Radio Shack HTX-200 Setting The Repeater Offset Frequency, Turning Duplex Operation On And Off

SETTING THE REPEATER OFFSET FREQUENCY

The HTX-200’s default repeater offset is 600 kHz, which appears as 0.6 (MHz). Follow these steps to change the offset.

Note: This setting only affects the VFO mode. If you saved a fre- quency offset in a memory, that setting is not affected.

1.With power off, hold down FUNC and turn on the HTX-200,

2.Hold down FUNC and repeatedly press until rpt and the current offset appear. 0.0 appears if no offset is currently set.

3.Repeatedly press or until the desired offset appears. You can set an offset between 0 and 8 MHz in 100kHz steps.

4.Press PTT to store the setting and exit the menu.

TURNING DUPLEX

OPERATION ON AND OFF

To turn on duplex (repeater use) operation for the VFO mode, press FUNC + SC (RPT). Provided the current repeater offset val- ue is not 0.0, the current offset indicator (+ above or – below) appears above the displayed frequency. Press FUNC + SC (RPT) again to turn it off.

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