FT-250R O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
18
The
FT-250R
provides a wide variety of memory system resources. These include:
199 “Standard” memory channels, numbered “
1
1
1
1
1
” through “
199
199
199
199
199
.”
A Home channel, allowing storage and quick recall of one prime frequency.
Five sets of band-edge memories also known as “Programming Memory Scan” chan-
nels, labeled “
L1
L1
L1
L1
L1
/
U1
U1
U1
U1
U1
” through “
L5
L5
L5
L5
L5
/
U5
U5
U5
U5
U5
”
M
EMORY
S
TORAGE
c
Select the desired frequency, while operating in the VFO mode. Be
sure
to set up any
desired CTCSS or DCS tones, as well as any desired repeater offset.
d
Press and hold in the [
MR/MW
(
SKIP
)] key for one second.
e
Within five seconds of releasing the [
MR/MW
(
SKIP
)] key, rotate the
DIAL
to select
the desired memory channel number.
f
Press the [
MR/MW
(
SKIP
)] key once more to store the frequency into memory.
g
You still will be operating in the “VFO” mode, so you may now enter other frequen-
cies, and store them into additional memory locations, by repeating the above process.
S
TORING
I
NDEPENDENT
T
RANSMIT
F
REQUENCIES
(“O
DD
S
PLITS
”)
All memories can store an independent transmit frequency, for operation on repeaters
with non-standard shift. To do this:
c
Store the receive frequency using the method already described under
MEMORY STOR-
AGE
(it doesn’t matter if a repeater offset is active).
d
Turn to the desired transmit frequency, then press and hold the [
MR/MW
(
SKIP
)] key for
one second.
e
Within five seconds of releasing the [
MR/MW
(
SKIP
)] key, rotate the
DIAL
to select
the same memory channel number as used in step
c
above.
f
Press and hold the
PTT
switch
. Then while holding the
PTT
switch in, momentarily
press the [
MR/MW
(
SKIP
)] key once more (this does not key the transmitter).
Whenever you recall a memory which contains independently-stored transmit and re-
ceive frequencies, the “[–][+]” indication will appear in the display.
The
“
Odd Splits
”
feature permits setting TONE/DCS individually for transmit and re-
ceive. Briefly, press the [F/L] key, and then press the [2(CODE)] key. Rotate the DIAL
knob to select the TONE or DCS for receive. You can confirm the Transmit and receive
TONE/DCS by alternately pressing of the [REV(HOME)] key.
M
EMORY
R
ECALL
c
While operating in the VFO mode, press the [
MR/MW
(
SKIP
)] key. The “
MR
MR
MR
MR
MR
” indica-
tor will show that you are now in the Memory Recall mode.
d
Rotate the
DIAL
to select the desired channel.
e
To return to the VFO mode, press the [
VFO
(
PRI
)] key.
An easy way to recall memories is to key in the memory channel number, then press
[
MR/MW
(
SKIP
)]
.
For example, to recall memory channel #16, press
[
1
]
-
[
6
]
-
[
MR/MW
(
SKIP
)]
.
Memory Operation
