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[kurtis1971]

a friend of mine gave me a radio. cobra 150 10 meter i would like to listen to people while i study for my license. what channel should i put it on?

 

[n8fgb]

Channel 19. If you are talking about 10 meter, you will need a general class license to use it. AM is used from 29.00-29.200, FM from 29.500-29.700. Both are in the general part of the band, and not as active as 28.300-29.500, which is USB.
Rich

 

[hookedon6]

first of all,... good luck with your studies.

the "bad" part. that radio is an "amateur" rig in name only, yes it will tune to 10 meters and TX/RX in AM or FM SIMPLEX modes only. most of the 10 meter activity is USB, sooooo...:headbang

i don't think it will even perform repeater off set operations and it doesn't have CTSS encode/decode.

as stated earlier, AM and FM 10 meter operations require at least a general class license. and even then the activity can be few and far apart.

i would consider selling it and using the $$$ for a real amateur rig. a used ic 706 mk 2 (for instance, there are many others too) is a good starter rig and they are really pretty cheap too.

 

[stevesm]

first of all,... good luck with your studies.

the "bad" part. that radio is an "amateur" rig in name only, yes it will tune to 10 meters and TX/RX in AM or FM SIMPLEX modes only. most of the 10 meter activity is USB, sooooo...:headbang

i don't think it will even perform repeater off set operations and it doesn't have CTSS encode/decode.

as stated earlier, AM and FM 10 meter operations require at least a general class license. and even then the activity can be few and far apart.

i would consider selling it and using the $$$ for a real amateur rig. a used ic 706 mk 2 (for instance, there are many others too) is a good starter rig and they are really pretty cheap too.

Don't feel lonely, I PAID Dearly for this bit of advise.I now have a cb with too much power and a "ham radio with frequencies no one uses" as advised, sell it and buy a real rig

 

[hookedon6]

Don't feel lonely, I PAID Dearly for this bit of advise.I now have a cb with too much power and a "ham radio with frequencies no one uses" as advised, sell it and buy a real rig

every evening, about 2 hours before sun set there is a group on 28.305 AM!!!

do you speak spanish? op:

 

[kd-5-bgt]

Very few folks run AM or FM on 10 meters.....For the Tech portion of the band it is all either SSB or CW......

I am in no way saying AM or FM is not used at all,but I personally have never heard anyone running either AM or FM

But good luck on the testing !!

 

[kurtis1971]

ok thank you

 

[C W Morse]

Very few folks run AM or FM on 10 meters.....For the Tech portion of the band it is all either SSB or CW......

I am in no way saying AM or FM is not used at all,but I personally have never heard anyone running either AM or FM

But good luck on the testing !!

What about the repeaters up on 29.600+ ? When 10 is "open" there's a bunch of folks up there.


CWM

 

[hookedon6]

What about the repeaters up on 29.600+ ? When 10 is "open" there's a bunch of folks up there.


CWM

there is some activity during openings, but those folks (hopefully) are not techs.