Advanced Operation (Amateur Radio Band); Repeater Operation - Vertex Standard Spirit VXA-700 Operating Manual

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NOTICE! An Amateur Radio License is re-
quired 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 com-
munication range for land-based low-powered hand-held
or mobile transceivers. The VXA-700 includes a number
of features which make repeater operation simple and en-
joyable.
Repeater Shifts
Your VXA-700 has 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 bot-
tom of the LCD when repeater shifts have been enabled.
Automatic Repeater Shift (ARS)
The VXA-700 provides 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.
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If the ARS feature does not appear to be working, you
may have accidentally disabled it.
To re-enable ARS:
r Press the
r Rotate the DIAL selector knob to select Menu Item
r Rotate the DIAL selector knob to select Sub Menu
r Press the
r Rotate the DIAL selector knob to select "ON" (to en-
r When you have made your selection, press the
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key, then press the
the Menu ("SET") mode.
"4. Transmit," then press the
Item "3. ARS," then press the
key again to enable adjustment of this
Menu Item.
able Automatic Repeater Shift).
key to save the new setting, then press the PTT key
repetitively until the radio exits to normal operation.
ARS-Repeater Subbands
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