‰ NOW 20 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM SEPTEMBER 2015 QST PAGE 46 ‰ METERS AND 5 MHZ FOR 70 CENTIMETERS. SOME REPEATERS HAVE NON STANDARD OFFSETS, SO YOU MAY HAVE TO SET IT MANUALLY ANYWAY, BUT THIS IS AN EXCEPTION RATHER THAN THE RULE. AFTER WORKING THROUGH THE MENUS TO SET THE OFFSET AND SHIFT DIRECTION, I PROGRAMMED IN ONE OF THE LOCAL 2 METER REPEATERS AND MADE A CALL FOR A SIGNAL REPORT. NOT SURPRISING, MY AUDIO REPORT WAS GOOD. THE RECEIVE AUDIO WAS ACCEPTABLE, TOO. I SWITCHED OVER TO THE SPEAKER/MICROPHONE. THE QUALITY OF THE RECEIVE AUDIO SURPRISED ME, CONSIDERING THE SPEAKERS SMALL SIZE. EVEN RUNNING IT IN THE TRUCK WITH A WINDOW DOWN, THE AUDIO WAS RELATIVELY CLEAR. I DID HAVE TO CRANK UP THE VOLUME A BIT MORE. I WAS ABLE TO KEY UP THE LOCAL 70 CENTIMETER REPEATER WITH THE FLEXIBLE ANTENNA ALTHOUGH THE AUDIO WAS A BIT NOISY. I DIDNT GET ‰ END OF 20 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ