<div dir="ltr">On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Pat Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anderson5420@gmail.com" target="_blank">anderson5420@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Trump me if I am mistaken, but the usual step value in the US is 5 mhz.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Mike Morrow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike@primecareercollege.com" target="_blank">mike@primecareercollege.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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The step is the channel spacing amount. You can set this on many radios from 25 to 2.5 MHz. When you turn a tuning know in VFO mode, this is the amount the radio changes frequency by. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class=""><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="">If the radio’s step is too high, it will not allow entry of some frequencies and will do something (variable by radio) to go to the next higher or lower frequency which complies with the step value you have set.<span><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<span><font color="#888888"><p class=""><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="">Mike<u></u><u></u></p></font></span></div></div>
<br></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><div>This may be different for other radios, but ror the radios that I program with CHIRP, the value in the STEP setting is irreverent. You just key in the frequency that you need to program into the radio. The value in the STEP setting is only required to be set to any particular value when programming in-the-field (without using programming software).<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>Also, the STEP value in them is KHz, not MHz.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Jim KC9HI</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>