Jim: The 2m FT8 frequency is at 144.174. You may experience some QRM on
144.175 CW (depending on FT8 activity in your area).
GL.
73
Ed K3DNE
EM94
> On 01/19/2024 9:30 AM EST Jim Smith <ars.kk0u@gmail.com
> mailto:ars.kk0u@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Finally, after 30+ years of being a ham, I get to dip my toe into the VHF
> contest beyond 6m.
>
> I have an old, and somewhat flaky, IC-275H coupled with a 14-element yagi
> to get on the contest this weekend (from EM48to). The flaky bit of the old
> rig is that frequency control is *not* available from the VCO knob (I'm
> guessing the phototransistors are cooked), and neither N1MM+ nor DXLog can
> get the radio to recognized frequency input with the computer keypad.
>
> The UP/DWN buttons on the mic work though, ;)
>
> So, I'm programming some frequencies into the memories of this rig. I've
> got
> - 144.175 CW
> - 144.200 SSB
> Any other common watering holes I should program in?
>
> This is my first foray into 2m CW/SSB, so I'm a complete newbie here.
>
> Thanks for any tips/tricks you can supply.
>
> 73, Jim KK0U
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