Posted: 2/6/2008 12:39:06 PM EDT
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So I got the Yaesu software for programming my FT60--didn't realize there might be alternatives until it was too late to cancel the order--and now I find I have, um, "issues" programming it; in fact, I'm pretty sure this comes close to the proverbial dumb question that allegedly doesn't exist... To wit: The repeater list I got off the local club website lists Output Freq, Input freq, and Tone. The programming software is looking for Receive Freq, Transmit Freq, Offset Freq, Offset Direction, Tone Mode, and CTCSS. I ass-you-me'd  that Output Freq on the repeater list was the same as Transmit Freq on the programming software--am I hosing this up? That is, do I have it bassackwards? Offsets are supposed to be automatically calculated, based on the band plan, I know, but if I'm entering the wrong freq in for Output/Input... Thanks in advance for any guidance you can provide. |
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Just enter the repeater freq (the Rx that your radio is listening to) and the software will use the standard offset to set the Tx freq automatically. The only time you need to do it yourself is if there's an odd split (which some repeaters are set to use). For example, if the repeater is 145.7 that's what you enter into the receive value for the software. It will calculate the 600k offset of 145.1. |
"Gee, Elmer, you're smart! You answered my next question before I even knew I was gonna ask it!"  That 'splains why Artsci's repeater database only lists output freqs... |
seems to be pretty good. i have an old copy of their printed list (ca 2005), it is very handy when traveling since it shows where the repeaters are on an actual map. this is a great assist to finding nearby repeaters. in contrast... the ARRL repeater book separates them by county -- how the heck am i supposed to know what county i'm in when i'm 250 miles from home?
probably a typo. example entry? (i could not find a ++) ar-jedi |
btw, the "published" frequency for a repeater is ALWAYS the frequency it transmits on, and therefore the frequency you listen on. when i tell you to contact me on the 145.485 machine when you get back into town, that's the repeater TX frequency AND your HT/mobile's RX frequency. ar-jedi |
May have been a glitch from copying and pasting into Excel... Thanks. |