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<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">From: "Robert Bruninga" <A href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu">bruninga@usna.edu</A></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">...[snip]</FONT><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT face="Courier New"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">With only one exception.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you have to tune in the AIRCRAFT AM band, is the only thing that<o:p></o:p></FONT> <FONT face="Courier New">and A can do that B cannot.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But there are all kinds of things that B can do that A cannot.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>SO </FONT><FONT face="Courier New">except for the one exception above, it makes little sense to waste band B on APRS.<o:p></o:p></FONT>....</P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT face="Courier New">Bob</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT face="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT face="Courier New"> Bob'n Folks,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT face="Courier New"> I know this ain't a D700 sig, but... </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT face="Courier New"> Not quite on the D700. Only the A side tunes 222 (200-300) as well. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT face="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT face="Courier New">Gotcha:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT face="Courier New"> When the A side is on 222 (there is a 1200 baud 222 DX cluster in Mchenry IL.) the B-side 2M Rx reverts to hither-to-fore the un-published balsa setting (menu 9-3-Z) (:-). Would someone else verify this?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"> I wanted to watch the packet cluster and symul listen to the NIDXA on-air Packet-Talker announce, but the local 2M clusters are all 9600 & I just wanted to go to a 222 memory on Rx A. When I did this, I thought I had killed my 2M Tx!! 'cuz I could only "key-up" very close repeaters. Until I realized that I just wasn't hearing them key-up. My oaken 2M Rx fooled me.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE">Here's the skinny. I went out to the car and got my CSFTYDUOETR (Cheat-sheet-for-things-you-don't-use-often-enough-to-remember --gotta get a better acronym). Note the minor differences (*) in coverage for the "same" bands, A vs. B Rx.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE">A side norm</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE">136-200 *1 (wider range than B)</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE">400-470 *2</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE">A side sub:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE">118-136 (gee. does AM only work here?)</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE">200-300 (B 2m goes hard of hearing)</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE">300-400</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE">B side norm</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE">136-175 *1</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE">400-524 *2 (wider range than A)</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE">B side sub</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE">300-400</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE">800-1300</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE">73, Steve, K9DCI</SPAN></FONT></P><BR><BR><B><I>aprssig-request@lists.tapr.org</I></B> wrote:
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<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:56:43 -0400<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">From: "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga@usna.edu><o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">Subject: Re: [aprssig] Kenwood d7<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">To: <jjolin@itol.com><o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">Cc: aprssig@lists.tapr.org<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=DA style="mso-ansi-language: DA"><FONT face="Courier New">Message-ID: <s2bbbccc.068@FSGWHUB.usna.edu><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">>>> James Jolin <jjolin@itol.com> 06/23/05 8:55 PM >>><o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">>There is a file on your website called d700-faq.txt.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">>Does this work for the d7 also?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>...</FONT><FONT face="Courier New">.<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">Yes, Kenwood made the radios virtually the same so setup is nearly identical.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>...[snip]</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">With only one exception.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you have to tune in the AIRCRAFT AM band, is the only thing that<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">band A can do that B cannot.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But there are all kinds of things that B can do that A cannot.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>SO<o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Courier New">except for the one exception above, it makes little sense to waste band B on APRS.<o:p></o:p></FONT>....</P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT face="Courier New">Bob</FONT></SPAN></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com