<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Bob Bruninga <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bruninga@usna.edu" target="_blank">bruninga@usna.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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</div>Yes. It has always been that way. Either include NO OFFSET INFORMATION and<br>
the radio will use its standard offset (if it exists on that band and in<br>
that radio) or include the offset IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPEC, either +xxx<br>
<div class="im">or -xxx in 10's of KHz.<br>
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</div>It just cannot be any simpler.<br>
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Bob, WB4APR<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Nope, don't like this one at all.</div><div><br></div><div>You're saying that the radio will know that a frequency is a repeater pair and assume what the split is. That's just way to much of a guessing game. What if we have a problem where a repeater goes down, the repeater is kaput, and we are operating SIMPLEX on the repeater output. According to the spec, since no offset is explicitly defined, the radio is expected to do the offset thing, even though my radio is actually operating simplex on the repeater output. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Vague, very very vague. The spec should assume NO offset if one isn't offered, and than specify it exactly if it is needed to contact the station via voice. </div><div><br></div><div>Again, my devalued 2 cents here.</div>
<div><br></div><div>WF5X</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>