newbie setup questions on memory editor & repeater setup

[Julie Royster]

Hi from KT4JR, wife of K4MWE, and new co-owner of a K3 with 144mHz
transverter built in.
I have not been able to understand how repeaters are supposed to be set up
and I am hoping some kind spirit out there can clarify for me.

I have entered the repeater frequency in the VFO A cell of the memory editor
on the computer.
I have selected FM so that offset and PL tone choices appear next to the VFO
B cell.
I can put in the offset and PL tone, but do I enter a frequency in the VFO B
cell?
I can't tell whether the program would apply the offset to the VFO A
frequency or to the VFO B frequency, so I don't know whether to put the same
entry in A and in B, put the actual transmit frequency in B, leave B blank,
or what.

Say we have a repeater with VFO A frequency at 145.20 mHz and a negative
offset of 0.6 mHz.
So my transmit frequency needs to be 144.60

What should my table row look like?  What goes in the VFO B cell?

Name          VFO A    VFO B    offset    PL tone
ABC club     145.20   _____    -0.6       82.5

A related question (why I can't figure out the above) is where on the K3 I
could actually see the result.  Is there some way I can display the
frequency I am transmitting on using the display screen of the K3?

Do I need to set the K3 to split before using a repeater, in addition to
setting the above?

If there is a pre-fab dummy guide for repeater set-up, please point me
toward it!

Finally, I have not figured out the squelch yet either.  is there a set-up
guide for squelch?  

Clearly this radio is amazingly flexible, and I need to keep on studying!
THANKS for your help!
Julie KT4JR in Raleigh, NC

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[Tom Azlin N4ZPT-2]

Hi Julie,

I have not seen another list response. Perhaps you got direct responses?

The split mode is not necessary for a repeater. See page 29 of the
manual. I dial in the repeater on one of the VFOs, switch to FM mode,
then push the Alt key ( hold down mode key) multiple times until it
switches to the + or - offset I want. When I key the mike the VFO
displays the offset transmit freq then goes back to the receive freq
when I let off the PTT. Separately is an offset setting but as I
remember it was defaulted correctly.

The squelch on my K3 is the RF/SQL knob. Setup on page 53 or around there.

73, tom n4zpt


On 3/14/2012 4:51 PM, Julie Royster wrote:

> Hi from KT4JR, wife of K4MWE, and new co-owner of a K3 with 144mHz
> transverter built in. I have not been able to understand how
> repeaters are supposed to be set up and I am hoping some kind spirit
> out there can clarify for me.
>
> I have entered the repeater frequency in the VFO A cell of the memory
> editor on the computer. I have selected FM so that offset and PL tone
> choices appear next to the VFO B cell. I can put in the offset and PL
> tone, but do I enter a frequency in the VFO B cell? I can't tell
> whether the program would apply the offset to the VFO A frequency or
> to the VFO B frequency, so I don't know whether to put the same entry
> in A and in B, put the actual transmit frequency in B, leave B
> blank, or what.
>
> Say we have a repeater with VFO A frequency at 145.20 mHz and a
> negative offset of 0.6 mHz. So my transmit frequency needs to be
> 144.60
>
> What should my table row look like?  What goes in the VFO B cell?
>
> Name          VFO A    VFO B    offset    PL tone ABC club     145.20
> _____    -0.6       82.5
>
> A related question (why I can't figure out the above) is where on the
> K3 I could actually see the result.  Is there some way I can display
> the frequency I am transmitting on using the display screen of the
> K3?
>
> Do I need to set the K3 to split before using a repeater, in addition
> to setting the above?
>
> If there is a pre-fab dummy guide for repeater set-up, please point
> me toward it!
>
> Finally, I have not figured out the squelch yet either.  is there a
> set-up guide for squelch?
>
> Clearly this radio is amazingly flexible, and I need to keep on
> studying! THANKS for your help! Julie KT4JR in Raleigh, NC
>
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