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11
REPEATER AND DUPLEX OPERATIONS
11-4
Duplex operation
The duplex operation shifts the transmit frequency
up or down from the receive frequency by an offset
amount
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Setting the frequency offset
NOTE:
The frequency offset cannot be changed
when using the DR function
[MENU] > SET > DUP/TONE >
Offset Freq
1 Push [MENU]
2 Select “DUP/TONE” in the “SET” menu
3 Select “Offset Freq”
4 Rotate [DIAL] to set the offset
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Information
• Set to between 000000 and 5999500 MHz
• The selected tuning step in the VFO mode is used to
set the offset
• To exit the MENU screen, push [MENU]
TIP:
If the offset value causes the transmit frequency
to be out of the band, “OFF BAND” is displayed
when you push [PTT], and transmit will be inhibited
(p 11-5)
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Setting the duplex direction
1 Push [QUICK]
2 Select “DUP”
3 Select the duplex direction
•
OFF:
For simplex operation (the receive and
transmit frequencies are the same)
•
DUP–:
The transmit frequency shifts down from the
receive frequency by the offset amount
•
DUP+:
The transmit frequency shifts up from the
receive frequency by the offset amount
• Displays “D–” or “D+”
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Duplex operation
1 Hold down [SQL] to listen to the transmit
frequency to check whether another station is
transmitting on it, or not
• The shifted transmit frequency is displayed
2 Operate in a normal way
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In the same way as a simplex call, alternately
transmit and receive
NOTE:
When the Auto Repeater function is ON, and
the operating frequency is set out of the repeater
output frequency range, the Duplex mode is
automatically canceled
([MENU] > SET > Function >
Auto Repeater
)