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11

Advanced Operation

Now that you have mastered the basics of 

FT-252

 operation, let’s learn more about 

some of the really neat features.

Keyboard Locking

To activate the locking feature, press the 

[

POWER

( )]

 key momentarily.

To cancel locking press the 

[

POWER

( )]

 key momentarily again.

In order to prevent accidental frequency change or inadvertent transmission, various 

aspects of the 

FT-252

’s 

DIAL

 and keypad may be locked out. You may change the lock-

out combinations.
To lock out some or all of the keys:

1.  Press the 

[

SET/ATS

]

 key to enter the Set mode.

2.  Rotate the 

DIAL

 knob or press the 

[

p

]/[

q

key to select 

Set Mode Item 22: 

LOCK

.

3.  Press the 

[

SET/ATS

]

 key momentarily to enable adjust-

ment of this Item.

4.  Rotate the 

DIAL

 knob or press the 

[

p

]/[

q

key to select the desired locking scheme 

as listed below:

 

LK KEY

:  Just the front panel keypad is locked out

 LKDIAL

: Just the top panel 

DIAL

 is locked out

 

LK K+D

: Both the keypad and 

DIAL

 are locked out (factory default)

 

LK PTT

: The 

PTT

 switch is locked out (TX not possible)

 

LK P+K

: Both the 

PTT

 switch and keypad are locked out

 

LK P+D

: Both the 

PTT

 switch and 

DIAL

 are locked out

 

LK ALL

:  All of the above are locked out

5.  When you have made your selection, press the 

PTT

 switch to save the new setting 

and return to normal operation.

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Summary of Contents for FT-252

Page 1: ...hi Shinagawa Shinagawa ku Tokyo 140 0002 Japan YAESU USA 6125 Phyllis Drive Cypress CA 90630 U S A YAESU UK Unit 12 Sun Valley Business Park Winnall Close Winchester Hampshire SO23 0LB U K YAESU HK Un...

Page 2: ...LCD 4 Installation of Accessories 5 Antenna Installation 5 Installation of FNB 124LI Battery Pack 5 Battery Charging 6 Low Battery Indication 6 Belt Clip Installation Removal 7 Operation 8 Switching P...

Page 3: ...usive Auto Transponder System ATS which beeps the user when moving out of communications range with another ATS equipped station and an RF squelch circuit which allows adjusting the squelch to open at...

Page 4: ...se with 100 120 VAC C is for use with 230 240 VAC and F is for use with 220 VAC Availability of accessories may vary Some accessories are supplied as standard per lo cal requirements while others may...

Page 5: ...after your transmission is completed LCD Liquid Crystal Display The display shows the current operating conditions as described on the next page Keypad These 9 keys select many of most important oper...

Page 6: ...emory Channel or Pref erential Memory Channel Repeater Shift Direction CTCSS DSC Operation Bell Alarm Active Battery Saver Active Dual Watch Active Priority Channel Battery Indicator Memory Bank Activ...

Page 7: ...ted to the transceiver is 1 5 1 or lower to avoid excessive feedline loss Installation of FNB 124LI Battery Pack The FNB 124LI is a high performance Li ion battery providing high capacity in a compact...

Page 8: ...harged completely in 5 hours Disconnect the SAD 11B or PA 48 from the EXT DC jack and the AC line outlet Installation of Accessories Important Note The SAD 11B and PA 48 is not designed to power the t...

Page 9: ...lt Clip to the groove above the Battery compartment then press the Belt Clip downward until it locks in place with a Click To remove the Belt Clip Press the Belt Clip tab away from the transceiver to...

Page 10: ...Press the VOL SQL key twice to enter the squelch level ad justment mode When SQL is displayed rotate the DIAL knob or press the p q key to set the Squelch so that the background noise is just silenced...

Page 11: ...of the FT 252 2 Scanning Press and hold in either the or key for one second to initiate upward or down ward scanning Manual VFO Scan If you wish to reverse the direction of the scan i e toward a lowe...

Page 12: ...n the immediate area you ll get much longer battery life by switching to Low Power operation described in the next chapter And don t forget always have an antenna connected when you transmit 2 Transmi...

Page 13: ...mode 2 Rotate the DIAL knob or press the p q key to select Set Mode Item 22 LOCK 3 Press the SET ATS key momentarily to enable adjust ment of this Item 4 Rotate the DIAL knob or press the p q key to...

Page 14: ...able adjust ment of this Item 4 Rotate the DIAL knob or press the p q key to select one of the three modes de scribed above 5 When you have made your choice press the PTT switch to save the new settin...

Page 15: ...ment of this Item 4 Rotate the DIAL knob or press the p q key to select the desired signal strength level for the squelch threshold S 1 S 2 S 3 S 4 S 5 S 7 S FULL or OFF 5 Press the PTT switch to save...

Page 16: ...ifts have been enabled Automatic Repeater Shift ARS The FT 252 provides a convenient Automatic Repeater Shift feature which causes the appropriate repeater shift to be applied automatically whenever y...

Page 17: ...S off if you do not wish this to happen If you manually change the repeater shift on a memory channel that you have already stored the radio will consider this a temporary change unless you store the...

Page 18: ...eration to revert to normal monitoring of the repeater downlink output frequency While you are listening on the input frequency to the repeater using the REV key the repeater offset icon will blink Th...

Page 19: ...ans that the Tone Squelch system is ac tive and will mute the FT 252 receiver until it receives a call from another radio that is sending a matching CTCSS tone This can help keep your radio quiet unti...

Page 20: ...op eration is very similar to that just described for CTCSS Your repeater system may be configured for DCS if not DCS is frequently quite useful in Simplex operation if your friend s use transceivers...

Page 21: ...to enter the Set mode 4 Rotate the DIAL knob or press the p q key to select Set Mode Item 8 BELL 5 Press the SET ATS key momentarily to enable adjust ment of this Item 6 Rotate the DIAL knob or press...

Page 22: ...T switch momentarily to save the new setting and exit to normal operation When the Split Tone feature is activated you can see the following additional param eters following the DCS parameter while se...

Page 23: ...he SET ATS key momentarily to enable adjust ment of this Item 4 Rotate the DIAL knob or press the p q key to select T CALL on the display 5 Press the PTT switch to save the new setting and exit to nor...

Page 24: ...ge if this is the case proceed to step 4 If you wish to se lect a different channel number into which to store the data rotate the DIAL knob or press the p q key to select the desired memory channel 4...

Page 25: ...em 30 REV HM from REV to HOME if it is not already set to this option see page 59 2 Select the desired frequency while operating in the VFO mode Be sure to set up any desired CTCSS or DCS tones as wel...

Page 26: ...to program the remaining letters numbers or symbols of the desired label A total of six characters may be used in the creation of a label 10 When you have programmed a label which is under 6 char acte...

Page 27: ...the Memory Tuning fea ture The Memory Channel number will be replaced by tun And if you have an alpha numeric Tag displayed on the memory channel the display will automatically revert to display of th...

Page 28: ...Assigning Memories to a Memory Bank 1 Recall the memory channel to be assigned to a Memory Bank 2 Press and hold in the V M key for one second then ro tate the DIAL knob or press the p q key to select...

Page 29: ...oved to the VFO 2 Press and hold the V M key to activate the Memory Tune feature temporarily then press and hold in the V M key for one second The data will now have been copied to the VFO although th...

Page 30: ...es on a station press the PTT switch once to halt the scan or press it twice to restart the scan 4 To exit to normal operation press the V M key Severe Weather Alert In the event of extreme weather di...

Page 31: ...encounters and will hold there for five seconds If you do not take action to disable the scanner within that time period the scanner will resume even if the stations are still active To set the Scan...

Page 32: ...5 MHz PMS x and ALL 1 MHz 2 MHz 5 MHz The scanner will sweep frequencies within the selected bandwidth PMS x The scanner will sweep frequencies within the currently selected PMS frequency pair See pag...

Page 33: ...ume scanning Such channels may be Skipped during scanning if you like 1 Recall the Memory Channel to be skipped during scanning 2 Press the SET ATS key to enter the Set mode 3 Rotate the DIAL knob or...

Page 34: ...y enter the Skip channel selection mode 5 Rotate the DIAL knob or press the p q key to select ONLY 6 When you have made your selection press the PTT switch to save the setting and exit to normal opera...

Page 35: ...elect the first Memory Bank BANK 1 BANK10 you wish to sweep using Memory Bank Link Scan 3 Press the F MW key momentarily The current Memory Bank will now be swept during Memory Bank Scan A decimal poi...

Page 36: ...nto Memory Channel L1 the L designates the Lower sub band limit 3 Likewise store 148 000 MHz into Memory Channel U1 the U designates the Upper sub band limit 4 Confirm the radio is in the VFO mode pre...

Page 37: ...ority mode Memory Channel Priority 1 Store the frequency you wish to be the Priority Channel into memory channel 1 2 Now set the radio for operation on another memory channel 3 Press the F MW key then...

Page 38: ...you to move to the Priority channel instantly without waiting for activity to appear on the Priority channel When this feature is enabled and Priority monitoring is engaged just press the PTT switch o...

Page 39: ...ode Item to OFF 5 When you have made your selection press the PTT switch to save the setting and exit to normal operation Band Edge Beeper The FT 252 will automatically beep when a band edge is encoun...

Page 40: ...ess the SET ATS key to enter the Set mode 2 Rotate the DIAL knob or press the p q key to select Set Mode Item 46 WX ALT 3 Press the SET ATS key momentarily to enable adjust ment of this Set Mode Item...

Page 41: ...o seconds after the PTT switch release the Emergency feature will resume To disable the Emergency feature press the F MW key momentarily or turn the ra dio off by pressing the POWER key Use this featu...

Page 42: ...will continue sweeping until they are all filled Setting the Smart Search Mode 1 Press the SET ATS key to enter the Set mode 2 Rotate the DIAL knob or press the p q key to select Set Mode Item 35 S S...

Page 43: ...e display will revert to OUT RNG If you move back into range your radio will again beeps and the display will change back to the IN RNG indication During ATS operation your operating frequency will co...

Page 44: ...e a polling transmission is received from the other station the alert beeps will be heard OFF No alert beeps will be heard you must look at the display to confirm cur rent ATS status To set the ATS Be...

Page 45: ...selected register 6 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the first digit of the DTMF string Selectable entries are 0 9 and A F with E and F representing DTMF and tones respectively 7 Press the F MW key to...

Page 46: ...is completed You can change the DTMF Autodialer sending speed using Set Mode Item 16 DT SPD See page 57 for details You can also set a longer delay between the time you press the numerical key corre...

Page 47: ...etter number 7 When you have finished entering the ANI code and it contains less than 16 charac ters press and hold in the F MW key for one second to confirm the callsign if the ANI code has exactly 1...

Page 48: ...ess the F MW key momentarily to save the first letter number and move on to the next char acter 6 Repeat the previous step as many times as necessary to complete your callsign If you make a mistake pr...

Page 49: ...to move back to the previous digit then re select the correct number letter 8 When you have finished entering the password press the PTT switch to save the new setting and exit to normal operation We...

Page 50: ...h to save the new setting and return to normal operation Receive Battery Saver Setup An important feature of the FT 252 is its Receive Battery Saver which puts the ra dio to sleep for a time interval...

Page 51: ...switch which limits transmission time to a pre programmed value This will promote battery conservation by not allowing you to make excessively long transmissions and in the event of a stuck PTT switc...

Page 52: ...obile Radio service where it is now in widespread use DCS is sometime referred to by its different proprietary names such as DPL Digital Private Line a registered trademark of Mo torola Inc DCS uses a...

Page 53: ...Deviation Level In many areas of the world channel congestion has required that operating channels be closely spaced In such operating environments it often is required that operators use reduced dev...

Page 54: ...to select one of the choices from the reset menu F1 SETRST Resets the Set Menu mode settings to their factory defaults F2 MEMRST Clears the Memory settings to factory defaults F3 MB RST Clears the Me...

Page 55: ...es the beeper Selects the number of CTCSS DCS Bell ringer repetitions Shifting of the CPU clock frequency Programs and activates the CW Identifier Enables disables the CW identifier during ARTS operat...

Page 56: ...e Tone Encoder and or Decoder mode Indicate the current temperature inside the transceiver s case Setting of the CTCSS Tone Frequency Setting of the TOT time Enables Disables the Transmitter Battery S...

Page 57: ...ts that you are within range ALWAYS Beeps sound every time a polling transmission is received from the other sta tion every 15 or 25 seconds when in range OFF No alert beeps sound Set Mode Item 5 ARS...

Page 58: ...e Item 12 DC VLT Function Indicates the DC Supply Voltage Set Mode Item 13 DCS COD Function Setting of the DCS code Available Values 104 standard DCS codes Default DCS 023 Set Mode Item 14 DCS N R Fun...

Page 59: ...smits the Morse Code SOS message on the air be ginning one minute after activation of the Emergency function EMG C B Loud Alarm sounds and the Morse Code SOS mes sage is transmitted on the air beginni...

Page 60: ...le Values MONI T CALL Default Depends on the transceiver version MONI Pressing the VOL SQL key causes the Noise Tone Squelch to be over ridden allowing you to listen for weak or non encoded signals T...

Page 61: ...Default REV REV Pressing the REV HOME key reverses the transmit and receive frequencies during repeater operation HOME Pressing the REV HOME key instantly recalls a favorite Home channel Set Mode Ite...

Page 62: ...st MEM The scanner will skip the flagged channels during scanning Set Mode Item 37 SCN LMP Function Enables Disables the Scan lamp while paused Available Values ON OFF Default ON Set Mode Item 38 SKIP...

Page 63: ...able Values 1MIN 30MIN or OFF Default OFF The time out timer shuts off the transmitter after continuous transmission of the pro grammed time Set Mode Item 44 TXSAVE Function Enables Disables the Trans...

Page 64: ...Operating Manual 62 Set Mode Item 46 WX ALT Function Enables Disables the Weather Alert Scan feature Available Values ALT OFF ALT ON Default ALT OFF Set Menu Mode honbun_130313 indd 62 2013 03 13 19...

Page 65: ...knob antenna belt clip Weight 9 9 Oz 280 g with FNB 124LI antenna and belt clip Transmitter RF Power Output 5 0 W High 2 0 W Middle 0 5 W Low 7 4 V Modulation Type Variable Reactance F2 F3 Maximum Dev...

Page 66: ...FT 252 Operating Manual 64 Note honbun_130313 indd 64 2013 03 13 19 48 12...

Page 67: ...cause undesired operation 3 The scanning receiver in this equipment is incapable of tuning or readily being altered by the User to operate within the frequency bands allocated to the Domestic public C...

Page 68: ...ight 2013 YAESU MUSEN CO LTD All rights reserved No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of YAESU MUSEN CO LTD Printed in Japan EH053N100 cover_130313 indd 4 2013 03 13 17 3...

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