Always wanted a 1.25 meter radio, so i brought a Yaesu VX-6R. Now to hit a repeater and if I make a simplex contact, I'm buying a MegaMillions/Powerball ticket.
Since your radio is only rated to produce 1.5 watts RF output on the 222 MHz band, it's entirely possible that your signal was so poor into the repeater that nobody could understand you.There was one machine kerchunk heard on 224.600 and no one ever answered my repeated calls.
Since your radio is only rated to produce 1.5 watts RF output on the 222 MHz band, it's entirely possible that your signal was so poor into the repeater that nobody could understand you.
There used to be some guys in my area who gathered on 223.500 MHz simplex. They were surprised when a young codeless Technician showed up on their frequency many years ago.From listening, it seems two club members have adopted the repeater as their private channel and were surprised to hear someone else had 1.25m capability.
It's not just Arizona, trust me. Generally speaking, 220 is dead.
Since there's no amateur radio allocation at 220 MHz, I'm not surprised there's no activity there. At 222-225 MHz, you might find something. Or, might not.I'm going to start calling 220 MHz - 'The Haunted Band'.
He can scan from 215-230 till the cows come home, he ain't finding a thing. 1.25m is dead, dead, dead.Since there's no amateur radio allocation at 220 MHz, I'm not surprised there's no activity there. At 222-225 MHz, you might find something. Or, might not.![]()