I have used RT Systems' software to program my VX-8 and I have saved many repeaters that are part of the C.A.R.L.A. network in Northern California:
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I noticed, for example, that the Link frequency for the Oakland repeater has an RX Mode of NFM, while the Local frequency for this repeater has an RX Mode of AM.
I can hear transmissions much better with NFM and want to permanently set the memory location for the Local frequency to this, so I go to Set Menu 78 and change the RX Mode from Auto to NFM. I press PTT to exit and return to the current frequency and I see that it is NFM.
If I change to a different memory location and come back, it is once again AM. I can't make the change stick using the radio. Of course, I am going to try making this change in the software and update the radio, but I think that I should be able to do this with the radio.
I don't understand why Oakland Link is NFM while Oakland Local is AM when the only difference between these two repeater frequencies as stored in memory is the PL code.
Thank you for any help you may provide
Jerald
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I noticed, for example, that the Link frequency for the Oakland repeater has an RX Mode of NFM, while the Local frequency for this repeater has an RX Mode of AM.
I can hear transmissions much better with NFM and want to permanently set the memory location for the Local frequency to this, so I go to Set Menu 78 and change the RX Mode from Auto to NFM. I press PTT to exit and return to the current frequency and I see that it is NFM.
If I change to a different memory location and come back, it is once again AM. I can't make the change stick using the radio. Of course, I am going to try making this change in the software and update the radio, but I think that I should be able to do this with the radio.
I don't understand why Oakland Link is NFM while Oakland Local is AM when the only difference between these two repeater frequencies as stored in memory is the PL code.
Thank you for any help you may provide
Jerald