newbie programing a new radio

[c_b_mazur]

I know the primary answer to the question is going to be different for every location. What I am asking is, have you as an experienced ham, come across an absolute must have frequency that you have discovered and want to share. I know being here in NW Iowa I won't be able to get your primary channel up there in the PNW or hit that NYC repeater chat. But what have you discovered in your travels and elder knowledge to be a must have in a radio. Mind you I do have the National 70cm and 2m call channels programed. But I am sure I have overlooked something. I have also added Local repeaters, slightly further repeaters, The ISS, Local Dispatch frequencies to monitor, 90+ mile repeaters, and the national storm chase freq, and some odd ball frequencies that I utilize. Just kind of looking for those gems now.

 

[KQ4ZVY]

If your radio lets you do something like scan for activity between two memory frequencies, it might be useful to look up the edges of your region's band agreement for repeaters and store those.

 

[rf_patriot200]

Your scanners Search function is your friend !

 

[ka3jjz]

Asking in the Iowa forum would be a better idea....

Iowa Radio Discussion Forum

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Mike