People do that around here all the time, it's kind of funny.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Kwan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: VHF radios and speech modules


> I've had embarrassing situations such as that you relayed. I was
> monitoring
> a 440 repeater and I was also participating in a two metre gathering. It
> was
> a big group and people were talking for a long time. When it finally got
> around to me I made some kind of long winded transmission on 440 where I
> neglected to switch over. I probably sounded like a real tool in some
> other
> system. The only hope I have is maybe people on that system thought it was
> some kind of crazy inversion since that can happen.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 9:00 PM
> Subject: Re: VHF radios and speech modules
>
>
>> I don't think you'll regret getting the v7.  I've had mine for many =
>> years
>> and I really enjoy it.  Being able to monitor two bands is great and if
>> someone starts talking on one band while you are talking on the other, =
>> you
>> can just turn the volume down on that band.
>>
>> One funny thing though.  Once I was listening to two repeaters, a VHF =
>> and a
>> UHF.  A friend called me on 2 meters and by mistake I replied to him on =
>> 440.
>> It turned out he was also listening to the same two repeaters and we =
>> chatted
>> for several minutes before we realized we were "crossbanding" so to =
>> speak.
>>
>> Regards, Ken -N5SWR
>> =20
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Butch Bussen
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 12:46 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: VHF radios and speech modules
>>
>>
>> Nothing wrong withe 707 and I once considered that one, but I figured I
>> needed dual receive in my situation as well as cross band repeat, so was
>> willing to give up a little accessability.  Just depends on what you =
>> want.
>>
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