Ham Radio/VHF-UHF
Handie-Talkie (HT) Programming
[edit | edit source]To communicate over local VHF/UHF 2m/70cm repeaters like N2ROW, you'll need to adjust your radio to a particular frequency, offset, and CTCSS tone.
This can be done manually on the radio itself. But it's typically easier to manage all those freq./offset/tone combinations with CHIRP.
CHIRP is free software that runs on a computer and connects to your radio with a programming cable. Even inexpensive radios like Baofengs are compatible with CHIRP.
Using CHIRP makes it easy to share data, too. Please see this list of frequencies commonly used by club members, thanks to Blair KE2EHU:
https://github.com/dongola7/n2ycr_chirp
If you find an error or new interesting frequency, please contribute and open a pull request!