HAM Radio – Let’s Get You Talking By J.D. Power and Associates

Cool Stuff!! 1,000 memory channels Alpha display Listen from 108-520 MHz and 700-999 MHz Talk on 144-148 MHZ and 430-450 MHz

What are Those Knobs?

What are Those Buttons?

What’s on That Screen?

How Do I Talk? PTT (Push-to-talk) – hold this down and talk into the microphone MONI switch – opens squelch fully so you can hear weak signals Lamp switch – illuminates the LCD and the keypad for 5 seconds (Pg. 17)

Where Does the Battery Go? Make sure battery fits well No need to take out battery to charge – just use the DC adapter

How Do I Charge It? MIC/SP jack – connection point for microphone, earphone, PTT, and ground EXT DC jack- connection point for the external DC power source (to charge the radio)

First Things First When I say PRESS = push button only for ½ second When I say HOLD = hold button down for more than 2 seconds You only have 5 seconds to press the next button or turn the knob… or else the radio will go back to initial setting How to get new frequencies anywhere: California Frequencies… http://www.freqofnature.com/index.php?m=California U.S. Frequencies... http://www.artscipub.com/repeaters Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP)… http://status.irlp.net/index.php?PSTART=3

How Do I Program a Channel? Start in VFO mode Type in frequency using key pad (If Tone) Press FW, then press #1 (SQ TYP), turn dial to “TONE”, press FW (Select Tone) Press FW, then press #2 (CODE), turn dial to “100.0 HZ”, press FW Hold FW, then turning dial to select desired channel to save on, then press FW; you will see “MEM-IN” (Source: Pg. 22, 28)

How Do I Name a Channel? Start in MEMORY mode Select channel to name Press FW, then press #0 (SET), turn dial to “28 NM WRT”, press FW twice Turn dial left to select letter Press FW to advance/move right (Press [down] to backspace) When done, hold FW to store Press PTT to finalize (Source: Pg. 30)

How Do I Erase a Channel? Start in MEMORY mode Hold FW for 2 seconds Turn dial to the channel you want to erase Press HM/RV (Source: Pg. 32)

How Do I Scan ALL Channels? Press V/M to select either MEMORY mode Hold [up] or [down] arrow to scan Press [up] or [down] to stop scanning (Source: Pg. 37)

How Do I “Skip” a Channel? Start in MEMORY mode Select channel to SKIP Press FW then #0 (SET) Rotate dial to “46 SKIP” Press FW Rotate dial to “SKIP” Press PTT (Source: Pg. 37)

How Do I Select a Particular “Bank” of Channels? Start in MEMORY mode Hold down BAND for 2 sec Turn dial to select “No Bank, 1, 2, 3, etc” Press V/M (Source: Pg. 39)

Already in the Radio, BANKS… BANK 1: [Ch 60–76] VC Police/Sheriff Dept freqs BANK 2: [Ch 77–86, 89-93] VC Fire Dept freqs BANK 3: [Ch 1–20, 44-47, 50-54] VC HAM radio freqs BANK 4: [Ch 94-97, 123-131, 133-135] LA Co. Police/Sheriff Dept freqs BANK 5: [Ch 87-88, 103–121] LA Co. Fire Dept freqs BANK 6: [Ch 21–30, 33-43, 48-49, 55-56] LA Co. HAM radio freqs BANK 7: [Ch 138-170] All Local Airport freqs BANK 8: [Ch 177-198] Various local IRLP freqs BANK 9: [Ch 200-266] All Local Topanga freqs

Your Frequency List… What each column is: What each column is: A = Channel # B = Channel name C = Frequency D = Show Alpha or Frequency E = Mode (FM, AM, etc) F = Skip (when scanning) G = Step (5 KHz, 10, 15, etc) H = Tone offset +, -, or nothing What each column is: I = Shift up or down (.600) J = Tone (On or Off) K = Tone (100, 127.3, etc) L = DCS?? M = Transmit power (high, low) N = TX Dev?? O = Clk Sh?? P = Bank 1, 2, etc to the right

When are the Weekly Check-Ins? Monday noon (11:30am) DCS County-wide Check-In… Channel: 22 “DISAP1” Monday nights (7:30pm) DCS-22 Check-In… Channel: 26 “K6DCS” LAFD ACS Check-In… Channel: 29 “LAFACS” Tuesday nights (7:00pm) ACS Area 2 Check-In… Channel: 2 “TOAK R” and… Channel: 47 “AMGEN” Tuesday nights (7:30pm) DCS New HAM Check-In… Channel: 35 “PAPA 4” Sunday nights (8:30pm) Topanga DRT Check-In… Practice on the radio EVERY week

Now… Your agreement with Me Coordinate to talk on any HAM repeater with 1 person from this class by next week Try all the HAM radio channels from your HOME and your WORK… see which ones work Check-In on the radio EVERY week to any of the Nets listed on the previous page

Any Questions? My e-mail: erik@MalibuSAR.org HAM Lingo… “Net Control” = Operator managing a ‘directed net’ “QTH” = My location is “Traffic” = Anything you want to say “73” = Best regards “Frequency Clear” = All done talking “Monitoring” = Listening to the frequency “Full Quieting” = Your loud and clear, no static “5 by 5” = Good signal strength and clarity