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why does my signal fade away after around 1/2mil or so?

I own a 2 meter Icom IC V8 & a Yaesu FT 270 E. Being new to 2 meter radio I am upset that I cannot get out furher then around 1/2 a mile or so. I live in the Falkland Islands …
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No PL on my Icom02AT

Several of us brandnewbies had a "set up" session a couple nights ago and when I got my 02AT set up I could not get any subaudibles pls repeater tones nothing. However, I am good t …
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Why is it against convention to call CQ on a repeater?

What is it against convention to call CQ on a repeater? Anybody know how this tradition started and why ?
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Third-party transmissions over repeater?

The FCC rules for 3rd party transmission §97.115(c) state: No station may transmit third party communications while being automatically controlled except a station transmittin …