Tom,

The direction and offset of the repeater depends on the band plan that's
being used in your area.  In most areas, repeaters between 1456.11 and
145.49 MHz have a negative offset of 600 KHz.  The same is true for
repeaters between 146.61 and 146.985 MHz.  Repeaters between 147.00 and
147.39 MHz have a positive offset of 600 KHz.  You'll notice some gaps in
the frequencies I've listed.  Those are simplex frequencies, so repeater
offset doesn't apply.

On 440 MHz, the offset is plus 5 MHz below 445.00 MHz and minus 5 MHz
between 445 and 450 MHz.  Not being that familiar with 220, I don't
remember what the offsets are.

I hope this sheds some light on the question of repeater offsets.

Steve

On Saturday 2/15/03 17:19 Tom Brennan wrote:
>If you know the input frequency of a repeater and the offset is the
>direction of
>frequency of the repeater always the same?  Anotherwords, do you always know
>that the repeater frequency is below the input frequency or does that depend
>upon the band you are in or does it depend upon the individual repeater?
>
>Tom
>
>
>Tom Brennan, CCC-A/SLP, RHD
>web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html