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It's funny, since I moved, I have people mad I'm not calling them fast
enough to help me get back on the air. True story, unfortunately we had a
situation with clothes driers over the weekend and my equipment is all
buried behind 2 nonworking dryers now but that will be resolved this weekend
and hopefully I can get up and running to some extent next week, 900 MHz and
VHF/UHF anyway.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Clegg" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 6:46 PM
Subject: Sighted Hams In Sacramento Not Really Helpful
> Hello listers,
>
> Here is my rant for the year.
>
> I find sighted ham radio operators here in the Sacramento area totally
> unhelpful.
>
> I have four portable antennas that I'd like help assembling. The smaller
> and
> larger Alexloop magnetic loop antennas. The Buddistick antenna and the
> Ventenna, HFP antenna.
>
> I'd love to get a Kenwood TMV-71A but I have no sighted help hooking up
> the
> power supply to the rig. I have a 50% chance of hooking it up backwards
> and
> blowing up the rig as I did with an Astron 2 meter rig many years ago.
>
> The same goes for my Icom IC703 Plus. When I was on a trip recently to
> Harrisburg, PA the stupid people from the TSA at the airport closed my
> power
> cord that goes to the Astron power supply in the suitcase cutting
> completely
> one side of the fused power cord. I bought a new cord from Universal Radio
> but the same as above in the Kenwood applies. No sighted help to hook the
> cord to the Astron power supply.
>
> Since the Pacigficon convention my Yaesu FT817ND has gone nuts.
>
> It will not take some frequencies that I send it with the Radio Mate
> keypad.
>
> I don't know if the radio needs a complete reset or there is some sort of
> fault in the keypad itself.
>
> I'd also like some help ssetting up the menus on the Icom IC703 Plus. For
> instance I can't speed up the speech board or set it to a higher volume.
>
> I'm tempted to try the millennium qsyer on the Yaesu but am reluctant to
> do
> so because I might not be able to set it up to operate with the IC703 Plus
> again .
>
> So I have all this qrp junk that's barely operable.
>
> The only rig I have with some hope is a Kenwood TS480SAT. I have two high
> power shortened dipoles for 20 meters on my balcony which have high swr.
>
> Again no help with anyone with an antenna analyzer.
>
> I have yet to make a contact with this rig on any band.
>
> In summary, I'm disappointed in general with the Sacramento ham community.
> It would probably gtake an hour of someone's time to come over and fix my
> problems adjust radio menus and get me properly on the air.
>
> The ARRL is nothing but a stupid self-serving non-helpful organization.
> Why
> did I join as a life member?
>
> I hope this is not the case for all parts of the country for general ham
> radio helpfulness.
>
> If it is, our hobby is truly in trouble.
>
> I would welcome suggestions.
>
> Merry Crhistmas from a browned off ham radio operator.
>
> 73,
>
> Eric
>
> KU3I
>
>
>
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