[aprssig] Re: d7 & D700

[Robert Bruninga]

Thanks.
I had not heard of that drop.  Of course
it could be there and no one has noticed before.

Actually, I think gotcha is perfect for this.
I havd completely forgotten that the D700
will do 220.  I think it is becasue I needed it
to tune 250 for some satelite work we are doing
and the performace there was down 60 dB
almost completey deaf.  So I assumed this
applied to the whole 200-300 band not realizing
that they probably peaked it on 220 of course.

So this is good news that it works on 220.
Bob



>>> noskosteve at yahoo.com 06/27/05 12:16 PM >>>

I'm sorry Bob.  I didn't mean to imply that *I* got *you* with that Gotcha.

 

   I just wanted to point out that 200-300 Rx is another "A-side only"  thing*and

 

    I meant that "gotcha"  as a general warning.  When my D700 A-side (with the TNC & APRS running) is switched from 144.39 APRS to the local DX cluster (or anything else) on 222, this causes the B-side sensitivity on 2M to drop significantly.  

 

   My D700 does this.  Would someone try this and verify?.   For all I know, my radio may be either typical or broke and/or it may do something similar when the A-side is switched to 300-400, but I haven't tried this.  I asked this on the Yahoo D700 group, but no response. 

 

73, Steve, K9DCI

 

Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 18:47:50 -0400
From: "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga at usna.edu>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Kenwood d7 & D700 drifting OT

Ah yes, you got me there.    * still
to have APRS on the A band which can tune
both the APRS on 144.39 and the DX cluster
on 220 and so that is ideal to get both.

That leaves band B for all other bands
Remmeber, in APRS mode, the TNC also
will captur DX spots its just a matter of
whetehr you tune 144.39 or the DX freq.
Bob

>>> noskosteve at yahoo.com 06/24/05 4:51 PM >>>
  Bob'n Folks,
  I know this ain't a D700 sig, but...  

  Not quite on the D700.  Only the A side tunes 222 (200-300) as well.  

Gotcha:
    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?



From: "Robert Bruninga" bruninga at usna.edu 
...[snip] 

With only one exception.  If you have to tune in the AIRCRAFT AM band, 
is the only thing that and A can do that B cannot.  
Bob




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