[Kenwood] RE: really stumped why I can't reach a 440 repeater

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Thanks, one I got the message that the offset was the default for just vhf, I managed to 
get it working.

40 years hamming and rarely on the vhf bands and totally unaware of normal protocols.

thank.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Pearce KN4AQ" <kn4aq at arrl.net>
To: <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 9:59 AM
Subject: [Kenwood] RE: really stumped why I can't reach a 440 repeater


>
>
> Just to confirm that Illinois repeaters use a +5 MHz offset.
>
> And the channel steps will be 25 kHz, unless they've started slipping in some 12.5 kHz 
> machines.
>
> You will find some (many?) repeaters listed in the directories, but not on the air. 
> That's a phenomenon called "paper repeaters" - repeaters coordinated but either never 
> put on the air, or taken off for some reason and never reactivated. Owners rarely tell 
> coordinators that their repeater is off for good (they probably hope to put it back on 
> some day, but some day never comes).  Coordinators have a hard time getting these purged 
> from the records.
>
> 73,
> Gary KN4AQ
>
> At 03:23 PM 2/11/2005, Hsu, Aaron (NBC Universal) wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 10:06 AM
>>Subject: [Kenwood] really stumped why I can't reach a 440 repeater
>>
>>"I properly set the individual repeaters that were NOT closed to the: Freq.
>>Step (default of 5kHz) Offset (default of 0.60)"
>>--------------------------
>>
>>Bill,
>>
>>I'm not sure about Illinois, but the "standard" offset for 440 is 5MHz
>>(600KHz is standard for 144).  Here in So. Cal, the offset is "down (-)" 5.
>>Most other areas use "up (+)" 5.  Try setting your radios to 5MHz offset
>>rather than 600KHz.
>>
>>73 & GL,
>>
>>   - Aaron, NN6O
>>
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