I put those feet under mine too, worked out great.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: Handihams, was: RE: exam
> Hi.
>
> I didn't touch mine. It is stock, the way it came from the factory. I
> haven't even taken the plastic off the display! The only change I made to
> that radio was to put jumbo rubber feet on the radio to increase the air
> flow under the radio. I thought that would just make the radio run a
> little cooler, and it seems to work.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
> At 08:59 AM 1/18/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hi Lou;
>>
>>That's why I will never open the receive up on any radio.
>>
>>73 De Anthony W2AJV
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>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> From: Louis Kim Kline=20
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:59 PM
>> Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] 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=20
>> come through on the ham frequencies. I chalked it up to living in a =
>>major=20
>> city, and being only about one and a half miles from one of the
>> major=20
>> 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-----
>> >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
>> >
>> >
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>> Louis Kim Kline
>> A.R.S. K2LKK
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> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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