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What is a common repeater offset on the 2-meter band?

Plus or minus 600 kHz.

  1. Plus or minus 5 MHz
  2. Plus or minus 1 MHz
  3. Plus or minus 600 kHz ✔

Why: Most 2-meter repeaters listen 600 kHz above or below where they transmit. On 70 centimeters the common offset is 5 MHz.

Huh, didn't know that: Repeater offset means the difference between a repeater's transmit and receive frequencies.

The dad joke
Why was the repeater so balanced? It always kept a 600 kHz offset.
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Sources

  1. NCVEC 2026-2030 Technician Question Pool (Element 2), errata Feb 19, 2026 https://www.ncvec.org/downloads/2026-2030%20Technician%20Pool%20and%20Syllabus%20Public%20Release%20Feb%2019%202026.pdf

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