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Repeater operation
What has to be set on your radio for a repeater to open, and how to read the details in the lists.
- Relais
- Automatic station that receives on one frequency and retransmits on another at the same time. With it a handheld covers the whole region.
- Ausgabe
- The frequency the repeater transmits on, so the one you listen on.
- Eingabe
- The frequency the repeater listens on, so the one you transmit on.
- Ablage
- Difference between input and output. Usually −0.6 MHz on 2 m and −7.6 MHz on 70 cm. On the radio it is called shift or duplex.
- Simplex
- Transmitting and receiving on the same frequency, with no repeater in between.
- CTCSS
- Quiet continuous tone below the speech that opens the repeater. Common values are 67.0, 77.0 and 88.5 Hz.
- TSQL
- The radio also checks for the tone on receive and stays silent otherwise. The lists show this as RX/TX.
- DCS
- Digital version of the tone squelch, given as a three-digit code, for example DCS 023.
- 1750-Hz-Rufton
- Short whistle tone that opens older repeaters. Often a separate button on the radio, sometimes called Call or Tone Call.
- Locator
- Maidenhead identifier of the location, for example JO50HB. Four characters describe a square of about 111 by 70 km, six characters about 4.6 by 2.8 km.
- Talkgroup
- Talk group in digital networks such as DMR, comparable to a channel.
- Hotspot
- Small box at home that connects a digital mode over the internet when no repeater is in range.
- Echolink
- Linking repeaters and individual stations over the internet.
- Bake
- Transmitter that sends its identifier continuously. Used to judge propagation.
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