I bought several of these years ago and used them to hold shovels and such in my 4x4. I've wanted to buy more, but never knew what they were called. Just bordered a 4-pack from Amazon. Thanks!
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While you are working on the programing and setup it might be good to have the antenna attached even if it is just in the corner of the room as an accidental transmit (key up) with no antenna can damage the transmitter or so I have heard.
Enjoy and take your time - it will come.
I spent a lot of time today looking at videos and reading. It seems programming using chirp is pretty easy as far as the actual process.
I would imagine my radio is blank and has nothing preloaded. I guess I need to figure out what channels I want and then enter them into chirp and then upload to the radio?
What channels should I have on the radio?
I’m sure there is a list of locals which I’m interested in. I would also imagine there is a list of emergency channels that I would probably want as well. If I could also monitor public safety channels, weather channels etc I would include those too.
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I would imagine my radio is blank and has nothing preloaded. I guess I need to figure out what channels I want and then enter them into chirp and then upload to the radio?
What channels should I have on the radio?
I’m sure there is a list of locals which I’m interested in. I would also imagine there is a list of emergency channels that I would probably want as well. If I could also monitor public safety channels, weather channels etc I would include those too.
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I suggest when you get to CHIRP download the current code plug from the radio (it most likely is not blank, it has test frequencies in the radio) and build your new code plug from that, save the original and the one you create so you have a back up.
Where in Texas are you, that is a big state and we can't help you if we don't know where you are? Check the RR database for your area. Also, if you are a Premium member you can download by zip code directly from the database to your radio.
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Can't stress this part enough:
Common rookie mistake is to not save the original codeplug, even if it's blank. That is your insurance to return the radio to factory programming if you accidentally screw something up. First thing I do with any new model radio I touch is to read the radio before I program anything. I save that as "factory-default" in a folder on the programming computers. That way I always have a fall back.
Once you've done that, save it again somewhere else safe, like a USB stick you keep in a bottom drawer. Then save it again.
Any time you make programming changes to the radio, read and save the current codeplug before making any changes. Always have a fall back file.
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I do that and then (since I only have Japanese ham and CCRs) do a full reset and save that too.
I’m in the hill country. Fredericksburg, kerrville, blanco, Johnson city. San Antonio and Austin are not that far away either. Looks like it may be worth the premium membership if I can download directly from RR. I also read repeaterbook is a good place to look also
nd5y
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RepeaterBook can be nearly useless depending on your location. I don't know how good it is for south TX. You might have more accurate results with
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N5OAK on 2 meters might be a good one to start with: It is linked to Allstarlink and Echolink so it should have activity on it.
BTW - you should be able to receive it by doing a manual tune to 147.250 - see the manual for the transceiver. The rest of the stuff below is for transmitting, not needed just to listen.
| Downlink: | 147.25000 |
| Uplink: | 147.85000 |
| Offset: | +0.600 MHz |
| Uplink Tone: | 114.8 |
I finally got everything unboxed and set on my desk yesterday. I powered up the radio and listened for a while. Tried some different stations. I have my antenna inside just leaning against the wall. When I finally get it mounted to the eaves I’m hoping for better reception.
Then I fired up CHIRP and downloaded the code plug. That’s as far as I got.
I signed up for Premium and plan to download the stations from RadioReference.
Next I need to make some kind of box for the radio and power supply to sit in. Right now it’s just sitting on top the desk and siding around. Im kinda handy with woodworking.
Then I fired up CHIRP and downloaded the code plug. That’s as far as I got.
I signed up for Premium and plan to download the stations from RadioReference.
Next I need to make some kind of box for the radio and power supply to sit in. Right now it’s just sitting on top the desk and siding around. Im kinda handy with woodworking.
The power supply could simply go down on the floor - the power cord that should have come with the radio should be long enough.
A quick hack to keep the radio from moving while pushing buttons is to take the mobile bracket that should have been in the box and tape it to the desk top then insert the radio. The bracket would be upside down but the side thumb screws on the radio should be able to handle it.
You might be better off just entering one local repeater manually from the radio instead of trying to use the software to start.
After you get one in and can cur-chunk the repeater it should all start to make sense.
Hope this helps
I just started programming channels. Not so sure what i should have. I looked on RadioReference and Repeaterbook and added my local channels. I then added the national 2m and 70cm channels. After that all 10 NOAA channels. Then FRS/GMRS channels. And finally MURS channels. I guess i'm in a quiet area. Only thing i'm picking up is NOAA and FM radio (music) channels.
Not sure is there is anything else I should add. ???
Not sure is there is anything else I should add. ???
Aside from their usefulness for weather information, the NOAA channels are good for testing receivers and antennas because they have a high quality signal that's always active.
Adding channels to monitor will be hit or miss and probably the best way is to just do a lot of listening and tuning around the bands.
I can add if the OP does not have a good scanner or a computer with a SDR then he might want to look into the scanning capability of his radio. I have never had the need because of my scanner and SDRs but I believe the radio should have at least some basic scanning ability. Another option is to simply park on a local repeater frequency while you work on other stuff, Might get surprised at what pops up.
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