Coldwave

Thank you! Yes, I’ve been in communication with Danny there. I wish Icom would bring back a modern day version of the IC-F21GM.

Hey! Yeah, moving on to something different. No, I loved this radio. Oh, it’s been sold. So I guess I can delete this thread. Yeah, great radio. Just love my old school Icom IC-F21GM still.

See attached:

Like new, with leather case and extended battery with antenna and charger with manual. Also will throw in programming cable. $80 plus $6 shipping.

Nice! That’s great. Yeah, liking the higher capacity battery and this case has stretched well and fits like a glove now makes it a little bulkier but in a good grippy way. Now on to find a even higher gain antenna. Well maybe, the stock antenna performs quite well. Hmm..

Wow, long day! That’s great! So radio working good? Have you been able to contact anyone via repeater?

Usually it’s CW Morse Code identifying itself.

Yep, that’s correct. The offset is already programmed in the repeater channels. All you have to do is input the TX tone. I wouldn’t put a RX one in yet. Once you confirm. Then you can add RX. I never use RX tones. Well, I haven’t had to yet at least. Also, if you’re inside your house. Try it outside too. Just to see. Luckily I can hit most of mine in the area from inside my place. Even standing next to windows works wonders. No problem at all. Glad to help.

Yep. Just set the radio so it displays the frequency and then go to the repeater channel of the desired frequency and then set the input tone. Confirm by pressing PTT and stand by for repeater acknowledgment via CW. Then you know you programmed it right. Then call out and see if someone replies. Yeah the manual doesn’t explain it. Only the menu functions.

You should be able to get that set up without the software. All on the front panel. I programmed mine by hand when I first got it. Before I ordered the cable.

Oh ok cool. Yeah, you should be ok. So I have to ask, I’ve asked Rich this too and he hasn’t replied yet. The buttons. What do you think of the buttons? I wish they were better.

Oh good! Ok. Yeah, from my experience that cable is effortless. I expect it will be for you as well. What OS are you running?

Oh!! Yeah, I saw those cases. I may try that one as well. Yeah, mine is: https://www.buytwowayradios.com/wouxun-wlc-kg-uvd1p.html Yes, that cable in the link works flawlessly with my 805. I read a while back that you want to avoid cables that include a CD. Since genuine Prolific and FTDI cables will poll the computer for a universally provided driver (updated) from Windows and install it automatically. So far I’ve seen evidence of that.

Yep, I got my extended battery today and I’m glad it fits on the radio while charging. I figured it would because of the size of the chargers opening/slot. They case fits too. But it’s right!! Hoping that leather stretches a little bit. As far as the cable goes. I’m not sure. Which one did you buy? From BTWR? I bought mine from this guy: https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Programming-Cable-Baofeng-TYT-Wouxun-Chinese-HT-All-Window-versions-PC03p/153080854606?pageci=ac220fbc-d53f-4647-9549-9ae5f6dabe36&epid=17034686501 Good stuff. Didn’t have to instal anything. It was literally plug-n-play. Genuine Prolific chipset. Windows automatically installs in seconds. Maybe your cable is bad?

Buy Two-Way Radios went and confirmed that the extended battery on the radio WILL fit the case. They tried it themselves. So that’s good!