[MRCA] near fest repeater basic question?

[Gene Smar]

 Eugene:
     The listed repeater freqs are always (usually) the repeater's output, i.e., your receive freq.  Note the "-" next to the freq.  It's not a dash, it's a minus sugn.  It indicates that the input freq (your transmit freq) is downshifted by the standard offset for the band.  For 2M, the standard offset is 600 kHz.  So your transmit freq would be 600 kHz BELOW your receive freq.  The UHF repeater shows a "+" next to the repeater's output (your receive) freq.  This means your transmit freq would be the standard UHF shift (5 MHz for UHF) ABOVE the output freq.  

     You are correct: the CTCSS tones are for your transmit and receive.  The CTCSS freqs (and I despise their mandatory use in Ham systems) are usually your transmit freq (listed first) to access the repeater's receiver and (listed second) the freq transmitted by the repeater to your receiver.  This second freq (sent by the repeater to you) is optional.  Some Hams don't want to listen to other nearby co-channel repeater outputs, so they set their HTs to respond ONLY when they hear the proper CTCSS tone from their desired repeater.  So, you don't need to set CTCSS for your HT/mobile receiver, just for your transmitter.  
 
73 deGene Smar  AD3F

-----Original Message-----
From: W2HX <w2hx at w2hx.com>
To: Military Radio Collectors Association <mrca at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wed, Apr 27, 2022 8:40 pm
Subject: [MRCA] near fest repeater basic question?

 <!--#yiv0271113155 _filtered {} _filtered {}#yiv0271113155 #yiv0271113155 p.yiv0271113155MsoNormal, #yiv0271113155 li.yiv0271113155MsoNormal, #yiv0271113155 div.yiv0271113155MsoNormal {margin:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;}#yiv0271113155 a:link, #yiv0271113155 span.yiv0271113155MsoHyperlink {color:#0563C1;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv0271113155 span.yiv0271113155EmailStyle17 {font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;color:windowtext;}#yiv0271113155 .yiv0271113155MsoChpDefault {font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;} _filtered {}#yiv0271113155 div.yiv0271113155WordSection1 {}-->Hi all, I don’t do much repeater work, so I am a little rusty on the standards. I am looking to set up my HT for the nearfest official repeater and I see this article regarding the area repeaters. http://forum.near-fest.com/index.php?topic=1147.0    I see only one frequency listed. Is it correct to assume that is the output frequency? And if so, do I add subtract 600 kHz for the input? Or is it vice versa? If I were local I’d just test it but I am too far.    I see CTCSS tone of 88.5. I’m curious why it is listed twice? Maybe input and output? I suspect people who are regular repeater users know what is implied in the repeater listing, but not me.       73 Eugene W2HX
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