Offset — The gap between transmit and receive frequency.
On 2 meters it is usually 600 kHz, on 70 centimeters usually 5 MHz. Program it wrong and the repeater never hears you.
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Related words
- Propagation — How your signal travels.
- Watts — Transmit power.
- SWR — Standing Wave Ratio.
- CTCSS / PL tone — A sub-audible tone that opens a repeater.
- Frequency — How fast a radio wave oscillates.
- Wavelength — The physical length of one radio wave.
- SSTV — Slow-Scan Television.
- Solar flux — A number that tracks solar activity.