Hi.
I suppose you might have something there. I am not used to this newer
surface mount ultra miniaturized technology, and this radio replaced a
Kenwood TW4000A, which was definitely a radio from another era. I thought
it was time to get something a little newer than a 20 year old radio.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 05:05 PM 1/18/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>are these new rigs even alignable by hand?
>I would suspect that most of the alignment is done automatically with a
>micro controller or chipset. I know the HF rigs still have adjustible coils
>and VR's and VC's, but I don't know about the sub compact mobiles. Even
>power in these is controlled via software, or an onboard controller.
>73
>Colin, CF6BKX
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:58 PM
>Subject: Re: Handihams, was: RE: exam
>
>
> > Hi John.
> >
> > That may be, but I've also found that often two radios of the same model
> > can vary a bit in performance just because of differences in
> > alignment. Most of the time radios pass QC because they are good enough
>to
> > make minimum specifications, not because they are necessarily optimized.
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> > At 08:35 AM 1/18/2007 -0500, you wrote:
> > >that must be why because I don't have any problem at all with my TMg707A
> > >like that.
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:59 PM
> > >Subject: Re: Handihams, was: RE: exam
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi Christy.
> > > >
> > > > One thing that I have noticed on 70 cm is that the TMG707 has a pretty
> > > > wicked image response that does cause stuff from the commercial band
>to
> > > > come through on the ham frequencies. I chalked it up to living in a
>major
> > > > city, and being only about one and a half miles from one of the major
> > > > communications sites.
> > > >
> > > > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> > > >
> > > > At 06:23 PM 1/17/2007 -0600, you wrote:
> > > >>Well, the offset wasn't the problem. I checked it, and it's set to
> > > >>positive,
> > > >>as it should be. So, either something's goofy or there's just none of
> > > >>those
> > > >>repeaters near me, but that does seem odd considering there are eight
>2m
> > > >>repeaters I can at least key up, three of them I know I hit well even
>on
> > > >>five watts.
> > > >>
> > > >>I'm a bit hesitant to run the radio on 35 watts, mostly because even
>if
> > > >>the
> > > >>antenna can handle it, I'm not sure about RF exposure. It's under the
> > > >>limit
> > > >>for requiring measurements and the like, but I'm in the same room with
> > > >>this
> > > >>antenna and I'd rather be safe than not, especially with cats around
>that
> > > >>just looove to jump up on the filing cabinet I have it on. I know that
>on
> > > >>ten watts, I can't key a one of them up at all though. It's hard to
>know
> > > >>if
> > > >>I'm receiving or not as far as the repeaters since I don't know which
>ones
> > > >>are really active, but I do receive some out of band stuff.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>-----Original Message-----
> > > >>From: For blind ham radio operators
> > > >>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> > > >>[log in to unmask]
> > > >>Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 6:00 PM
> > > >>To: [log in to unmask]
> > > >>Subject: Re: Handihams, was: RE: exam
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>Christy, 70cm is harder to hit. If you're using an antenna indoors
>you
> > > >>may
> > > >>well
> > > >>have problems hitting the repeater. Run the rig on 35w if the antenna
> > > >>will
> > > >>handle the load. Also, if you're using a magmount try sitting it in a
> > > >>frying
> > > >>pan (cast iron works well for this) to get some ground plain effect.
> > > >>
> > > >>Rigs like the Kenwood ts570 have a built-in antenna tuner.
> > > >>
> > > >>Since you have a computer you can get a serial cable to connect to
>that
> > > >>707
> > > >>and get output if information from the radio that isn't spoken
>normally.
> > > >>
> > > >>Tom
> > > >>Tom
> > > >>Brennan
> > > >>KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP web page
> > > >>http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
> > > >>
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> > > > Louis Kim Kline
> > > > A.R.S. K2LKK
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