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ham radio woot!
Jan. 20th, 2010 02:18 amWhilst doing a little late-night unpacking, I happened across my poor neglected Yaesu VX-5R handheld triband radio. Its power adapter disappeared a while back, and likely wouldn't have worked on 220V anyway, but as it just so happens, I have a European universal power supply which (a) supports the correct voltage, and (b) has the right kind of tip for the radio!
A little Googling has turned up a list of Belgian repeaters, and after some reconfiguration (the standard European repeater shift is 7.6 MHz, as opposed to the 5 MHz that US repeaters use), I am now listening to the ON0RCL repeater on 438.850 MHz. It's dead quiet apart from the periodic station identification, but that's coming through loud and clear. Maybe things will pick up in the morning.
I need to refresh myself on what the requirements are for using my license internationally, since I don't have a Belgian callsign yet, but the repeater's Echolink number is 377156, if any of y'all use Echolink and are interested.
A little Googling has turned up a list of Belgian repeaters, and after some reconfiguration (the standard European repeater shift is 7.6 MHz, as opposed to the 5 MHz that US repeaters use), I am now listening to the ON0RCL repeater on 438.850 MHz. It's dead quiet apart from the periodic station identification, but that's coming through loud and clear. Maybe things will pick up in the morning.
I need to refresh myself on what the requirements are for using my license internationally, since I don't have a Belgian callsign yet, but the repeater's Echolink number is 377156, if any of y'all use Echolink and are interested.
