Offset — What It Means in Ham Radio

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

  • Sporadic E — Sudden short-lived openings.
  • CW — Continuous Wave. Morse code.
  • Gray line — The band of twilight moving around the earth.
  • FM — Frequency Modulation. VHF and UHF voice.
  • APRS — Automatic Packet Reporting System.
  • Ionosphere — The layer that bounces HF signals back to earth.
  • Wavelength — The physical length of one radio wave.
  • Watts — Transmit power.