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Thank you for the info. I guess I am only left with the observation that the HT is beeping at me when it reaches a high temp and some of my transmissions failed when they had succeeded before.
Perhaps the conclusion is that the unit should not be used for extended transmissions at full power...
I plan on calling Vertex, but I was wondering if what your experiences are with the following:
Unit overheats when transmitting while connected to the DC power
Unit power-cycles when transmitting when connected to AC power
I have the LCD set to display the internal temp. It's pretty...
I got the answer from Yaesu technical report.
What I need to do was save the changes to the memory location before I switched to another location.
1) While on a memory location for which I want to change RX Mode, press and hold Menu to enter Setup.
2) Select setup 78 for RX Mode and press Menu...
Thank you for the reply.
Perhaps I am using the wrong terminology (I'm a noob at this :-) You are correct and this is also what I understand. I am not trying to focus on the frequency for the repeater, or the PL tone for either Link or Local modes.
The point is that I see that my radio has...
I have used RT Systems' software to program my VX-8 and I have saved many repeaters that are part of the C.A.R.L.A. network in Northern California:
Welcome - California Amateur Radio Linking Association
I noticed, for example, that the Link frequency for the Oakland repeater has an RX Mode...
Plantronics Discovery 640 and 925 sync and work
FYI, the Jawbone II that I have does sync, but it will not key up the radio unless I turn Noise Assassin off. I do this, then the radio keys up and remains up until I turn Noise Assassin back on.
The Discovery headsets appear to be working; I...
This worked for me
I went to the last valid CHARACTER of DIGIPATH 3, where I had entered WIDE2 - 2. I first rotated the dial to eliminate the '- 2' so that I was left with WIDE2_ where '_' was blank or a space character.
I pressed BAND to backspace and was now on '2'. I rotated the dial...
Proper DIGIPATH setting
I too live in the same area, specifically I reside in Santa Clara and yesterday I tried to track my path to Petaluma. After reading this thread, I had added WIDE2-2 as the third DIGIPATH and selected this. I was able to track myself partially:
Location of KI6OIF-7 -...
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