Way to go Richard. Congratsd. on number one.
Pat, K9JAUAt 05:51 PM 6/13/2014, you wrote:
>Hurray! I did it! Special thanks to Kevin, my very first contact ever. =
> How cool is that to put in your log book : ) And thanks to Don too. =
>Everyone was SO helpful, kind and patient.
>
>Guess what my problem was? There's that section of four knobs in the =
>lower-right of the rig; and the upper-left of that controls RF gain =
>)outer ring) and something else )inner ring). Well, they were both =
>turned all the way down. I guess RF gain has some importance in all =
>this ; ) I'm sure we all thought it was something silly - and indeed it =
>was! Hurray!
>
>73,
>Richard KK6MRH
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Subject: Re: [KenwoodTS-2000] Trying to Make My First 2M QSO on TS-2000
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>We try, Perry. Thanks for understanding.
>
>73,
>Kevin Sherwood
>KF7EE
>
>Sent from my iPhone
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>On Jun 13, 2014, at 12:23, "'Perry K4PWO' [log in to unmask] =
>[KenwoodTS-2000]" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> =20
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> You live in the dimensional rift where national band plans =
>don=E2=80=99t exist=E2=80=A6 now I understand! :->
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> Perry
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> K4PWO
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> From: [log in to unmask] =
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> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 10:10 PM
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> Subject: Re: [KenwoodTS-2000] Trying to Make My First 2M
> QSO on TS-2000
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> Thank you, Perry. It is in west LA.
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> Kevin Sherwood
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jun 12, 2014, at 19:42, "'Perry K4PWO' [log in to unmask] =
>[KenwoodTS-2000]" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> 144.33 MHz is NOT a simplex FM frequency. It is in the
> OSCAR sub-band =
>and should NOT be used for terrestrial communications.
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> FM simplex frequencies are 146.40 to 146.58 and 147.42 to
> 147.57 MHz. =
>There is NO FM below 144.60 MHz as that area is reserved for SSB and =
>other modes. The national simplex calling frequency is 146.52 MHz.
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> Please check http://www.arrl.org/band-plan for details of band plans.
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> FM gets the lion=E2=80=99s share of 2 meters so please
> respect users of =
>other modes by not intruding into their band segments.
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> Perry
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> K4PWO
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> From: [log in to unmask] =
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> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 8:41 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [KenwoodTS-2000] Trying to Make My First 2M
> QSO on TS-2000
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> Hi Richard. I will monitor 144.33 FM Simplex. Feel free to call
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> Kevin Sherwood
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> KF7EE
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jun 12, 2014, at 13:51, "'Richard B McDonald' =
>[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> =
>[KenwoodTS-2000]" <[log in to unmask] =
><mailto:[log in to unmask]> > wrote:
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> Hi!
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> I have tried to make my first 2M contact on my new Kenwood TS-2000 =
>without luck. I *think* it's setup right. Basically, I have followed the =
>instructions for this per the icanworkthisthing.com =
><http://icanworkthisthing.com> "Quick Start Guide" at the link below. =
>The following are my first of many questions:
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> 1. When I rotate the tuning knob clockwise increasing the
> frequency, =
>sometimes I hear a "beep." What does that mean? It seems to happen at =
>random, even frequencies; like 145.300, 146.400, etc.
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> 2. Well, since I live in LA, I expected to hear a lot of
> traffic. But I =
>only hear really faint and scarce squawking - really I hear nothing. Am =
>I missing something?
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> =
>http://www.icanworkthisthing.com/docs/amateur_radio/multi/Kenwood%20TS200=
>0%20Quick%20Guide.shtml
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> 73,
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> Richard KK6MRH
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> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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