Hitechman94
Newbie
Hello all, I recently purchased a used Icom 726 rig and and working to set up up my shack. I obtained my Technician license and have spent the past few months with an HT learning on the 2 Meter/70 cm bands. I am using a ladder line fed Dipole antenna and have it connected to the balanced terminals of an MFJ ATU. I want to start working the 6 and 10 Meter bands. I also want to be able to listen to the other Bands. I have good SWR. I am curious about something I hear on my Icom 726
I seem to run across a lot of frequencies while in the different modes (USB, LSB,.....) and there's only a solid/steady tone I hear that never changes. Being new to HAM and having only experience on an HT for 2M/70cm, I don't understand what these signals are. Is this normal? If so, what generates those steady tone/signals? Can someone enlighten me? I do pick up some interesting chatter on some of the bands. I just want to make sure that my rig is working ok. Any guidance anyone could give me would be very much appreciated. You can check out what I am referring to at the following Youtube link:
Kevin
KN4TIR
I seem to run across a lot of frequencies while in the different modes (USB, LSB,.....) and there's only a solid/steady tone I hear that never changes. Being new to HAM and having only experience on an HT for 2M/70cm, I don't understand what these signals are. Is this normal? If so, what generates those steady tone/signals? Can someone enlighten me? I do pick up some interesting chatter on some of the bands. I just want to make sure that my rig is working ok. Any guidance anyone could give me would be very much appreciated. You can check out what I am referring to at the following Youtube link:
KN4TIR