Ham guys couple questions

[DFBrews]

Does anyone have a list of essential to have frequencies for CO and maybe adjacent states?
I have the baofeng uv-5r and programming on the fly is cumbersome and when ever I have tried to I can never get the repeater to talk back I have looked at the yahoo group and followed the instructions kind of at a loss

i also want to try some simplex distance gauging see how far out I can talk if anyone is interested let me know

[Tim K]

I'm disappointed you didn't get any answers. I was hoping we had some experienced hams on here.

I've been looking at that very radio. What do you think of it?

[zteknik]

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?stid=8

http://www.repeaterbook.com/repeater....PJhHc0Zt.dpbs

Just a couple I refer to.You can look up by state and region and also for agency.

[hatidua]

-pick a weekday between 6-9pm
-scroll through the frequencies allotted to 2M until you find one with chatter on it...it won't take too long.
-discuss your local weather/new tires/weather/dishwasher/weather/contractor/weather/mechanic/weather/grocery store/weather/hardware store/weather/Etc. to your hearts content.

I convinced my wife to get her license so I didn't have to discuss the above topics with complete strangers.

[KevDen2005]

-pick a weekday between 6-9pm
-scroll through the frequencies allotted to 2M until you find one with chatter on it...it won't take too long.
-discuss your local weather/new tires/weather/dishwasher/weather/contractor/weather/mechanic/weather/grocery store/weather/hardware store/weather/Etc. to your hearts content.

I convinced my wife to get her license so I didn't have to discuss the above topics with complete strangers.

I wonder what the weather is like in the area of the person I am talking to. Do you think talking about the weather would be a good topic?

[hatidua]

I wonder what the weather is like in the area of the person I am talking to. Do you think talking about the weather would be a good topic?

From what I've heard, it's the single most important topic on amateur radio, be it local 2M or HF. -there are reasons I tie flies instead of chew rag on radio.

[gnihcraes]

Well, a lot of Females are turned off by Ham Radio, as the hams typically talk "Ham Radio" instead of things like weather and about themselves or other topics.

Today though, I tend not to talk about anything too personal, as someone might be listening that I don't want to know these things about me. Also talking about not being at home, going on a trip and such, will let someone know that my house is free game to theft at that time.

All of the frequencies I listen to (2m 70cm) are quiet a lot of the time anymore. 10 Years ago, you couldn't get a break in the chatter to talk to anyone. Things have changed, new methods are available too, which might be a reason for quiet times. (digital ham radio)

PM me if anyone wants to attempt 2 meters simplex or repeater. We'll setup a time and freq.

[rbeau30]

I went into Repeaterbook, and got all the listed repeaters within 100 mi of my house. I put that into my mobile, and everything 50 miles from my house on my BaoFengs.

[asmo]

Get CHiRP and RadioReference.. be happy.

[eddiemed]

On the Denver Radio Club website the Denver net list is a good start.


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