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My area has several 2 meter machines,and most of them get a fair bit of use,mainly during drive time mornings and afternoons. Dont have any 440 machines around Joplin running,there are a few just out of my radio range.I try to get into them when I am in those areas on my way to work...

Personally I would say unlock it and make sure the tx and rx is realigned ,in the long run it is worth it

Try online video games.....better chance of finding a YL ...or some one that plays a YL there than on the radio. I cant personally recall seeing any young YLs at a ham fest...unless they were really young...16 or younger

Love it !! :thumbup: Good to hear ya are back on the air even if it is a bit limited....... better than NOT being on the air !!

Happy B-day CK !! You are another year wise.....umm another year older .... Have a good day !! :thumbup:

Looks liek there will be several keys on the market soon.... But this is the end of an era,at one time that was as close to an instant message as you could get

yaesu.com/downloadFile.cfm?FileID=4933...150...FT-1900R somewhere around page forty

Just wait till you get on some of the lower bands, 15 and 17 meters have been hopping. Heard Kuwait and Jordan the other day,needless to say I wasnt lucky enough to make contact... Sounds like you are off and running :thumbup:

:huh: :blink:

hearing Eastern Europe and Japan at the moment on 17 :thumbup: 4 PM centeral

I tend to leave 20 alone simply because I really got the 275 and 313 bunch really stirred up a while back...had them really pissed, And my surround sound and computer speakers dont like 20 meters.....need to get a pile of chokes and start adding them to all the speakers wires ,I have been...

hehe I am there now,been scanning around a bit...

Can usually find me at 18.140 if I am just listening ...sometimes I get lucky and catch some good contacts there

and they are at it again today...hearing EA8 and Cuba

hearing all over the states and into Europe,heard Iceland,Russia and a few more countries...and have a contact to Belarus EU-7-A ...5/6 both ways.....get em while the getting is good add EU-1-A to that as well and Cook Island E-51-JD Still hearing eu1a on 18.140.50 well enough to make a contact

I tend to avoid 20 meters,I hate to say, simply because there are a couple of groups that run that band that are somewhat anti ...well...everybody that dont kiss their a$$ . ... I have heard these people key over others,cuss out people,and generally be royally rude to people that dont see...

Sounds good Tall !! :biggrin: Sounds like you are doing your homework. I dont hardly ever hear anything on 160 either except 7 to 9 on my meter of static :huh:..so I leave that band alone usually... My favorite bands are 80 ,and 17 to 10 meters ...with 17 at the top of the list

I think Doc had a thought pop into his head and he felt the need to post it for future reference Lord knows there have been times I wish i would have posted or written down something when the thought came to mind ....with my steel trap mind ( to bad it is a sprung trap) it is almost required

Interesting...should contact Icom and see what happens

Well Doc...from the looks of the title of this thread you are pretty well on topic....and I will second your "want" :thumbup: