Re: Re: Frustrated new owner!
Gil Kellersman <gilkell13-/[email protected]> Sun, 11 Nov 2007 07:08:20 -0800 (PST)
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--UVFMyjfN2aWSBHdq99yR4-FM9d6WHNZmFyGqLkK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I still own my R2 and it is a very sensitive scanner. Once you practice it is easy...The guide will make it easier so for $20. go for it, Gil --- Kaligus <kaligus-/[email protected]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Steven" > <skdoodah@...> wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > I just purchased a R2 off of eBay. I was using a > Uniden XL(???) and it > > was very easy to program. Now, I've got this great > high tech radio and > > I'm ready to pull my hair out. The owners manual > is not helping me. I > > did find a book on-line (ICOM IC-R2 Owners Guide, > by Strong Signals > > Press) that is supposed to help the layman. Do any > of you own this book > > and is it worth the $20.00? > > I'm getting very frustrated, with the multi-use > buttons. I think I'm > > programing a frequency, then next thing I know, it > seems like it's no > > 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). > > > > --UVFMyjfN2aWSBHdq99yR4-FM9d6WHNZmFyGqLkK Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> <body style="background-color: #ffffff;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="width:655px; position:relative;"> <div id="ygrp-msg" style="width: 490px; padding: 0 15px 0 0; float:left; z-index:1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-text"> <p>I still own my R2 and it is a very sensitive scanner.<br> Once you practice it is easy...The guide will make it<br> easier so for $20. go for it, Gil<br> --- Kaligus <<a href="mailto:kaligus%40yahoo.com">kaligus@yahoo.<wbr>com</a>> wrote:<br> <br> > --- In <a href="mailto:icomr2%40yahoogroups.com">icomr2@yahoogroups.<wbr>com</a>, "Steven"<br> > <skdoodah@..<wbr>.> wrote:<br> > ><br> > > Hello all,<br> > > I just purchased a R2 off of eBay. I was using a<br> > Uniden XL(???) and it <br> > > was very easy to program. Now, I've got this great<br> > high tech radio and <br> > > I'm ready to pull my hair out. The owners manual<br> > is not helping me. I <br> > > did find a book on-line (ICOM IC-R2 Owners Guide,<br> > by Strong Signals <br> > > Press) that is supposed to help the layman. Do any<br> > of you own this book <br> > > and is it worth the $20.00?<br> > > I'm getting very frustrated, with the multi-use<br> > buttons. I think I'm <br> > > programing a frequency, then next thing I know, it<br> > seems like it's no <br> > > longer programed.<br> > > Any tips for a rookie?<br> > > Frustrated in Toledo.<br> > > Thanks,<br> > > Steven<br> > ><br> > <br> > I have no experience with that book however I found<br> > the two files at<br> ><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><br> > most helpful,<br> > and after about 2 months of using my R2 I ended up<br> > getting the cable<br> > and using cs-r2 (also in the files section of this<br> > group) for years<br> > until I recently found r2-commander.<br> > <br> > The learning curve is darned steep for this little<br> > guy, but I am<br> > already dreading the day my R2 no longer<br> > functions... has to happen<br> > some day and mine has had a hard life (and long by<br> > compared to my<br> > other scanners).<br> > <br> > <br> > <br> > <br> <br> </p> </div> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--> <span width="1" style="color: white;">__._,_.___</span> <!-- Start the section with Message In topic --> <div id="ygrp-actbar"> <span class="left"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icomr2/message/4367;_ylc=X3oDMTMycjBrbHY3BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzcxMzU5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARtc2dJZAM0MzcwBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3Z0cGMEc3RpbWUDMTE5NDc5ODc2NwR0cGNJZAM0MzY3"> Messages in this topic </a> (<span class="bld">0</span>) </span> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icomr2/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJudnYzaTlnBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzcxMzU5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARtc2dJZAM0MzcwBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3JwbHkEc3RpbWUDMTE5NDc5ODc2Nw--?act=reply&messageNum=4370"> <span class="bld"> Reply </span> (via web post) </a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icomr2/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJjYXI0cXZyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzcxMzU5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzExOTQ3OTg3Njc-" class="bld"> Start a new topic </a> </div> <!------- Start Nav Bar ------> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <div id="ygrp-vitnav"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icomr2/messages;_ylc=X3oDMTJjYzZhaGZrBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzcxMzU5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNtc2dzBHN0aW1lAzExOTQ3OTg3Njc-">Messages</a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icomr2/database;_ylc=X3oDMTJha2pmcWMzBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzcxMzU5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNkYgRzdGltZQMxMTk0Nzk4NzY3">Database</a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icomr2/polls;_ylc=X3oDMTJkaDdnZTNuBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzcxMzU5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNwb2xscwRzdGltZQMxMTk0Nzk4NzY3">Polls</a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icomr2/calendar;_ylc=X3oDMTJiZThjYXE4BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzcxMzU5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNjYWwEc3RpbWUDMTE5NDc5ODc2Nw--">Calendar</a> </div> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> <div id="ygrp-grft"> </div> <!-- yahoo logo --> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <div id="ygrp-ft"> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJiN3Yzcm5kBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzcxMzU5BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTE5NDc5ODc2Nw--"> <img src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/yg/img/logo/ma_grp_160.gif" height="15" width="106" border="0" alt="Yahoo! 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