[MarinTeams] My Father-In-Law's old IC-2GAT Radio

[Steve Hill]

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone,,,,

I got some great suggestions on how to check my radio, and it is now
working.

Special Thanks to Bill Smith.  I brought my radio to him this morning, and
turns out the battery is fine,,,,upon further examination, he found that
the radio had a short between the positive and base of the unit.

So then he made a thin plastic "gasket" to slip between what we discovered
to be the problem area, screwed it down, and now my IC-2GAT works great!

So, now I can invest in a "real" battery charger for this radio.

My wife was really happy about this, it was her fathers radio!

Thanks again,

Steve


On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Steve Hill <vsteveh at gmail.com> wrote:

> I wondering if someone in this group can help me.
>
> I am new to HAM, I just received my General License, and I am playing
> around.  II have my father-in-laws old ICOM IC-2GAT radio.  I am having
> problems charging it, and I'm wondering if I have the correct charger or
> not.
>
> If anyone in this group has a IC-2GAT (or similar model), I'd sure
> appreciate talking to you about what is going on.
>
> Bill Smith has been very helpful, but both of us are just guessing on what
> is going on with it!
>
> Thanks for your consideration,
>
> Steve
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 4:01 PM, hbco2 <hbco2 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Tonight (Monday) we will be exercising our various means of connectivity
>> as
>> part of the CERT Radio program.
>>
>> Please join us 7:00-7:30 PM on the air tonight, starting on Channel 5
>> (Central Marin Repeater, 146.775 (-) PL 127.3).  We will also make calls
>> on
>> Channel 4 (Mill Valley Repeater, 146.775 (-) PL110.9), and on Channel 3
>> (145.640).
>>
>> Novato Stations:  Please attempt to check in to our net on Channel 5.  The
>> 438.350 frequency can be used for a local simplex net at 6:45.  The
>> 438.350
>> cross-band into the Central Marin Repeater will be activated at 7:00PM.
>>
>> Look forward to hearing you on the air!
>>
>> This Thursday we will be conducting our ongoing CERT Radio Communication
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>> time to join us.  Trinity Community Church, San Rafael, 7:00PM-9:00PM.  We
>> have Basic Training manuals and ICS National Incident Management Training
>> manuals available.
>>
>> Thursday's Class:
>>
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>>
>> Class 2 - Radio Configuration
>>
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>>
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o 415.453.4390
c 415.847.7270

COYOTE
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www.sailcoyote.com