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<v Speaker 1>A seriously dumb question in Ham radio. Now, let me

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<v Speaker 1>tell you something. There are no such things as dumb questions. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to say this right off the bat. This

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<v Speaker 1>is an article I found and the title of it

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<v Speaker 1>is seriously dumb question? Why question mark? There's a Reddit

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<v Speaker 1>article and I think and it's it's answered very well

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<v Speaker 1>by folks on Reddit. But I don't think there are

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<v Speaker 1>such things as dumb questions. Don't let anyone tell you your

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<v Speaker 1>question is dumb. If you have a question about Ham radio,

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<v Speaker 1>you're welcome to ask it on this channel. Join us

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<v Speaker 1>on discord Hamdradio two dot com forward slash Discord for

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<v Speaker 1>any and all hand radio questions. We're going to read

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<v Speaker 1>this one and I want to know what you guys

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<v Speaker 1>think about it. Check this out. So this is the

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<v Speaker 1>the article right here, written by our region fifty eight

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<v Speaker 1>oh four. Okay, he says, I've had my ticket for

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<v Speaker 1>quite some time, and I like, I still feel like

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<v Speaker 1>I know nothing about Ham radio. I have all the equipment,

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<v Speaker 1>dabble with HF. I spend some time listening to and

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<v Speaker 1>Raghewing on two meters seventy centimeter, but over the years

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<v Speaker 1>I have never really gotten into it like I was hoping.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know why, I foolishly always feel judged when

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<v Speaker 1>I'm keying up and trying to start a conversation. I

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<v Speaker 1>know that's on me now. That's a very real thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Fright is a very real thing. And being a

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<v Speaker 1>ham radio operator for thirty years myself, I still feel

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<v Speaker 1>that sometimes. I still feel that sometimes if I'm driving

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<v Speaker 1>around in a new area, if I find a new repeater,

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<v Speaker 1>or if I find it more likely if I find

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<v Speaker 1>a repeater or a simplex frequency where a conversation is

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<v Speaker 1>already going and there might be a pause or break

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<v Speaker 1>in there somewhere, and I might feel like joining in

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<v Speaker 1>the conversation. Sometimes I get Mike fright. But we need

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<v Speaker 1>to get over that. Me, you, we all need to

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<v Speaker 1>get over that. I've issued my twenty twenty five repeater challenge.

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<v Speaker 1>Key up your repeater once a day, make a log,

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<v Speaker 1>send it to me at the end of the month.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody's gonna win a new mobile radio at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of at least the first three or four months of

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<v Speaker 1>the year. More importantly, I have a question, he says. Okay, again,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't really think your question is silly at all.

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<v Speaker 1>I think this is a very good question. When you

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<v Speaker 1>are driving around and in an area you don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>sort of looking up repeaters on your phone and then

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<v Speaker 1>programming the radio in accordingly. Why are the radios not

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<v Speaker 1>smart enough to find local repeaters, figure out the input

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<v Speaker 1>and output frequency and the CTCSS tone. Why can't you

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<v Speaker 1>key a frequency and if there's a repeater, it can't

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<v Speaker 1>discover the correct settings and just work. I always end

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<v Speaker 1>up filling my memory slots with dozens of repeaters I

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<v Speaker 1>will never hit across all the states that I travel.

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<v Speaker 1>Most of the time those repeaters are either offline or

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<v Speaker 1>the info is outdated and wrong. Seems like there should

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<v Speaker 1>be a way to just go key and go am

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<v Speaker 1>I being just being an idiot because this magic already

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<v Speaker 1>exists or I just never explored my radio enough to know. Well.

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<v Speaker 1>Two thoughts on that number one that really kind of

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<v Speaker 1>does exist. The problem is the info you're getting is

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<v Speaker 1>not kept up very well. So there's two ways to

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<v Speaker 1>look at this. Number One. You can load repeater databases

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<v Speaker 1>into Icon radios, and I believe you can do it

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<v Speaker 1>in Yazoo radios as well. Admittedly, I've never actually played

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<v Speaker 1>around with that very much. It's something I should do

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<v Speaker 1>if you guys think that is a good video for

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<v Speaker 1>me to demonstrate a repeater database loading looking up the

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<v Speaker 1>call when you're traveling, because you can add a GPS

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<v Speaker 1>dongle to the icon mighty fifty one hundred, which is

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<v Speaker 1>what I have in the truck, and I believe you

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<v Speaker 1>can add it to some of the Yazu models FtM

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred and two, I think. But then the GPS

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<v Speaker 1>tells your radio where you are, and it says, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>everything within a twenty five or a fifty mile radius,

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<v Speaker 1>here's all your repeater lists. You load it onto an

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<v Speaker 1>SD card from your computer, put it in your radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Your radio has that in memory now, and it just

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<v Speaker 1>follows the GPS signal and it can do that. The

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<v Speaker 1>problem is that a lot of those repeaters that you're

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<v Speaker 1>downloading on the SD card, the information is not up

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<v Speaker 1>kept by the repeater owner. It's all up to the

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<v Speaker 1>repeater owner to update the information. Some of it's done

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<v Speaker 1>by aborl some of it's done by hand radio clubs

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<v Speaker 1>if it's a club owned repeater, but a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>it's done by the individual repeater owner, and a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of it is not updated. So it's a it's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a catch twenty two. You can load all this

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<v Speaker 1>information in your radio. Is it up kept very well?

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe maybe not. A lot of radios will do CTCSS

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<v Speaker 1>tone searches. You can go into a certain menu and

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<v Speaker 1>can search the tone. Now, there has to be activity

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<v Speaker 1>coming back to you for the radio to hear, but

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<v Speaker 1>you can click on a button in the menu and

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<v Speaker 1>it'll say search tone and it will find that CTCSS

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<v Speaker 1>tone that that repeater needs. There's also, especially on two

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<v Speaker 1>meters because two meters so narrow banded, there's also a

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<v Speaker 1>list of most commonly used frequencies throughout the nation. Like

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<v Speaker 1>you can get probably twenty or thirty maybe not that many,

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<v Speaker 1>ten to twenty frequencies on the two meter band that

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<v Speaker 1>are used everywhere. Because you got to remember, if you

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<v Speaker 1>have a repeater on let's say my local two meter

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<v Speaker 1>repeater here is one forty seven one hundred megahertz. Now

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<v Speaker 1>put a comment blow if you have a repeater near

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<v Speaker 1>you that's on that same frequency. That repeater near me,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a hearst Amateur Radio Club W five HRC

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<v Speaker 1>is the call sign on it. That repeater here will

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<v Speaker 1>reach twenty thirty maybe forty miles on a good day.

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<v Speaker 1>If we've got some VHF ducting, it might reach one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred miles, okay, But normally speaking it covers the Dallas

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<v Speaker 1>Fort Worth metroplex and not much further. So people in

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<v Speaker 1>Oklahoma City aren't going to hear it. People in Texarcana

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<v Speaker 1>aren't gonna hear it. People down in Austin, Houston, San Antonio,

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<v Speaker 1>you're not going to hear it. So there's other repeaters

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<v Speaker 1>on that same frequency in other areas, and they're all

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<v Speaker 1>twenty thirty, forty, fifty miles reaching. Some of them that

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<v Speaker 1>are on higher towers reach up a lot taller than that.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have a mountain range in your area, then

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to reach out a lot farther than that.

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<v Speaker 1>So it really depends on how far the repeater can reach,

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<v Speaker 1>how far up it is. You have to submit all

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<v Speaker 1>that information when you register. Yeah, when you register repeater

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<v Speaker 1>with whatever registration service, you use height of the antenna

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<v Speaker 1>output power EARP effective something radiation power, which is basically

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<v Speaker 1>the dB gain of your antenna multiplied by the output

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<v Speaker 1>of the repeater fifty watts, hundred wats, whatever it is.

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<v Speaker 1>My point is that frequency can be used over and

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<v Speaker 1>over again throughout the United States, and there's a list

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<v Speaker 1>of repeater frequencies that are commonly used, and it wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>be a terrible idea to put those frequencies into your radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe I will compile a list and try to put

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<v Speaker 1>something like that together for you guys. So, once again,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think that's a dumb question at all. I

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<v Speaker 1>think that's a very good question. And this first comment here,

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<v Speaker 1>forget about repeater listings in programming, you are right, is

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<v Speaker 1>mostly a complete waste of time. What I do when

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<v Speaker 1>visiting a new area is put out an interesting call

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<v Speaker 1>on one forty six five to two simplex and try

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<v Speaker 1>to scare up a local or two. Then I ask

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<v Speaker 1>what the most used repeater in the areas when local

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<v Speaker 1>net time and when local net times are, and then

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<v Speaker 1>I program that data by hand if needed. In most

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<v Speaker 1>urban areas there are often a small hindfluo stations monitoring

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<v Speaker 1>the call frequency. I would like to believe that's true.

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<v Speaker 1>I have trouble believing that's true, but I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>becoming more true if we go down through this, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'll put a link to this in the description below.

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<v Speaker 1>All of this and these people are a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people are talking about calling monitoring one forty six five two,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a national simplex calling frequency for two meter

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<v Speaker 1>simplex two meter FM simplex, and a lot of these

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<v Speaker 1>comments are about the calling frequency. But let me tell

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<v Speaker 1>you something. So I initiated my twenty twenty five repeater

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<v Speaker 1>challenge to you, and what we really didn't talk about

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<v Speaker 1>during that repeater challenge is the repeater challenge in a nutshell,

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<v Speaker 1>is to key up your local repeater once a day,

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<v Speaker 1>make a log of it, send me the log at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the month, and I'm gonna pick a winner,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're gonna win a brand new mobile radio, dual

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<v Speaker 1>band mobile radio. This is for local comms. This is

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<v Speaker 1>for when you're in your home area you have a

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<v Speaker 1>home local repeater, trying to get more activity in the

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<v Speaker 1>home local repeater. On top of that, what we all

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<v Speaker 1>should be doing, all of us, all of us should

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<v Speaker 1>be doing this, especially on road trips. If you are

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<v Speaker 1>on a road trip, you should be monitoring one forty

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<v Speaker 1>six five to two and you should be periodically calling

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<v Speaker 1>out throwing at your call sign on one forty six

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<v Speaker 1>five to two on a regular basis. I do this

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<v Speaker 1>I monitor one forty six five to two. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>throw out my call sign as often as I do.

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<v Speaker 1>My personal goal for twenty twenty five is to start

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<v Speaker 1>doing that more. But there's been two or three times

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<v Speaker 1>where I've been testing radios in this shack over the

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<v Speaker 1>last two or three months over here, and I was

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<v Speaker 1>doing a test on one forty six five two, and

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<v Speaker 1>I had people come, and I'm like, wow, there's people

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<v Speaker 1>actually listing. Throw out your call sign sometimes and see

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<v Speaker 1>what kind of information you could drum up. Throw out

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<v Speaker 1>your call sign sometimes on one forty six top five

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<v Speaker 1>to two, and see what kind of information you can

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<v Speaker 1>stir up. This comment right here is a perfect example

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<v Speaker 1>what I was talking about. It doesn't quite do what

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<v Speaker 1>you're looking, what you're asking. But with the icon ID

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<v Speaker 1>fifty one hundred, which again is what I is my

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<v Speaker 1>main radio in my truck right now, I can load

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<v Speaker 1>up a bunch of repeaters ahead of time with their coordinates.

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<v Speaker 1>Then I'll use the GPS to tell me the closest ones.

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<v Speaker 1>Still have to load them ahead of time. There isn't

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<v Speaker 1>a utility for that, so I'll just save off a

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<v Speaker 1>few different ones if I need to. Just got the

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<v Speaker 1>radio on Friday. I haven't played with this because I

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<v Speaker 1>don't have an SD card reader, but this was a

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<v Speaker 1>big thing that pushed me towards this radio, and a

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<v Speaker 1>commenter replied says, I believe the ID fifty two can

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<v Speaker 1>do this. Also, yes it can. Blue Cat does something

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<v Speaker 1>similar for the IC seven thousand and seventy one hundred.

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<v Speaker 1>Several Yazoos also, Yes, ID fifty one which does that.

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<v Speaker 1>That feature was the thing that pushed me toard this

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<v Speaker 1>rado just got my SD card working. It was super

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<v Speaker 1>easy to add fifteen hundred of my closest repeaters, scan

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<v Speaker 1>near looks like my GPS, and scans all the repeaters

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<v Speaker 1>within one hundred miles. It was easy and I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>be happier with the purchase. Okay, so the Icon mighty

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<v Speaker 1>fifty one hundred will do this. I think there's a

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<v Speaker 1>way to do it on the Yazoo. Also, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>have to look that up. Admittedly I don't I don't

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<v Speaker 1>have a lot of experience with doing that. Let me

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<v Speaker 1>know if that's something you guys would like to see.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want to see a video on that. I'll

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<v Speaker 1>go learn it because I've told you several times that

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<v Speaker 1>them that ham Radio two point zero sent you this

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<v Speaker 1>right here was probably my most favorite comment. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to call anyone out, but I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>calling you out. This commentary is okay, get your general

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<v Speaker 1>It opens up the entire world. No repeaters or other

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<v Speaker 1>infrastructure necessary. Okay, he's not wrong. This comment was the

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<v Speaker 1>one that I like. Man, this is like the worst

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<v Speaker 1>answer ever. Is there a technical reason why this thing

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<v Speaker 1>on VHF can't happen? Simply get HF Radio and upgrade

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<v Speaker 1>your license. Why is this subreddit obsessed with you brought

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<v Speaker 1>the wrong car? Answers to why is my car doing this?

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<v Speaker 1>I completely agree with that getting your upgrade to general

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<v Speaker 1>and extra is an excellent idea, but we need to

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<v Speaker 1>be more receptive to people's questions with vhf UHF Again,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doing this twenty twenty five repeater challenge. I want

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<v Speaker 1>us to use our repeaters more. We've got a ton

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<v Speaker 1>of repeaters out there. Guys, there's a ton of repeaters

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<v Speaker 1>out there. I get comments all the time about how

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<v Speaker 1>they don't get used. So let's start using our repeaters.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's make a list of useful repeaters. People that are

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<v Speaker 1>driving around in new areas, Okay, if there's activity on

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<v Speaker 1>your repeater, maybe there's a it's gonna scan through the

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<v Speaker 1>two meter band or the full forty band and they'll

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<v Speaker 1>pick you up and start talking to you. And then

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden, you've got more activity on your repeater.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's up to you and I the local HAM

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<v Speaker 1>radio operators in that area to use our repeaters. We

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<v Speaker 1>need to use our repeaters more. We need to use

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<v Speaker 1>our repeaters more. Key up your repeater every day. Pick

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<v Speaker 1>a repeater, Pick four repeaters if you want to say,

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<v Speaker 1>well there's four near me. Good key all those up

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<v Speaker 1>every once a day, or at least pick one to

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<v Speaker 1>key up every day and the other three key up

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<v Speaker 1>at least once a week. Key up your repeater throughout

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<v Speaker 1>your call sign, and see what kind of conversations you

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<v Speaker 1>can get into. The long and short of it is

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<v Speaker 1>that there are radios that will do this sort of

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<v Speaker 1>kind of like you're talking, but not really. You have

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<v Speaker 1>to load the database into the radio like the icon does,

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<v Speaker 1>and you download it from a dstar info dot net

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<v Speaker 1>I think is the website, and it loads the d

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<v Speaker 1>Star repeaters onto your SD card, but it loads up

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<v Speaker 1>all the analog stuff too, So it downloads a database,

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<v Speaker 1>loads it onto an SD card, You put it the

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<v Speaker 1>st card in the radio, and then the radio will

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<v Speaker 1>tell you what's near you. Okay, So you do have

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<v Speaker 1>to add a GPS dongle to the ID fifty one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred because it doesn't come with it by factory default.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure if you can Bluetooth D or not.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure. I'ma have to research that. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of stuff the ID fifty one hundred does that

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<v Speaker 1>I've never even touched on. Okay, I got several repeaters

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<v Speaker 1>programmed in my own radio, but it will totally do this.

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<v Speaker 1>You can load databases in there are the databases maintained

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes yes, sometimes no. I think the answer of monitoring

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<v Speaker 1>one forty six five two and asking local hams what

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<v Speaker 1>the repeaters are in that situation, I think that's a

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<v Speaker 1>great idea. I think that's a great idea. If you're

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<v Speaker 1>in the North Texas area or in the Galveston area,

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<v Speaker 1>I can tell you what are some really really good

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<v Speaker 1>repeaters in those areas. You guys, have a repeater in

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<v Speaker 1>your area that is a good repeater, whether it's used

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<v Speaker 1>or not. Quote a comment below, let me know what

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<v Speaker 1>the repeater is, what the frequency is, if you think

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<v Speaker 1>it's one that should be. If you're thinking this repeater

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<v Speaker 1>is an excellent it's got great coverage, it sounds really good,

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<v Speaker 1>well maintained, but nobody ever uses it. Put a location

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<v Speaker 1>and a frequency and a pl tone in the description.

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<v Speaker 1>Blow we'll see if we can get something a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit more going on that. So thanks for watching today.

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