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WT1V

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2m repeater operation
« on: June 10, 2022, 09:15:56 AM »

Just revived my Azden PCS-7000H 2m rig after being out ham radio for a few decades. Now I am using it for base station work as I really don't want to get involved in a newer car installation. Browsing through the user manual and monkeying around with this unit, I can browse around to see if any frequencies are active. Not much so far. So I looked up a repeater directory for NE and found a few listed repeaters nearby.  I also see that some of them list an offset, while most do not.  I assume that for the 0 offset repeaters I can make a contact, tx & rx, on the same frequency.  The offset I'm not sure about how to set this rig up for that mode of operation.  About the hand held microphone, I can see the up/down, Tx, and the squelch buttons, but I have yet to figure out how to use the main keypad on this unit. I kind of though that it would be used to enter a frequency directly, but that is not so. Although I am an extra class I feel like a novice and have currently made it back to 20 wpm for my CW work which is what I mainly do for DXing.
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K5LXP

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Re: 2m repeater operation
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2022, 09:30:56 AM »

Anything that is a duplex repeater has an offset.  Frequencies that do not list an offset could be a remote base or possibly a digital mode simplex node (DMR, et al).  Using a repeater database like RFinder or RepeaterBook will give you a way to search for active repeaters in your area and all the pertinent info to access them (freq/PL).

I looked it up and it appears this radio did come with PL tone function so you should be able to work any 2M repeaters within your range.  I've never owned an Azden but it would come down to sitting down with the manual and figuring it out.  There's relatively few functions and features to a basic radio like this so it won't take long.

Mark K5LXP
Albuquerque, NM

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K4CQO

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Re: 2m repeater operation
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2022, 08:07:19 AM »

My go to for finding repeaters is with the phone Repeater app. I use it with my android phone and it provides filters for freq, protocol, etc and it uses the phones GPS to provide a distance to the repeater.

This should help in providing repeaters in your area. Most listings also provide the offset.
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