To confirm that this worked, turn the selector knob to change the dial frequency (to any-
thing), then press D / MR, to change from dial to memory mode. The numeral 5 should
appear in the memory box, and 146.94 (the receive frequency) should appear on the display.
Press REV SKIP confirm the transmit frequency of 146.34 MHz.
You can use any memory (except C, the CALL channel) with the same result. Memory C re-
quires a slightly different procedure. Notice that pressing D / MR from the dial mode always
recalls the last stored or used memory.
Recalling Memories
In confirming the results of the last example, we used the D / MR button to change from the
dial mode to the memories after they were stored. The memory label appears in the memory
box at the upper left corner of the frequency display whenever operating on a memory.
When more than one memory has been stored, you can select a memory for operation with
either the selector knob or the microphone DWN and UP buttons. If you use the microphone
buttons, press and release the button for each memory: if you hold the button down for 1/2
second, memory scanning will start.
Odd-Split Memories
After storing a frequency, with or without repeater shift, from the dial, you can modify the
repeater shift and offset of that memory only. Just recall the memory, press RPT as necessary
to set the shift direction, and then follow the steps in the "Changing Repeater Offset" box on
page 15. If you want to make the new offset permanent for that memory, remember to press
and hold the F/W button for Va-second, until the second beep sounds and then press it again
momentarily. Of course you could also store a separate transmit frequency in the memory
(described later) to obtain the same result, but you may find this more straightforward when
dealing with repeaters.
Naming Memories
Once you have stored a memory, you can assign it a name to be displayed when it is recalled,
in place of the frequency. Names can be up to four characters long, using capital A ~ Z, 0 ~ 9
and an underline. To store a name, first store the memory and then recallit as already
described.
O Press and hold the F/W button for ½ second, until the second beep sounds and the mem-
ory number starts blinking in the memory box.
O Within five seconds of pressing F/W, press the A/N STEP button. Unless a name was
previously stored for this memory, the frequency will be replaced by ("-- -- -- “), with the
first pair of hyphens blinking.
O You can now use the selector knob to choose the first character of the name to be dis-
played.
O After selecting the desired character, use MHZ STEP or the microphone DOWN and UP
buttons to get the next pair of hyphens blinking, and use the selector knob to set this
character.
O Repeat the last step until all characters are set as desired, and then press A/N STEP,
twice. At the first press, the display will return to the memory frequency. After the second
press, the memory name will be displayed — for this and any other memories that have been
assigned names (unnamed memories will still be displayed as channel frequencies).
Once you have stored names for several memories, you can toggle between frequency and
name views for all of them at any time while receiving on a memory, by pressing A/N STEP
CALL Channel Memory
Although invisible to the memory recall method described so far, the CALL channel memory
can be instantly toggled by the CALL BELL button. "C" appears in the memory box when
the CALL memory is active. The factory default for the CALL channel memory is the
bottom edge of the band. You can reprogram it from the dial with any frequency and repeater
state, or even a separate transmit frequency. After storing the frequency, you can also set and
change repeater settings, and give it a name to display in place of frequency, just by recalling
it before following those procedures.
To store the current dial frequency/repeater state in the CALL channel memory, hold the
F/W button for ½ second to display something in the memory box, then press the CALL
BELL button.
To store a name for the CALL channel, follow the same steps for a regular memory after
pressing CALL BELL (so the procedure is done while "C" appears in the memory box).
To store a separate transmit frequency in the CALL channel, after storing the receive
frequency, tune the dial to the transmit frequency and repeat the storing procedure above, but
this time holding the PTT switch when you press the CALL BELL button.
Separate Transmit - Frequency Memories
Besides the CALL memory, all other memories can store independent receive and transmit
frequencies (however, if you are working through a repeater, you might find storing a unique
repeater offset to be simpler — see "Odd-Split Memories", above). To store a separate
transmit frequency,
O Store the receive frequency using the method already described under Simple Memory
Storage (it doesn't matter if a repeater offset is active).
O Tune to the desired transmit frequency.
O Press and hold the F/W button for ½ second to display the memory label box again.
O Press and hold the PTT switch while pressing F/W once more momentarily (this will not
key the transmitter).
Whenever you recall a separate transmit frequency memory, "- + " appear together at the top
center of the display. As with regular repeater offset operation, you can press the REV SKIP
button to display the transmit frequency, but in this case both shift symbols will blink.
After storing a memory with a separate transmit frequency, if you rewrite the receive
frequency, the separate transmit frequency is deleted.
8
Summary of Contents for FT-2400H
Page 1: ......
