VX-7R O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
27
A
DVANCED
O
PERATION
R
EPEATER
O
PERATION
Repeater stations, usually located on mountaintops or other high locations, provide a dra-
matic extension of the communication range for low-powered hand-held or mobile trans-
ceivers. The
VX-7R
includes a number of features which make repeater operation simple
and enjoyable.
Repeater Shifts
Your
VX-7R
has been configured, at the factory, for the repeater shifts customary in your
country. For the 50 MHz band, this usually will be 1 MHz, while the 144 MHz shift will be
600 kHz; on 70 cm, the shift may be 1.6 MHz, 7.6 MHz, or 5 MHz (USA version).
Depending on the part of the band in which you are operating, the repeater shift may be
either downward (
–
) or upward (
+
), and one of these icons will appear at the bottom of the
LCD when repeater shifts have been enabled.
Automatic Repeater Shift (ARS)
The
VX-7R
provides a convenient Automatic Repeater Shift feature, which causes the
appropriate repeater shift to be automatically applied whenever you tune into the desig-
nated repeater sub-bands in your country. These sub-bands are shown below.
If the ARS feature does not appear to be working, you may have accidentally disabled it.
To re-enable ARS:
1.
Press the
key, then press the
key to enter the Set mode.
2.
Rotate the
DIAL
to select the Menu Item labeled (
Basic Setup #5: ARS
).
3.
Press the
or
key to select “
ON
” (to enable Automatic Repeater Shift).
4.
Press the
PTT
key to save the new setting and exit to normal operation.
European Version
Version A
2-m
145.1
145.5
145.6 145.8
146.0
146.4
147.0
147.6
148.0
146.6
147.4
Euro Version 1
Euro Version 2
Version A
70-cm
440.0
445.0
450.0
439.45
438.20
433.00
433.40
ARS-Repeater Subbands
