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Power for GPS Yes, being able to shut it off would be cool. I also wish the speaker mic had an earphone jack on the bottom of the mic like the mic I had for my FT51 and FT-50R did.

Arrow Antenna Helps! I had fun working my first few contacts tonight after getting the Arrow Antenna. Many THANKS TO MOLECULO for the video and the VX-8DR memory file. :D:D:D I am in CT and worked ND, MT and MA...coolest was logging in to my email and finding the 3 QSL cards at eQSL.cc already...

CT-136 and GPS Position Failure Additional test at lunch time today. Attach GPS to CT-136 and CT-136 on to VX-8DR Walk out in same clearing with pretty good view of sky Power on VX-8DR and hit menu Wait for fix while holding HT out at arms' length 2.5 minutes no fix lay radio on grass...

CT-136 and GPS Position Failure Yes, I am fairly certain the CT-136 is faulty in some way. I plan to test again later today to ensure the GPS wasn't right on the edge of getting all the almanac info from the sats when I switched to the CT-136. If it can't locate again I'll take it back to the...

Arrow Antenna I decided to order one myself to use with the VX-8DR and eventually with my FT-897D. Their website says they're catching up on orders and you can;t order from them. I ordered from Universal Radio and it's coming tomorrow. I sure wish I could buy the carry case/bag they...

CT-136 and GPS Position Failure Thanks for your suggestions Mike. I'm back home in Connecticut and thought I'd pick up this issue again. I went out into a pretty open area near my home..pretty big opening to the sky. The GPS attached to the CT-136 attached to the VX-8DR did not pick up the...

I have my VX-8DR now for couple of weeks or more and I really like it. I originally bought it with the speaker mic and GPS Adapter and installed them in the shop and they worked great on the way home in the car. Later I bought a CT-136 adapter for when I travel and just want to slip the HT in...

Mole- it never occurred to me to try mounting the antenna ON THE SATELLITE! :laugh::laugh: LOL May be on the tripod, or on a handgrip, but not on the satellite. :biggrin:

Interfacing FT-897 Thanks for that reply Mole. I am not especially handy beyond soldering connectors and I gather being able to both isolate the rig and control audio levels are key. I was looking at the RigBlaster units...man they're expensive, but the Pro version seems to have all the...

HRD DM How are you interfacing to the HF Rig? I am looking at the Rigblaster possibly for a pending FT-897D purchase.

Resend Yeah that does it indeed...interesting, the first few times I tried it I go an empty message to edit...works now so thanks for that.

Repeater Freqs Minuteman Repeater Association Wouldn't it be 146.82 - .60 = 146.22 ? So: 146.82 Output or Listen with your HT 146.22 Input or transmit with PL 146.2 from your HT

Power I don't really see why you would forge ahead in simplex mode to hit a repeater...but that aside have you verified that the repeater had a standard offset? Granted most do...and verified + versus - offset right? Did you try lower power by any chance? A different antenna? I don;t imagine...

If I attempt to send an APRS test message on my Yaesu VX-8DR, and it fails to get an ACK in its 5 attempts, it becomes a 'TX' message and is just left there it seems. If I should want to try again when in better digi coverage do I really have to go through creating the message again? Can I not...

Step Closer Moleculo- thanks for the suggestion to go to 6.25khz steps. That did let me put the freq in as you did at 155.94375 I've started learning the various scan modes- lot to learn even for a guy that has had 5 Yaesus before this one and a bunch of scanners of all types over the years.

Step Thanks, I will give that step a try and see if I can get that entered. Yours is MARS mod'd right?

155.9475 You can't just leave off the last digit actually. When you type it in you get 1>5>5>9 and BOOM it goes to 155.950. I did just hear the fire company tone out and mobile units just fine that way.

155.9475 It's straight from RadioReference: 155.94750 WPVC929 RM 343 DPL NCFD DISP Fire Dispatch FM Fire Dispatch

I guess I am hitting all the weird use cases and glitches this week with my new Yaesu VX-8DR. It seems the VX-8DR can't handle the STEP needed to accept my local Fire Department's frequency of 155.9475. I guess I just have to go with 155.95? I just got the ADMS-VX8 SW from Yaesu from my local...

#53 via #35 That did it! Way to know. I did see as I started to work with the ADMS SW that you can check or uncheck some of these items and that one had apparently been checked when I apparently turned on the extended menu....who would have thought that the Extended Menu would take away choices?