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  1. N3KDJ

    Anyone at Boxboro Hamfest This Weekend in MA??

    W1MED, Craig, and I are meeting up at the Boxboro Hamfest and ARRL New England Convention this weekend at the Holiday Inn in Boxboro. Anyone else going to be there? I expect to be onsite from 0730 to 1100 roughly. Drop me a line if you'll be there. Phil N3KDJ
  2. N3KDJ

    Is QRZ Totally Down Now?

    I use QRZ a lot from within HRD and I'm certainly familiar with those "Service limit exceeded; Try your lookup again later" messages. But it seems to me that their whole website is unreachable just now...anybody else seeing that?
  3. N3KDJ

    Installed Bluetooth BU-1 in VX-8DR

    I just installed the BU-1 into my VX-8DR...mostly for listening convenience. It works great! I paired right off with my Plantronics Voyager Pro and am listening away. :thumbup:I have not played with VOX or TX at all yet, but I am psyched to use the Plantronics for listening...very cool. Next I...
  4. N3KDJ

    Yaesu FTM-350R No 'Scan CTCSS' function?

    Hi. I have had my FTM-350 a month + now and am liking it a lot. I am wondering though....can it not be made to scan the CTCSS from an incoming signal (if the repeater is xmitting it) so I can hear a repeater and set its PL? Do I have to do this manually by doing T-SEL and turning the knob...
  5. N3KDJ

    SO-50 Pass in New England Tuesday

    The question is CAN I get up at 0445 and drive to the park to work SO-50 at 0515 in the morning tomorrow?? Wife is away...may be..ouch....look at that elevation in the Next Passes box at the bottom for Tuesday 0515.....89 degrees! :w00t:
  6. N3KDJ

    FTM-350 Operation Questions / Info Exchange

    So I am settling in to using the FTM-350 and really liking it. I was sort of familiar as I have been using a VX-8DR, but there's a lot to learn here. At first I used the rig set up the way I most likely will....APRS on left side with pop-ups for Beacon RX set to 3 seconds so I see them but...
  7. N3KDJ

    FTM-350 Irresistible

    Darn you guys (especially Moleculo and W1MED/Craig) for your awesome and incredibly thorough Vimeo HD reviews and Blog posts with high quality pictures of the FTM-350! I can't take it any more and plan to pick one up in the afternoon tomorrow on my way home to CT from business in Portsmouth, NH...
  8. N3KDJ

    Poor GPS Function with CT-136 on VX-8DR

    I have my VX-8DR now for couple of weeks or more and I really like it. I originally bought it with the speaker mic and GPS Adapter and installed them in the shop and they worked great on the way home in the car. Later I bought a CT-136 adapter for when I travel and just want to slip the HT in...
  9. N3KDJ

    How to 'resend' a failed APRS Msg on VX-8DR

    If I attempt to send an APRS test message on my Yaesu VX-8DR, and it fails to get an ACK in its 5 attempts, it becomes a 'TX' message and is just left there it seems. If I should want to try again when in better digi coverage do I really have to go through creating the message again? Can I not...
  10. N3KDJ

    Why is 155.9475 an invalid rx freq on VX-8DR?

    I guess I am hitting all the weird use cases and glitches this week with my new Yaesu VX-8DR. It seems the VX-8DR can't handle the STEP needed to accept my local Fire Department's frequency of 155.9475. I guess I just have to go with 155.95? I just got the ADMS-VX8 SW from Yaesu from my local...
  11. N3KDJ

    VX-8DR Label Memories:Set ModeItem #53 (Why no #53 available?!) P#50 US Manual

    So from time to time when programing the VX-8DR and wanting to Label a Memory, I find there is NO Set Mode Item #53 available?! I putt 447.125 in the A VFO, I set the Tone to 114.8 and I set the TSQ option...then I Hold Fn (function) and when the memory location is flashing I press Fn again and...
  12. N3KDJ

    Yaesu VX-8R / DR/ GR Comparison Chart

    I've spent some time looking at the VX-8 series of radios and I think I've decided to go with the VX-8DR. I found the following "VX-8 Comparison Chart" at Universal Radio and that was helpful. I definitely want to use it for APRS when traveling, and while the GR has the integral GPS, which...