i need to become a handiham member too but i just thought, maybe because 
this is the first rig they loaned me back in the 90s, that they haven't 
updated, maybe they have but the first rig i had was 80/40/20/15/10, not 
sure why they loaned a 20m capable rig to a novice/brand new tech) but 
anyway i could use it with the cutout display with the hi-marks on the 
dial but i was always still worried i wasn't exactly in the right spot, 
and this may be due to the idiot that set up our antenna(our stepdad), i 
told him what the books said, but NOO, he thinks he knows it all so we 
would pin the swr meter constantly on 10 and 15 meters, and cause 
interfeerence to the tv that happened to be in the room directly below the 
station
so the stuff we were supposed to learn for antennas and things, i have 
forgotten because we were "wrong" anyway

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Jeff Kenyon wrote:

> Hi Christy, with your radio are you sure you have it all programmed
> correctly?  If you have the F6A on 70 CM by default it is in simplex mode,
> and you have to then set your offsets accordingly.
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> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Christy Schulte wrote:
>
>> I actually have. But there's a few issues with that. One being I'm not a
>> member yet, though I intend to correct that. Second issue being that they
>> won't loan out equipment right away, though I think I can get involved once
>> my license is upgraded. But the biggest issue goes back to the apartment
>> antenna situation. A lot of people have said it's possible to build or even
>> buy them, but there again my problem is lack of knowledge. I'm not sure the
>> best thing to get, and then how to be sure the thing is working as it
>> should, not without getting sighted help over here with analyzing equipment,
>> and what about tuning the antenna to the different bands? I got a major
>> reality check the other day when I realized that, though my current dual
>> band antenna seems to be doing great on 2m with this kenwood, I can't hit a
>> single 70cm repeater in this area, which tells me something is very much
>> wrong but I have no idea what or how to fix it. It's possible something is
>> messed up with the radio, but I don't think so. All this makes me wonder
>> what the SWR is on two meters, though considering I'm hitting several
>> repeaters there no problem, I think I'm ok.
>>
>> So all that rambling to say, I've thought about it, probably will, but need
>> a few things sorted out first. Thanks for the tip though!
>> Christy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Tom Fowle
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:57 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: exam
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>>
>> Christy,
>> Congratulations on the right attitude towards the code, it's a blast.
>>
>> Have you considered asking HandyHams for a loaner H.F. rig?
>>
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>>
>> Tom WA6IVG
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