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wa8yxm · 07-24-2015, 12:00 PM

Congrats on a good class and test session.

Alas the last license class I took I did not complete.. Thankfully the issues that were giving me fits were covered early in the six week course so when I tested out at 4 weeks... Well let's just say I did good and leave it at that.

Now.. I have a good excuse for not taking any more license classes.

I wrote a post once titled "how to fix the band limits on a TS-2000 using only a dollar store calculator and a #2 pencil

You see.. The TS-2000 comes pre-programmed with band edges so you can no transmit out of the ham bands.. YOU CAN however transmit in the EXTRA only portion of the band.

One test later,, aided on one or two questions by the still carded calculator, and I had fixed the problem.. The TS-2000 can now only transmit on frequencies I am licensed for. (And not even all of those).

07-24-2015, 12:00 PM	#3
wa8yxm Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mobile, on the road Posts: 1,139	Congrats on a good class and test session. Alas the last license class I took I did not complete.. Thankfully the issues that were giving me fits were covered early in the six week course so when I tested out at 4 weeks... Well let's just say I did good and leave it at that. Now.. I have a good excuse for not taking any more license classes. I wrote a post once titled "how to fix the band limits on a TS-2000 using only a dollar store calculator and a #2 pencil You see.. The TS-2000 comes pre-programmed with band edges so you can no transmit out of the ham bands.. YOU CAN however transmit in the EXTRA only portion of the band. One test later,, aided on one or two questions by the still carded calculator, and I had fixed the problem.. The TS-2000 can now only transmit on frequencies I am licensed for. (And not even all of those).