WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

meg wrote:

robbage wrote:Depends how much need you will have for handheld 6 metres. I decided to get the VX-3R dual bander and leave 6 metres for a decent rig.

Can you use 6 metres on a Foundation license?

Hi Meg,

Not on a Foundation licence no... The available bands are 80, 40, 15, 10, 2 metres and 70cm.

The 6m band will have to wait for the upgrade to Standard

Zebedee wrote: Not on a Foundation licence no... The available bands are 80, 40, 15, 10, 2 metres and 70cm.

The 6m band will have to wait for the upgrade to Standard

Thanks Zebedee - that's ok then - the big Yaesu that I have does from 10 down to 160.

I think I have talked my other half into a trip to Prestige Comms on the weekend to start looking at antennas for it

Haha - and the slippery slope to poverty begins

Zebedee wrote:Haha - and the slippery slope to poverty begins

But hey got a wicked aerial and amateur radio to boot

Zebedee wrote:Haha - and the slippery slope to poverty begins

Yep, as if guitar and computer habits weren't expensive enough!

meg wrote:Can you use 6 metres on a Foundation license?

Good point. Plan for the future though. Can still listen

meg wrote: Yep, as if guitar and computer habits weren't expensive enough!

Average life of a computer: 3 years
Average life of an amateur radio set: 3-30+ years

At least AR gear lasts longer

vk6hgr wrote: Average life of a computer: 3 years
Average life of an amateur radio set: 3-30+ years

At least AR gear lasts longer

Up there with the guitars then! Though I do have an awesome acoustic from the 70's that has actually appreciated in value

Meg I'll see you on the course

Awesome - can't wait to check out your Yaesu too

I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.

haha thanks mate, see you on Friday.

robbage wrote:I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.

Thanks Robbage - no pressure of course... *gulp*

meg wrote:Awesome - can't wait to check out your Yaesu too

It is now on my table, and I'm trying to work it out...but need to go to bushies meeting now so will have to wait.

Tyranus wrote:

meg wrote:Awesome - can't wait to check out your Yaesu too

It is now on my table, and I'm trying to work it out...but need to go to bushies meeting now so will have to wait.

They're a bit of a pain. Most of the buttons do many things depending what mode you're in and whether you press/release or press/hold and how far you stick your tongue out. The 7R has a numeric pad which is something the 3R doesn't have and should. Selecting a random freq between 500kHz and 1GHz is a lot of fiddling. Have you tried receiving the 6 metre FM repeater on 53.800 MHz? I wonder how well you receive it from your location with that stubby antenna.