[NCARC] New listener with basic questions

[Eric Tamme]

Catching some chatter on 447.275 this morning - thanks for the responses.

-Eric


On 01/31/2017 08:13 AM, Eric Tamme wrote:
> Sorry again .. I dont know if my web mail client is doing some thing 
> weird - trying again with thunderbird. Hey everyone, My name is Eric. 
> I am currently studying up to get my technician rating and in the 
> meanwhile I got a UV-5X3 to do some listening on local repeaters and 
> get a feel for whats going on in ham land in northern colorado. As I 
> don't have my license yet, I'm only trying to listen, not broadcast - 
> but after tuning in several of the repeaters listed on the NCARC 
> website, I'm not hearing ... well pretty much anything. 447.275 seems 
> to be the repeater listed for most Nets, so I've been keeping that in 
> one of my two dual monitor slots, pretty much all day. Occasionally I 
> hear some short CW, but im guessing thats maybe just repeater 
> identification. Can anyone give me some guidance on what/when I should 
> be tuning to be able to hear some active airwaves? Thanks very much 
> for any help/advice, -Eric
>
> On 01/31/2017 08:10 AM, Eric Tamme wrote:
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