Wyzyrd
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Tried it on Sunday... NIL. Tried it again Monday nite..... ditto.
Will be listening... 73, Wyzyrd/N4ZN
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Never gave you the large fanfare yet, so I'll do it online. ***CONGRATS!!!*** Really glad you got all hooked up, finally. The sky's the limit now.... literally! Too bad you work those "off" hours. But, once you get the general, there'll be plenty of stuff on the lowbands during your time at home. In fact, this time of year, the lowbands are really choice. Of course, I seem to remember when I had to go in on a really early shift, that 17 meters was pretty rewarding in the wee hours of the morning, as well. You'll find those Europeans just after their breakfast, just starting their day. Anyway... good job, welcome to the ham fraternity. Any way I can help, just let me know!
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I use an old "battle-tank" RAT-SHACK HTX 202 HT while geocaching. I'de like to get something dual band to cross band repeat to the mobile when in those "remote" areas. I use a Icom IC706MKIIG in the mobile for hf. I don't know if it is cabable of cross band repeat. I bought it used with no book, as I was able to work all the controls from being a previous owner of the origional 706. So.... anyone know if the latest incarnation of the 706 does a cross band repeat?
As far as the poor mobile performance experienced by the last poster... can't say as I have any complaints about mine, really. The recieve is a bit "noisy" compared to other rigs I've run, but it seems to transmitt quite well. Alot of the performance issue is probably due to your antenna. I use a modified High Sierra screwdriver type antenna, with a longer whip, and a more robust impedence matching network. I usually have folks say they can't believe I'm only running 100 watts. But on the other hand, Im 15 feet tall going down the road on 80 meters, and the base of the antenna is 18 inches above ground level.
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Better watch out... I may get blamed for coining a new phrase.
Well, John. I don't know too much about being the NCO for a new net here in the area. I just got to NY not too long ago. Only 2 meter rig in service at this time is a HT. I have a 706, but don't have an antenna for 2 up yet. I was lucky to get some wires up for HF (barely breezed that one by the XYL zoning board)
. The computer is on a dial-up account, so there goes running it from the internet 
.Things are shaky being new here... so best to pass by me on that one. Better to favor someone who is more stable in terms of knowing what's up from one minit to the next. Wouldn't want to get something going, then have to let it go cuz I'm not able to devote the time to the care and feeding of that kind of undertaking. I'de be more than happy to participate as the situation allows though.
Maybe a rotating NCO sked would work. At this stage of the game, I think that dicussing a time for an informal roundtable would be the best thing... just to feel out what kind of interest is there... dontcha think?
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tnx umc
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That's what I do. I leave one of my old QSL cards in a cache when I find it. I write a brief description of what amateur radio is, and leave a URL for info on becoming a ham (arrl.org/hamradio.html) and a URL for foxhunting, seeing how it is a close reletive to geocaching (arrl.org/tis/info/direction-finding.html) for the benefits of those who have no idea of what amateur radio is.
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Originally posted by umc:Try logging out and back in again to see if it works.
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Not so sure, Somewhat new Owner Of a Garmin GPS V Received on 10-03-02
Nope.... and that's *after* I got it to upload with a *jpg* file extension. But I did that simply by manually typing it into the upload position. It was downloaded as a jpg... my machine saved it as a jpeg. I dunno... it seems like a "no-brainer"
... maybe I *should have* eaten my salmon when I was a kid. 
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Seems I can't get my avitar to display on the pages. Could it be that my machine running XP gives them a file type of JPEG instead of JPG? If so, how do I change it? Do i nedd a program to convert the filetype? HEEEEEEELP! TIA.
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Any hams/cachers like to meet up on a local repeater to ragchew. Seems like a good oportunity to meet others of like interest. Maybe make some cache plans.
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Just checking in. Call here is N4ZN. Gained my call before I lost my mind, and moved from SC to NY
New to geocaching, but I've been a closet boyscout for a long time, and used to do "geocaching type" excersises with my kid to make navigational training more interesting for him, before I ever heard of it. Also spent alot of time outdoors, and didn't need to buy anything to get into geocaching.
Picked up on geocaching just recently after reading something about it on the ARRL (amateur radio relay league)(arrl.org) website. Think it's become an addiction.
I try to talk up ham-radio to the geocachers, they seem interested. I try to talk up geocaching to the hams, they seem uninterested. I don't know... I think it has to do alot with the hams here in the Rochester, NY area just aren't that interested in talking to anyone they don't already know.
At least the repeater crowd doesn't seem overly friendly. Polite, yes... friendly, no. All the ones cooped up in their basements monitoring radio Borneo, on the other hand, are very friendly. When I can find them, that is. But I don't think the comment about the HFers being slugs was very fair. Most of the HFers are older guys, not prime candidates for romps thru the woods. Most of the VHFers are younger guys... no problem romping thru the woods. I could give a personal viewpoint on why I think that is... but I don't want to say the "C" word in fear of starting a thermo-nuclear flame-fest here in this forum, on something that has absolutly nothing to do with geocaching. Me, I like it all. HF... SSB... that "other mode"
... VHF... geocaching. But I am getting older, and I do have some physical limitations now. So don't think I'll become a full blown orienteerist anytime soon, although the knowledge is useful. So... maybe CU sometime on the air, or in the woods. I get on VHF ocasionally, but I'm usually found on the bottom 20mc of any given band.
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Casual use of ham while hiking - recommendations
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Radio Shack also sells repeater directories. I like them because you don't have to sift thru all the locations near you to try to find a repeater. Radio Shack prints a map of each state, with the approximate location of each repeater shown on the map. Much easier on the fly, in my opinion.