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IN FIELD DEPLOYMENT WHEN REQUIREMENTS CAN CHANGE ON THE FLY.  ONE FEATURE I
HADNT SEEN BEFORE IS EMERGENCY AUTOMATIC ID OR EAI.  THIS FEATURE IS
INTENDED TO HELP LOCATE AN OPERATOR WHO MAY BE INCAPACITATED AND UNABLE TO
WORK THE RADIO.  BASICALLY, THIS FEATURE
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Area Radio Klub W0WTN 457 2 37 2,522 SD South Texas ARC N5CRP KY5V 519 2 30

THINK OF IT AS COMPUTER FOLDERS IN WHICH THE OPERATOR CAN STORE SIMILAR
CHANNELS, SUCH AS LOCAL REPEATERS FOR EACH BAND, SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES, CLUB
FREQUENCIES, REPEATERS IN A CITY YOU ARE TRAVELING TO, AND SO ON.  THE
MEMORIES CAN STORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SUCH AS REPEATER OFFSET INCLUDING
ODD SPLITS, CTCSS TONES AND EVEN TRANSMITTER POWER LEVEL.  ADDITIONAL
MEMORY CHANNELS ARE PREPROGRAMMED WITH 11 HOME CHANNELS THAT STORE ONE
OFTEN USED FREQUENCY PER BAND, 10 NOAA WEATHER BROADCAST FREQUENCIES, 280
MARINE VHF CHANNELS, AND 89 SHORT WAVE BROADCAST FREQUENCIES.  AND FINALLY,
THERE ARE 10 DIRECT MEMORY RECALL CHANNELS THAT ARE ACCESSED BY PRESSING
AND HOLDING THE PDMR KEY THEN 0 9 ON THE KEYPAD.  INDIVIDUAL MEMORIES AND
MEMORY BANKS CAN BE LABELED WITH A SIX CHARACTER ALPHANUMERIC TAG USING THE
SET MODE.  SCANNING FUNCTIONS ARE EQUALLY SOPHISTICATED.  SOME EXAMPLES THE
VX 6R ALLOWS YOU TO SCAN MEMORIES USING A VARIETY OF SELECTION CRITERIA, OR
TO SCAN SELECTED MEMORY BANKS, OR TO SCAN BETWEEN PREPROGRAMMED FREQUENCY
LIMITS.  VFO OPERATION, SCANNING AND MEMORY FUNCTIONS CAN BE ACCESSED
EASILY.  EASE OF OPERATION IS FACILITATED BY THE USE OF THREE MAJOR KEYS
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Bremerton W7VE 605 2 8 2,760 WWA Central Ohio ARES K8DDG 930 2 37 2,750 OH
Maryland Mobileers ARC W3CU 543 2 28 2,738 MDC Neptune ARC W2NRC 594 2 50
2,730 NNJ N8ZE 381 2 33 2,710 MI Dallas ARC W5FC 775 2 37 2,680 NTX Rolla
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THE F/W FUNCTION KEY, THE BAND KEY AND THE V/M VFO/MEMORY KEY.  MANY OF THE
FUNCTIONS ARE ACCESSED USING THESE MAIN KEYS IN COMBINATION WITH THE DIAL
KNOB AND ONE OR TWO ADDITIONAL KEYS RATHER THAN A LONG SERIES OF STEPS.
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION FEATURES IN THE WAKE OF THE RECENT HURRICANE SEASON
AND THE HEIGHTENED ROLE OF AMATEUR RADIO DURING THE RESPONSE TO KATRINA AND
RITA, I WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE YASEU VX 6R
FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.  YAESUS ADVERTISING FOR THE VX 6R MAKES IT
CLEAR THAT THIS RADIO IS INTENDED FOR OUTDOOR USE.  ITS NOT JUST THAT THE
CASE IS MADE FROM RUGGED PLASTIC AND DIECAST ALUMINUM ITS WATERPROOF TOO.
THE VX 6R IS RATED TO JIS7 SPECIFICATIONS FOR SUBMERSION, WHICH MEANS THAT
IT CAN BE SUBMERGED FOR UP TO 30 MINUTES AT A DEPTH OF 3 FEET.  A
WATERPROOF TRANSCEIVER ISNT SOMETHING THAT MOST AMATEURS WOULD NEED EVERY
DAY, BUT IT WOULD PROVIDE A BIG DOSE OF COMFORT IF YOU ARE ACTIVE IN
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS IN INCLEMENT WEATHER OR BRING YOUR RADIO ALONG ON
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Regional Amateur Radio Society W0GS 459 2 26 2,674 MO East Coast Long Wire
Assn KC2KAX N2JAI 804 2 30 2,658 SNJ Nixa ARC N0LU KC0LUN 592 2 26 2,636 MO
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