Thanks!
W9WDX DStar Repeater Coverage
Wow, I live right in the green area. I guess this means I now need to get a DStar radio!
I may need a note on the importance of DStar to give to my wife...
It's running here in Southern California, they just started the insomniac net. I'm picking it up on all the repeaters that I can normally get from my house (Sunset, Santiago, and Catalina).
Not any banks, no....
Thanks for the encouragement, I had actually come to the same conclusion, that once someones looks at it, it will be fixed. I'm figuring there a very limited number of people looking at irregularities. Like you said, it just has me wondering.
Thanks again!
I passed the test to upgrade to General on Saturday, Jan 28, and the FCC site still doesn't show the upgrade. It has been showing "PA" (Pending Application" since Feb 1 and as I dig deeper into the application, under history is says "Offlined for Alert List Review". I noticed that other guys...
Thanks for the encouragement, it looks like it worked, I can now test out the radio on the higher part of the 10M band. I'll be operating as KJ6OOH /AG for a week or so.
Thanks again!
I earned my Technician last Spring and for Christmas I got myself an FT-8900R Quad Band (10, 6, 2M and 70 cm) FM unit (which I have setup in my house, not mobile). Since I've only have the Technician and I want to use the entire coverage of the radio, I am getting ready to take the General. In...
You may have the radio in frequency mode and need to switch it to channel mode. To do that, push the "MENU" button and then push the "TDR" button, that will toggle the radio back and forth between frequency and channel mode.
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