You are correct (corrected in my message below)!!!

My original "12.5kHz to 25kHz" is a related concept: The channel separation frequency between different repeaters on adjacent "channels", typically set by the local repeater coordination body. Usually one wants his/her radio's tuning step to be the same as the channel separation, or a sub-multiple of that.

On 2013-08-30 10:31, Fred Hillhouse wrote:

Repeater offset of 600KHz and 5MHz?
From: chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com [mailto:chirp_users-bounces@intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Dean Gibson AE7Q
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 13:08
To: Discussion of CHIRP
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Step setting on radios

There seems to be some confusion here between repeater offset (typically 600kHz for VHF, 5MHz for UHF), and tuning step (typically between 2.5kHz and 25kHz). They are not related.

On 2013-08-30 09:59, chris@engravedimage.com wrote:
That's the standard offset for UHF repeaters. that's usually selected, 
because different states have different standards. For example, in Ohio, 
simplex and repeater "channels" (for lack of a better word) are 15 KHz 
apart. In Michigan, they are usually 20 KHz apart.  5KHz plays nice with 
both.


On 2013-08-30 09:58, Pat Anderson wrote:
Trump me if I am mistaken, but the usual step value in the US is 5 
mhz.

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Mike Morrow
<mike@primecareercollege.com> wrote:
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. 
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