Working the repeater
- 2 m VHF
- Listen 146.940, transmit −0.600 MHz (146.340) with PL 162.2 Hz. Kenwood NXR-1700 repeater.
- 70 cm UHF
- Listen 442.875, transmit +5.000 MHz (447.875) with PL 100.0 Hz. Kenwood NXR-1800 repeater.
- Online
- The controller is reporting a fresh heartbeat. RX/TX reflect the live key state from the NXDN controller.
- Temp · Volts
- The controller's reported temperature and supply voltage. Hover a band to scrub its last ~2 hours of each.
- PL tone
- A sub-audible CTCSS tone your radio sends so the repeater opens. Set the matching tone for each band.
Console controls
- Access
- Controls show for everyone but stay greyed unless you’re signed in with the right role — operators get the channel + everyday toggles; Repeat and Service are admin-only with a typed confirm. The server re-checks either way, so the greying is only a hint.
- Channel
- Picks the radio’s active channel (1–32) — each is a preset frequency / tone / power profile programmed in the radio.
- Toggles
- Monitor (open the receiver to listen through tone/squelch), Squelch, Hold Time (TX hangs a beat after unkey) and TOT (time-out timer) are on/off operator switches. CW ID transmits the Morse callsign on demand.
- Low Power
- Drops the transmitter from full output to a reduced level. Full is about 40 W — 25 W on a sustained key — on the 70 cm (NXR-1800); the 2 m runs in the same ~40 W class. The low level is set per channel in the radio.
- Repeat · Service
- Admin-only, behind a typed confirm. Repeat-off takes the repeater OFF AIR; Service can Start / Stop / Restart the repeating service or Reboot the whole controller (it drops off the air while it boots).
- Live state
- Each toggle’s ● / ○ mirrors the radio’s real state from telemetry — it tracks changes made on-site or by anyone else too, and “…” means a command is still settling. Preset values (hold-time, TOT length) are set in the radio’s programming, not here.