that must be why because I don't have any problem at all with my TMg707A 
like that.
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From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: Handihams, was: RE: exam


> Hi Christy.
>
> One thing that I have noticed on 70 cm is that the TMG707 has a pretty
> wicked image response that does cause stuff from the commercial band to
> come through on the ham frequencies.  I chalked it up to living in a major
> city, and being only about one and a half miles from one of the major
> communications sites.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
> At 06:23 PM 1/17/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>>Well, the offset wasn't the problem. I checked it, and it's set to 
>>positive,
>>as it should be. So, either something's goofy or there's just none of 
>>those
>>repeaters near me, but that does seem odd considering there are eight 2m
>>repeaters I can at least key up, three of them I know I hit well even on
>>five watts.
>>
>>I'm a bit hesitant to run the radio on 35 watts, mostly because even if 
>>the
>>antenna can handle it, I'm not sure about RF exposure. It's under the 
>>limit
>>for requiring measurements and the like, but I'm in the same room with 
>>this
>>antenna and I'd rather be safe than not, especially with cats around that
>>just looove to jump up on the filing cabinet I have it on. I know that on
>>ten watts, I can't key a one of them up at all though. It's hard to know 
>>if
>>I'm receiving or not as far as the repeaters since I don't know which ones
>>are really active, but I do receive some out of band stuff.
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
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>>Subject: Re: Handihams, was: RE: exam
>>
>>
>>Christy, 70cm is harder to hit.  If you're using an antenna indoors you 
>>may
>>well
>>have problems hitting the repeater.  Run the rig on 35w if the antenna 
>>will
>>handle the load.  Also, if you're using a magmount try sitting it in a
>>frying
>>pan (cast iron works well for this) to get some ground plain effect.
>>
>>Rigs like the Kenwood ts570 have a built-in antenna tuner.
>>
>>Since you have a computer you can get a serial cable to connect to that 
>>707
>>and get output if information from the radio that isn't spoken normally.
>>
>>Tom
>>Tom
>>Brennan
>>KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP web page
>>http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
>>
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