You learn to recognise the sounds of the repeaters and unless both uhf and
vhf frequency you're monitoring has the same repeater courtesy tone or drop
noise, you should be able to distinguish between them. Plus you get to
recognise that some of your friends will be using certain bands and if you
are only listening to two, that's even easier. Then it's just a matter of
remembering where you left your transmission set at. If you missed it last
week, I once made a long winded transmission on what I thought was the right
repeater I was expected to respond on, I ended up making an ass out of
myself somewhere else. To this day, I don't know if anyone was listening. If
they were, they're great about not reminding me, hi hi.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Patterson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 11:22 PM
Subject: receiving a call on the 7a and 708


> Hi all, I have found this thread of Kenwood VHF radios to be very
> interesting.  However, I have another question.
> If you have a TMV-708 or 7a and you are monitoring both bands, how do you
> know what frequency the other person is calling on.  Let's say you are
> monitoring both 2 meters and 440 and someone calls you.  If the person
> calling you doesn't announce which frequency they are calling on, how do
you
> find the right frequency to answer the call?  Thanks in advance.
>
> Eric
>