Wayne, I just set up exactly what I think you want and put it into a memory and it works.  I think I did what Ant said, but here is a list of what I did:

Use the Advanced manual and go to page 1-13, "FM Repeater Operation".  Follow instructions 1-4 (or 5 if you need a tone).  In particular, notice that 4 tells you to go to the next page.  You also have to do what it says in the USA and Korea note:  Menu/set/function/auto repeater off.   So to do 4, you go to page 1-14.  Push function, touch 2, push DUP till it says DUP- (I think that is what you want).  Hold DUP for a second and you get a chance to enter the custom offset, which I think is 1.31.  Touch ENT.  Now I think it should work the way you want but not be in memory.  You can hit push to talk and see VFO shift to the transmit frequency.

Now skip down to page 4.2. The only thing I did differently here is that I had the memory channel I wanted all selected before I set up the offset above.  So I did not have to do step 4, rotate Multi.  I just touched the memory channel number and then hit MW for 1 second.  Blank disappeared, and the chosen memory has the custom offset channel.

Of course you want a name etc, but above is the tricky part.

So this is a PITA--a memory management program would probably be better:  The ICOM 9700 program, Chirp, or RT-Systems.  With the 9700 you should not need to buy a special interface.  Just plug the USB connector into your computer.

Hope this helps,

73, Burns WB1FJ


On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 4:09 PM Ant Lefebvre <anthony.lefebvre@gmail.com> wrote:
Wayne,

Try going into the memory mode vs doing it from VFO. Only have the main channel on vs both main and sub. Find an empty memory channel and then do your frequency and custom offset. Click on the screen where it says MEMO and the number. You will then get a sub menu pop up. memory should be highlighted. Press and hold MW. You will now have that frequency and custom offset in that memory slot.

HTH 73,

-Ant NU1U


On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 3:51 PM Wayne Estes <w9ae@charter.net> wrote:
On 1/9/2021 12:25 PM, Ant Lefebvre wrote:
Wayne,

This video walks you through it. Just tried it on mine and worked like a charm saving to memory. All programmed from the radio face. 

That video merely shows how to set up a custom repeater offset in VFO mode. The video doesn't even attempt to show how to save the custom repeater offset to a channel memory.

The instructions on page 25 of the basic manual are the same, showing how to set up a custom offset in VFO mode, but not how to save it in a channel memory.

I'm convinced that it's impossible to store a custom repeater offset in an IC-9700 channel memory.

73,

Wayne Estes W9AE


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