The 4 key is the info key. It switches to 10 channels of information
stations which, by default are set to the NOAA Weather frequencies. To get
out of that mode, press the B or VFO key or the C or Memory Recall
key. Glad your PL tones are okay now.
73,
Dave, A F 6 Y
At 03:18 PM 1/2/02 -0500, you wrote:
>THanks Dave again. Just FYI I finally got my PLS straight. To set my PL
>or at least what I thought was it I would press 7 first and then f and
>then I would look around for the PL and would assume that the low beep was
>my 67 Hz, but there was way more then 42 turns of the knob before I
>reached the beep again. Now I got it straight. What toes the four key do
>then, because I am pressing it some times by mistake and am getting the
>NOAA weather radio stations, and it can be a challenge getting it back
>into the regular mode.
>
>
>
>
>
>On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, David R. Basden wrote:
>
> > Hi Jeffrey,
> >
> > From your description, it sounds like you are in simplex mode on
> > 440MHz. If you are transmitting on your receive frequency, that sounds a
> > lot like simplex. If you repeatedly press Function and then 8, you toggle
> > around the three modes. The low beep is simplex, then comes a plus offset,
> > then a minus offset, then back to simplex. Press function and then 8 each
> > time. When you get to the low tone, one more press of function and then 8
> > should put you on plus 5 MHz. As you have a scanner, you might listen on
> > it to determine where the transmit frequency is moving as you go from
> > simplex to plus offset to minus offset.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Dave, A F 6 Y
> >
> > At 03:57 PM 1/1/02 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Its 5 MHz, and it doesn't appear to be the default on 440, because I am
> > >transmitting on a repeater on 443.550 that has an off set of +5 MHz making
> > >the input448.550. When I transmit on this repeater on 443.550 I don't
> > >transmit on the input, 448.550, but on the output of 443.550. This
> > >repeater has no PL so that isn't an issue.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, David R. Basden wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Jeffrey,
> > > >
> > > > Once again, what split are you trying for on 440MHz? Is
> it 5MHz
> > > > or something different? Are you looking for a plus or minus
> offset? Is
> > > > this an oddball repeater or do you want the offset changed for all
> > > > repeaters? It's hard to give advice until I know more precisely
> what you
> > > > are trying to accomplish.
> > > >
> > > > 73,
> > > >
> > > > Dave, A F 6 Y
> > > >
> > > > At 07:16 PM 12/31/01 -0500, you wrote:
> > > > >Hi everyone, I just checked with someone on the repeater here
> about the
> > > > >440 off sets and as it turns out with the THF6A you have to set them
> > > > >manually yourself I think that it is menu 5, but I don't know
> what to do
> > > > >when I get to it. Also, I'm following the counting scheme for
> programming
> > > > >the PL in terms of counting the number of turns on the tuning knob
> after
> > > > >the beep at 67 Hz, and can't get to 100. I know how to select,
> but just
> > > > >can;'t get to what I need without doing a PL search. However, if
> anyone
> > > > >could help me out with the off set there and how to change it to 5
> MHz I
> > > > >would appreciate it, and thanks in advance.
> > > >
> >
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