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-----
From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
[log in to unmask]
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 6:00 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
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


-- 
Internal Virus Database is out-of-date.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/390 - Release Date: 7/17/2006


-- 
Internal Virus Database is out-of-date.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/390 - Release Date: 7/17/2006


-- 
I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users.
It has removed 3027 spam emails to date.
Paying users do not have this message in their emails.
Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com


-- 
Internal Virus Database is out-of-date.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/390 - Release Date: 7/17/2006