I recently replaced the battery on my FT-470, which has a telescopic
antenna. Recently, I have been having trouble accessing local repeaters.
My repeater shift is set to .6 MHZ on 2 meters and 5 MHZ on 440. Is this
the correct repeater shift? If so, what are some other things I could check
for? I am living on the center floor of a 3-story apartment complex and can
hear the repeaters ok. This problem did not occur when I lived out in
Gresham. My apartment complex in Gresham had 3 stories and I lived on the
center floor just like I do now. I can hear repeaters ok, but I can't
transmit to them. Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

Eric Patterson, Kb7vfr, Beaverton, Or.

I recently replaced the battery on my FT-470, which has a telescopic
antenna. Recently, I have been having trouble accessing local repeaters.

Eric....do you have the right tones programmed? This would prevent you from
accessing a repeater. Check to see if the "T" is showing up on the display.
Also, check to see if you're on low power or hi. Also, if the battery is the
lower voltage unit (7,2V), you're outputting only around 2W of power...the 12V
cellpak is needed for 5W.

My repeater shift is set to .6 MHZ on 2 meters and 5 MHZ on 440.

Yup...that is correct for most repeaters, tho you should check. Also, make
sure that your offset is in the right direction (+/- is set right). I had a
-470 for years...good solid HT. One caveat...I did have the internal antenna
connection crack and separate....could "barely" hear a repeater but could not
hit it. Bit of solder and a piece of flex wire & I was back in business.
Worth checking, esp. with the telescopic antenna, which puts more stress on the
connector. I was using an ANLI telescopic when mine failed.

Of course, this may be the rig's way of saying "time to get on HF, so get the
code out of the way!" QRP would be easy from the 2nd floor, if you have a
nearby tree for an end fed wire (my std. hotel setup).

Eric Patterson, Kb7vfr, Beaverton, Or.

Hope this helps!
A

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 01:39:17 GMT, Eric Patterson wrote:

I recently replaced the battery on my FT-470, which has a telescopic
antenna. Recently, I have been having trouble accessing local repeaters.

Did you have to open the case to replace this battery (I know not
the FT-470), and did you have to unscrew the telescopic antenna
(and speaker) leads to get the case out of the away of the battery
replacement? And, did you (or whoever) overlook the antenna's
re-attachment?

Not that I've ever pulled a bonehead stunt like that..... HI!HI!

73
Jonesy
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