<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div>My two cents. I use on my Baofeng HT this way: first three characters are the last digit in mhz followed by the khz digits and then the first 3 letters of the location.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:100%">Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®4</div></div><div></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: "Richard B. Emerson" <pavilion@pinefields.com> <br>Date:08/08/2016 7:05 PM (GMT-04:00) <br>To: Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> <br>Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Introduction & Question <br><br>I guess being a newbie is showing, huh. I figured that seeing the call <br>beats the location. OTOH, if I do make an initial call, it's my call <br>(KC3DOO listening) or whoever I'm talking with, not the repeater's call. <br>Hmmm... gotta think about that. At least CHIRP makes it much easier to <br>enter settings. If ever there was a manual designed to confuse and <br>obfuscate, the UV-5etc. manual is it.<br><br>73 de KC3DOO<br><br>PS If anyone is interested in operating in the Bahamas, there's no <br>reciprocity. The "license" application process isn't that hard. The <br>woman who handles the applications very helpful. Drop me a note and I <br>can fill in the details. I assume there are no repeaters, except maybe <br>on New Providence (the island Nassau's on). Otherwise, it's operating <br>simplex.<br>_______________________________________________<br>chirp_users mailing list<br>chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com<br>http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users<br>This message was sent to joe at np3ar@gmx.com<br>To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe@intrepid.danplanet.com<br></body>