Setting up a radio for my daughter.

[W5lz]

It certainly wouldn't hurt to 'check' that tuner but it's going to be fairly evident if it's not working. Check it once if you/she wants to, can't hurt, it's just not that useful once you find out.
On second thought, that "fairly evident" may not be so evident, depends on the radio and how familiar you are with it. So, check things and go from there.

 

[jwt873]

I'm not at the new house, but the radio gear is about 10-15 year old gear; the radio is 25w; with a 300w amplifier (I may be wrong on the #'s, but not much). So far, the only thing new I had to purchase was guy wire to secure the antenna & a new microphone

I may be wrong, (hope I am) but a ~25 Watt radio, a ~300 Watt amp along with "the antenna" sounds like it may be Citizen's Band (CB) gear. If that's the case it won't be much use to your daughter who has her amateur license and will want to operate on the amateur bands. Not only that, but a 25 Watt CB is illegal to use. It won't be FCC type accepted.

Can you get a name or model number of any of the gear? That will help in determining for sure if the gear will be of any use....

 

[RockyBennett]

^^^^ And what class license your daughter just received. Maybe the OP bought HF equipment and his daughter only received a technician's license. Lot's of questions unanswered until the OP tells us more specifics.

 

[k6cpo]

Congrats to your daughter! I'm not sure how much information she's been given so some of this might be repeats for her, but some good resources for her include:

1.) American Radio Relay League (ARRL), found on the web (they can also lead to local clubs);
2.) radio stores, like Ham Radio Outlet (HRO), also on the web;
3.) "CQ: Amateur Radio" magazine;
4.) qrz.com, an on-line callsign look-up database;
5.) various entries in Wkipedia (I'd start with entries on antennas or antenna types; morse code, should she be interested in that; QSL cards; etc.)

There is a newer magazine, available from the ARRL, entitled "On The Air." It's written to appeal to the new ham (and those that need a refresher.) It's much less technical than QST and the other magazines from the league. League members get digital access to all four league magazines as part of the membership. If your daughter joins the league, she can to receive the print version of QST or On The Air by mail.

 

[RFI-EMI-GUY]

I may be wrong, (hope I am) but a ~25 Watt radio, a ~300 Watt amp along with "the antenna" sounds like it may be Citizen's Band (CB) gear. If that's the case it won't be much use to your daughter who has her amateur license and will want to operate on the amateur bands. Not only that, but a 25 Watt CB is illegal to use. It won't be FCC type accepted.

Can you get a name or model number of any of the gear? That will help in determining for sure if the gear will be of any use....

It could be one of those "export" Ranger or President 10/11M "CB" radios and if it tunes 28.300 to 28.500 MHz, she is OK with SSB and CW in that range, also CW/RTTY/Data only 28.00x - 28.300, all perfectly legal . The 300W amp will have to be turned down to 200W PEP however. She needs a local "Elmer Or Eleanor" to check it out and set it up.

If it is 50 MHz and above type radio, she is good to go anywhere in the Ham Bands. The rest of HF has slices for CW operations only:

Google Search

 

[spywiz]

Let us know what her Call Sign is and we can look out for her. It would make a great story to tell her how her Dad was looking out for her.