ADVANCED OPERATION (AMATEUR RADIO BAND)

NOTICE! An Amateur Radio License is required for operation on Amateur Radio fre-

quencies.

Repeater Operation

Repeater stations, usually located on mountaintops or other high locations, provide a dramatic extension of the communication range for land-based low-powered hand-held or mobile transceivers. The VXA-700includes a number of features which make repeater operation simple and en- joyable.

Repeater Shifts

Your VXA-700has been configured, at the factory, with the repeater shift set to 600 kHz on the 2-m amateur band.

Depending on the part of the band in which you are oper- ating, 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 VXA-700provides a convenient Automatic Repeater Shift feature, which causes the appropriate repeater shift to be automatically applied whenever you tune into the designated repeater sub-bands in your country. These sub- bands are shown at the right.

If the ARS feature does not appear to be working, you may have accidentally disabled it.

To re-enable ARS:

rPress the key, then press the key to activate the Menu (“SET”) mode.

rRotate the DIAL selector knob to select Menu Item

“4. Transmit,” then press the key.

rRotate the DIAL selector knob to select Sub Menu

Item “3. ARS,” then press the ] key.

rPress the key again to enable adjustment of this Menu Item.

rRotate the DIAL selector knob to select “ON” (to en- able Automatic Repeater Shift).

rWhen you have made your selection, press the key to save the new setting, then press the PTT key repetitively until the radio exits to normal operation.

ARS-Repeater Subbands

Version A

145.1

145.5

146.0

146.4

147.0

 

 

147.6

148.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

146.6147.4 145.6 145.8

European Version

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