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Well, prepare yourselves for some laughs because we now have tales from the newbie in order.

Got the UV5R and have struggled with it. Not in that it wasn't working right, in that I didn't understand the menus.

@Brett: Maybe an old tube rig would be a good start for me.

Finally, I kicked it into VFO mode, and found something going on on 156.000 - absolute static. The HT recognized reception and I got excited - over nothing but static white noise. I can hear the laughs now.

I've looked up a list of the repeaters in the area and I plan on giving those a try when I figure out how to better use the thing. The two-frequency display baffled me at first; I thought one was transmit and one was receive, and it took me awhile to realize that it was just a dual-frequency display.

Well, I'll let you guys know if I get anything that amounts to more than static - and I just found more of it on 159.350.

73,

Eli

<blockquote data-quote="KK6FVT" data-source="post: 460055" data-attributes="member: 36653">Well, prepare yourselves for some laughs because we now have tales from the newbie in order.Got the UV5R and have struggled with it. Not in that it wasn&#039;t working right, in that I didn&#039;t understand the menus.@Brett: Maybe an old tube rig would be a good start for me.Finally, I kicked it into VFO mode, and found something going on on 156.000 - absolute static. The HT recognized reception and I got excited - over nothing but static white noise. I can hear the laughs now.I&#039;ve looked up a list of the repeaters in the area and I plan on giving those a try when I figure out how to better use the thing. The two-frequency display baffled me at first; I thought one was transmit and one was receive, and it took me awhile to realize that it was just a dual-frequency display.Well, I&#039;ll let you guys know if I get anything that amounts to more than static - and I just found more of it on 159.350.73,Eli</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KK6FVT, post: 460055, member: 36653"] Well, prepare yourselves for some laughs because we now have tales from the newbie in order. Got the UV5R and have struggled with it. Not in that it wasn't working right, in that I didn't understand the menus. @Brett: Maybe an old tube rig would be a good start for me. Finally, I kicked it into VFO mode, and found something going on on 156.000 - absolute static. The HT recognized reception and I got excited - over nothing but static white noise. I can hear the laughs now. I've looked up a list of the repeaters in the area and I plan on giving those a try when I figure out how to better use the thing. The two-frequency display baffled me at first; I thought one was transmit and one was receive, and it took me awhile to realize that it was just a dual-frequency display. Well, I'll let you guys know if I get anything that amounts to more than static - and I just found more of it on 159.350. 73, Eli [/QUOTE]

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