Re: Frustrated new owner!

"Kaligus" <kaligus-/[email protected]> Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:18:07 -0000
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--- In [email protected], "Steven" <skdoodah@...> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> I just purchased a R2 off of eBay. I was using a Uniden XL(???) and it=20
> was very easy to program. Now, I've got this great high tech radio and=20
> I'm ready to pull my hair out. The owners manual is not helping me. I=20
> did find a book on-line (ICOM IC-R2 Owners Guide, by Strong Signals=20
> Press) that is supposed to help the layman. Do any of you own this book=20
> and is it worth the $20.00?
> I'm getting very frustrated, with the multi-use buttons. I think I'm=20
> programing a frequency, then next thing I know, it seems like it's no=20
> longer programed.
> Any tips for a rookie?
> Frustrated in Toledo.
> Thanks,
> Steven
>

I have no experience with that book however I found the two files at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icomr2/files/FieldGuides/ most helpful,
and after about 2 months of using my R2 I ended up getting the cable
and using cs-r2 (also in the files section  of this group) for years
until I recently found r2-commander.

The learning curve is darned steep for this little guy, but I am
already dreading the day my R2 no longer functions... has to happen
some day and mine has had a hard life (and long by compared to my
other scanners).




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            <p>--- In <a href="mailto:icomr2%40yahoogroups.com">icomr2@yahoogroups.<wbr>com</a>, &quot;Steven&quot; &lt;skdoodah@..<wbr>.&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Hello all,<br>
&gt; I just purchased a R2 off of eBay. I was using a Uniden XL(???) and it <br>
&gt; was very easy to program. Now, I've got this great high tech radio and <br>
&gt; I'm ready to pull my hair out. The owners manual is not helping me. I <br>
&gt; did find a book on-line (ICOM IC-R2 Owners Guide, by Strong Signals <br>
&gt; Press) that is supposed to help the layman. Do any of you own this book <br>
&gt; and is it worth the $20.00?<br>
&gt; I'm getting very frustrated, with the multi-use buttons. I think I'm <br>
&gt; programing a frequency, then next thing I know, it seems like it's no <br>
&gt; longer programed.<br>
&gt; Any tips for a rookie?<br>
&gt; Frustrated in Toledo.<br>
&gt; Thanks,<br>
&gt; Steven<br>
&gt;<br>
<br>
I have no experience with that book however I found the two files at<br>
<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icomr2/files/FieldGuides/">http://groups.<wbr>yahoo.com/<wbr>group/icomr2/<wbr>files/FieldGuide<wbr>s/</a> most helpful,<br>
and after about 2 months of using my R2 I ended up getting the cable<br>
and using cs-r2 (also in the files section  of this group) for years<br>
until I recently found r2-commander.<br>
<br>
The learning curve is darned steep for this little guy, but I am<br>
already dreading the day my R2 no longer functions... has to happen<br>
some day and mine has had a hard life (and long by compared to my<br>
other scanners).<br>
<br>
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