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">
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