I figured that. It seems backwards to me, star should be by the nine.
I ordered an adapter on ebay, sso just for fun I'll test mine when I get
the adapter.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.
On Sun, 14 Oct 2012, Colin McDonald wrote:
> oops, sorry, I mean the pound key for power, not the star key...the star key
> is the reverse key pressed momentarily and scan if pressed for two seconds.
> reports are varied between 4 to 5.5W out on high on VHF, and up to 5W out on
> UHF...on low between 1 and 1.5W out on both bands.
> RX sensativity at 12db sinad is around 0.13UV on vhf, and about 0.15UV on
> UHF, on the 4 units that we tested...
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 12:27 AM
> Subject: Re: uva-5r question
>
>
>> Thanks much, good notes to keep. How do you do a full reset? I don't
>> recall seeing that in the menu list.
>> 73
>> Butch
>> WA0VJR
>> Node 3148
>> Wallace, ks.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 13 Oct 2012, Colin McDonald
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I use mine every day. It's my go to, number one HT right now.
>>> Using the j0125A antenna it exclusively as well.
>>> The high dollar kenwood and icoms are collecting dust at the moment.
>>> Of course if I need 220MHZ on an HT, or 6M on an HT, or for some unknown
>>> reason require the HF bands on an HT, they are still ready to go lol.
>>> Now that you understand the programming, you can always do a full reset
>>> and
>>> clear everything to start fresh with regard to the rx ctcss tones.
>>> If you do a reset, don't forget to do the following:
>>> set menu 7 to 0 off this is the dual stand by on off setting
>>> Set menus 35, 36 37 and 38 to 0 off. These are all to do with squelch
>>> tail
>>> and repeater tail elimination and are a pain in the ass for the average
>>> ham
>>> operator.
>>> These are all turned back on by default with a full reset.
>>> However, menus 10 through 13 are reset to off so you can start fresh with
>>> those.
>>> Also, bear in mind, that what ever power setting you had set in menu 2
>>> will
>>> be programmed into your channels. Using the star key, or the key right
>>> beside the 9 key will toggle between high and low while in channel
>>> mode...for instance, if you have all your channels programmed with high
>>> power, hitting this key while in a channel will switch to low power...the
>>> power is reset back to the programmed state when you switch channels or
>>> turn
>>> the rig off and back on or if you switch from channel mode to frequency
>>> mode
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 3:17 PM
>>> Subject: Re: uva-5r question
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks much. I tried that, but put in 6 zeroes, I'll try just one. I
>>>> have already programmed some stuff with receive pl tones, guess I'll
>>>> leave them and see how things work. One hell of a radio for the price
>>>> though and not bad to program once you get the hang of it.
>>>> 73
>>>> Butch
>>>> WA0VJR
>>>> Node 3148
>>>> Wallace, ks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 13 Oct
>>>> 2012, Colin McDonald wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> hey butch:
>>>>> go to menu 11, which is rx ctcss and just type in 0 and hit menu to
>>>>> confirm...the rx tone will then be disabled.
>>>>> If you have already programmed the weather frequency into a memory
>>>>> channel,
>>>>> you'll have to reprogram it without the tone as you cannot edit that
>>>>> particular parameter in a memory channel.
>>>>> Don't forget to delete the memory channel first if you want to use the
>>>>> same
>>>>> channel location.
>>>>> Don't worry, someone was having precisely the same problem the other
>>>>> day
>>>>> on
>>>>> the uv5R email list.
>>>>> I just leave rx ctcss off for everything as there are some quirky
>>>>> issues
>>>>> with using the rx tone on the uv5R.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73
>>>>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 11:46 AM
>>>>> Subject: uva-5r question
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> How do I get it not to require pl on receive? I can go to weather
>>>>>> channel
>>>>>> and don't get them unless I hold in the monitor button. Thanks.
>>>>>> 73
>>>>>> Butch
>>>>>> WA0VJR
>>>>>> Node 3148
>>>>>> Wallace, ks.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
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