Posted by: lmonsanto
Kenwood TH-F6A #2 - 12/16/05 06:18 AM
Thanks for all the TH-F6A info. I have one sitting on the table next to me. I have my technicians license and now have to learn how to use this radio for CERT/NERT work. I want configure the radio to use the San Francisco Amateur Radio Club repeater. The is the repeater the local CERT/NERT group uses. Here's the info from the SFARC web page http://www.sfarc.org.
Our open high level two meter machine is located on Twin Peaks in the geographic center of San Francisco. W6PW/R operates on 145.150 mhz with a -600 khz offset and a PL 114.8hz. The same frequency PL tone is also generated and transmitted by the repeater for users of the machine who have tone decoding capability. This will eliminate co-channel chatter from blaring out of your speaker when the repeater is not in use.
I followed the directions on page 12 of the TH-F6A manual and:
1. Set the band to 144
2. Set the frequency to 145.150 mhz
3. Set the offset direction to negative
4. Set the offset to 0.600 mhz (600 khz)
5. Activated the tone function (assuming this is the same as PL)
6. Set the tone frequence to 114.8 hz
Does this look like the correct procedure for setting up the TH-F6A with this repeater? I just heard the radio say something like "It is now 10 PM". I assume this is coming from the repeater. When I hold the PTT keydown for a moment, the repeater says "W6WP repeater" instead of "W6PW" repeater which is what I was expecting.
Assuming I did the configuration correctly, should I now be able to hear anyone transmitting on this same frequency, with the same offset and same PL? Is it as easy as that? Is there a way to save this repeater configuration so I can switch between repeaters without having to manually enter everything again?
Thanks for any correction or advice!
Lynn
KI6BRQ
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Our open high level two meter machine is located on Twin Peaks in the geographic center of San Francisco. W6PW/R operates on 145.150 mhz with a -600 khz offset and a PL 114.8hz. The same frequency PL tone is also generated and transmitted by the repeater for users of the machine who have tone decoding capability. This will eliminate co-channel chatter from blaring out of your speaker when the repeater is not in use.
I followed the directions on page 12 of the TH-F6A manual and:
1. Set the band to 144
2. Set the frequency to 145.150 mhz
3. Set the offset direction to negative
4. Set the offset to 0.600 mhz (600 khz)
5. Activated the tone function (assuming this is the same as PL)
6. Set the tone frequence to 114.8 hz
Does this look like the correct procedure for setting up the TH-F6A with this repeater? I just heard the radio say something like "It is now 10 PM". I assume this is coming from the repeater. When I hold the PTT keydown for a moment, the repeater says "W6WP repeater" instead of "W6PW" repeater which is what I was expecting.
Assuming I did the configuration correctly, should I now be able to hear anyone transmitting on this same frequency, with the same offset and same PL? Is it as easy as that? Is there a way to save this repeater configuration so I can switch between repeaters without having to manually enter everything again?
Thanks for any correction or advice!
Lynn
KI6BRQ