I didn't mean to imply that Handihams currently had any information about
the uva-5r transceiver available on its website. My point was that it
seems like many of you are developing some really excellent operating
instructions, set-up suggestions, lots of helpful information that could be
of tremendous benefit to others that might be interested in purchasing one
of these radios.
I'm thinking about other blind hams, including any one of us, who might
decide to purchase the uva-5r sometime down the road, and could greatly
benefit from all of the fantastic information you all are developing about
how to set-up and operate one of these radios if you are blind.
If this information were all gathered up and organized and made available
in a single document that was accessible from some easily accessible
source, like Handihams, it would be a great contribution to all blind hams.
I would volunteer, but it would be much better if it were one of you who
have purchased the radio and worked through the various challenges of
setting it up and making it functional for a blind ham. It might be a
matter of taking the set-up and operating instructions that come with the
radio and editing them where appropriate to make them more useable for a
blind ham and then, publishing the revised instructions with the title:
Setting Up and Operating the UVA-5r Transceiver if You are A blind Ham
If someone offers to do this, I will be glad to be a reviewer to assist in
a final edit for readability. It is always good to have another person,
especially someone who is less familiar with the subject, to review the
writing for clarity.
Ron, K8HSY
At 07:33 AM 10/14/2012 -0700, you wrote:
>I just got mine and am starting to gather notes. I didn't know
>handi-hams had anything on this radio.
>73
>Butch
>WA0VJR
>Node 3148
>Wallace, ks.
>
>
>On Sun, 14 Oct 2012, Ronald E.
>Milliman wrote:
>
>> Re: uva-5r
>>
>> Is someone putting all of these operating instructions plus the additional
>> operating recommendations for a blind operator into some file that is, or
>> will be, available to all of the rest of us is we need it? If that isn't
>> being done, I suggest that it be done and then, included among the
>> materials available on the HandiHams website.
>>
>> Ron, K8HSY
>>
>> At 10:41 PM 10/13/2012 -0600, you wrote:
>>> I use mine every day. It's my go to, number one HT right now.
>>> Using the j0125A antenna it exclusively as well.
>>> The high dollar kenwood and icoms are collecting dust at the moment.
>>> Of course if I need 220MHZ on an HT, or 6M on an HT, or for some unknown
>>> reason require the HF bands on an HT, they are still ready to go lol.
>>> Now that you understand the programming, you can always do a full reset
and
>>> clear everything to start fresh with regard to the rx ctcss tones.
>>> If you do a reset, don't forget to do the following:
>>> set menu 7 to 0 off this is the dual stand by on off setting
>>> Set menus 35, 36 37 and 38 to 0 off. These are all to do with squelch
tail
>>> and repeater tail elimination and are a pain in the ass for the average
ham
>>> operator.
>>> These are all turned back on by default with a full reset.
>>> However, menus 10 through 13 are reset to off so you can start fresh with
>>> those.
>>> Also, bear in mind, that what ever power setting you had set in menu 2
will
>>> be programmed into your channels. Using the star key, or the key right
>>> beside the 9 key will toggle between high and low while in channel
>>> mode...for instance, if you have all your channels programmed with high
>>> power, hitting this key while in a channel will switch to low power...the
>>> power is reset back to the programmed state when you switch channels or
turn
>>> the rig off and back on or if you switch from channel mode to frequency
mode
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 3:17 PM
>>> Subject: Re: uva-5r question
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks much. I tried that, but put in 6 zeroes, I'll try just one. I
>>>> have already programmed some stuff with receive pl tones, guess I'll
>>>> leave them and see how things work. One hell of a radio for the price
>>>> though and not bad to program once you get the hang of it.
>>>> 73
>>>> Butch
>>>> WA0VJR
>>>> Node 3148
>>>> Wallace, ks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 13 Oct
>>>> 2012, Colin McDonald wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> hey butch:
>>>>> go to menu 11, which is rx ctcss and just type in 0 and hit menu to
>>>>> confirm...the rx tone will then be disabled.
>>>>> If you have already programmed the weather frequency into a memory
>>>>> channel,
>>>>> you'll have to reprogram it without the tone as you cannot edit that
>>>>> particular parameter in a memory channel.
>>>>> Don't forget to delete the memory channel first if you want to use the
>>>>> same
>>>>> channel location.
>>>>> Don't worry, someone was having precisely the same problem the other day
>>>>> on
>>>>> the uv5R email list.
>>>>> I just leave rx ctcss off for everything as there are some quirky issues
>>>>> with using the rx tone on the uv5R.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73
>>>>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 11:46 AM
>>>>> Subject: uva-5r question
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> How do I get it not to require pl on receive? I can go to weather
>>>>>> channel
>>>>>> and don't get them unless I hold in the monitor button. Thanks.
>>>>>> 73
>>>>>> Butch
>>>>>> WA0VJR
>>>>>> Node 3148
>>>>>> Wallace, ks.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>> Dr. Ronald E. Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky University
>>
>> Chair, American Council of the Blind Public Relations Committee
>> Monthly Monetary Support Program (MMS) Committee
>>
>>
>
Dr. Ronald E. Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky University
Chair, American Council of the Blind Public Relations Committee
Monthly Monetary Support Program (MMS) Committee
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