*grins*

Well, in ham lingo, he's a brick, but he works like a champ, and I'll not
be getting shed of him any time soon. I don't know how long these units
are expected to last, but I would think of it in terms of decades and not
years; that's for sure.
Bright Blessings,
Ray





RiverWind
ICQ = 149719036
HomePage = <a HREF="http://www.shellworld.net/~riverwind">

On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, John Miller wrote:

> I couldn't hit those repeaters if I wanted to but I know which radio that
> is, hang on to that those are great radios, that's the IC-2T  the T means it
> has the touch tone pad on it. I had 1 of them for a while, I am sorry I got
> rid of it.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "RiverWind" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 12:36 AM
> Subject: Looking for possible calls on two meters duplex
>
>
> > Hi Good People,
> >
> > I have been in several interesting conversations with hams on the
> > two meter frequency this week. I got my call sign tuesday, and I
> > have already lost count of the conversations I've had.
> >
> > I live in a pretty remote area, so simplex is out of the question,
> > unless I know someone just down the road, which I don't. However,
> > no one else lives near anyone else up in these mountains, so duplex
> > is the going thing, and boy is it big. I have learned a lot about
> > using repeaters.
> >
> > It would be nice to talk with someone from the Carolinas, Georgia,
> > Tennessee or Alabama, if you can hit the Dahlonega repeater. I will
> > try and explain how to hit one of two repeaters, but I am using a
> > twelve year old Icom, and it has three thumb wheels and a switch
> > that reads zero or five. In order to hit the Dahlonega repeater,
> > you want something like 6815. My thumb wheels are set from the left
> > going toward the right as follows. Six, eight and three, with the
> > zero-five switch set to five. The plus and minus switch is set to
> > plus. In order to call up the repeater, you need to key the mike
> > and send 22 from your phonepad. There is also the Jasper Repeater,
> > and it's frequency is 861. The plus and minus switch is set to
> > minus, and the zero-five switch is set to zero. I am on both
> > repeaters a lot. You don't need to call up the Jasper repeater,
> > just key your mike and let people know you are monitoring or
> > looking for someone. It is quite common to talk with people from a
> > very large area encompassing several states, and a huge portion of
> > Georgia.
> >
> > Bright Blessings,
> > Ray
> >
> >
> >
> > RiverWind
> > ICQ = 149719036
> > HomePage = <a HREF="http://www.shellworld.net/~riverwind">
>