Hey Tim. Although nothing on here, I hope someone local to you has already stepped up to the plate for you and has contacted you directly. If not, maybe this will nudge someone ..Even an OLD, well-used mobile 2M rig and even a simple antenna will be a dramatic improvement; perhaps someone has lying around surplus and can loan you (?). That Baofeng will quickly discourage your ham experience. That said, I am pretty far from you (Dickinson) but, if you got over this way, I'd be glad to meet and program it for you. Without CHIRP and the programming cable, its a chore...
If not mistaken, you are on the fringe of BVARC repeater map. I'm doubtful you will ever hit that with the Baofeng unless you have a several element yagi antenna pointed at it and unobstructed line of site or roof of neighborhood high-rise, lol. Repeaterbook does show one repeater in Clute (145.35 1 100) and two in Angleton (147.18 + 141.3, and 147.34 + 103.5). I can be reached here or [email protected] if you'ld like to get in touch directly. 73's WA3NZA On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 9:24 AM Timothy Herrin via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > To all, > I just got my technician license and have been playing around with my > simple Baofeng radio. I set the frequencies, but the difference between my > upper and lower frequencies change after inputing the tone. I'm unable to > hear anything and I'm just trying to figure out if I've set it up wrong or > my antenna isn't strong enough to reach a repeater. Looking for an ELMER. > > -KI5LYP > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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