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26 SQ DCS
Function

: Setting of the DCS code

Available Values

: 104 standard DCS codes.

Default

: 023

27 SQ TNF
Function

: Setting of the CTCSS Tone Frequency.

Available Values

: 50 standard CTCSS tones.

Default

: 100.0 (Hz)

28 SQ TYP
Function

: Selects the Tone Encoder and/or Decoder mode.

Available Values

: T ENC/TSQ/DC ENC/DCS/T+DCS/TSQ+DC/OFF

Default

: OFF

T ENC:

CTCSS Encoder

TSQ:

CTCSS Encoder/Decoder

DC ENC: DCS Encoder only
DCS:

Digital Code Squelch Encoder/Decoder

T+DCS:

Encodes a CTCSS tone and Decodes a DCS code

TSQ+DC: Encodes a DCS tone and Decodes a CTCSS tone

29 STEP
Function

: Sets the Synthesizer steps.

Available Values

: 5k/10k/12.5k/15k/20k/25k/50k/100k (Hz)

Default

: USA version; 5 k (Hz), EXT version; 12.5 k (Hz)

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ELECTION

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ETAILS

DCS CODE

023 025 026 031 032 036 043 047 051 053

054 065 071 072 073 074 114 115 116 122

125 131 132 134 143 145 152 155 156 162

165 172 174 205 212 223 225 226 243 244

245 246 251 252 255 261 263 265 266 271

274 306 311 315 325 331 332 343 346 351

356 364 365 371 411 412 413 423 431 432

445 446 452 454 455 462 464 465 466 503

506 516 523 526 532 546 565 606 612 624

627 631 632 654 662 664 703 712 723 731

732 734 743 754

CTCSS TONE FREQUENCY 

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  67.0

  69.3

  71.9

  74.4

  77.0

  79.7

  82.5

  85.4

  88.5

  91.5

  94.8

  97.4

100.0

103.5

107.2

110.9

114.8

118.8

123.0

127.3

131.8

136.5

141.3

146.2

151.4

156.7

159.8

162.2

165.5

167.9

171.3

173.8

177.3

179.9

183.5

186.2

189.9

192.8

196.6

199.5

203.5

206.5

210.7

218.1

225.7

229.1

233.6

241.8

250.3

254.1

Summary of Contents for FT-2800M

Page 1: ...s CA 90630 U S A International Division 8350 N W 52nd Terrace Suite 201 Miami FL 33166 U S A YAESU EUROPE B V P O Box 75525 1118 ZN Schiphol The Netherlands YAESU UK LTD Unit 12 Sun Valley Business Pa...

Page 2: ...n 19 Display Brightness 19 RF Squelch 20 Repeater Operation 21 Repeater Splits 21 Standard Repeater Shift 21 Automatic Repeater Shift ARS 22 Separate Transmit Frequency Memory Odd Splits 23 CTCSS DCS...

Page 3: ...r the first time r Extensive Menu system which allows customization of a number of transceiver perfor mance characteristics r The Yaesu exclusive multi function LCD display Additional features include...

Page 4: ...e Range 4 F to 140 F 20 C to 60 C Case Size WxHxD 6 3 x 2 0 x 7 3 160 x 50 x 185 mm w o knobs Weight Approx 4 0 lb 1 8 kg Transmitter Output Power 65 W 25 W 10 W 5 W Modulation Type Variable Reactance...

Page 5: ...Bracket MMB 83 1 DC Power Cord w Fuse 1 Spare Fuse 15 A 2 Base Station Feet 2 Operating Manual 1 Warranty Card 1 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES High Power External Speaker MLS 100 AC Power Supply FP 1023 25 A...

Page 6: ...ocal dealer if the unit was purchased over the counter so as to get instructions regarding the prompt resolution of the damage situation Be certain to save the shipping carton especially if there are...

Page 7: ...ther Do not stand in front of a directional antenna while you are transmitting into that antenna Do not install a directional antenna in any location where humans or pets may be walking in the main di...

Page 8: ...t you with all aspects of your antenna installation requirements Use high quality 50 Ohm coaxial cable for the lead in to your FT 2800M transceiver All efforts at providing an efficient antenna system...

Page 9: ...the supplied MMB 83 mounting bracket The transceiver may be installed in almost any location but should not be positioned near a heating vent nor anywhere where it might interfere with driving either...

Page 10: ...ing with installation r Connect the RED power cable lead to the POSITIVE battery terminal and the BLACK power cable lead to the NEGATIVE terminal If you need to extend the power cable use 12 AWG or la...

Page 11: ...su dealer to satisfy these requirements Other well regulated power supplies may be used as well if they meet the above voltage and current specifications Use the DC power cable supplied with your tran...

Page 12: ...plied MH 48A6J Hand Microphone to this jack Key This key allows operation in conjunction with the Internet Con nection feature PWR Key Press and hold this key for one second to toggle the transceiver...

Page 13: ...this key for one second while receiving on that memory channel D MR MW Key Press this key momentarily to switch the frequency control among the VFO Memory System and Home channel Press and hold in thi...

Page 14: ...e noise and tone squelch systems In the EXP version pressing this button activates T CALL 1750 Hz for repeater access P2 button S SRCH Press this button to activate the Smart Search feature P3 button...

Page 15: ...8V DC Cable Pigtail w Fuse This is the power supply connection for the transceiver Use the supplied DC cable to connect this pigtail to the car battery or other DC power supply capable of at least 10...

Page 16: ...G THE SQUELCH SETTING Rotate the SQL control just to the point where the noise is si lenced and the indicator on the display turns off If the SQL control is set further clockwise sensitivity to weak s...

Page 17: ...ing toward a higher or lower frequency respectively The FT 2800M will stop when it receives a signal strong enough to break through the squelch threshold The FT 2800M will then hold on that frequency...

Page 18: ...cator will appear at the upper left corner on the display Changing the Transmitter Power Level You can select from among a total of four transmit power levels on your FT 2800M To change the power leve...

Page 19: ...enu 32 W ALT if desired See page 55 for details If NOAA issues a severe weather alert the FT 2800M will issue a warbling pair of audio tones Press the PTT button momentarily to disable the alarm and t...

Page 20: ...d in the MHz SET key for one second then rotate the DIAL knob to select 14 LOCK 2 Press the MHz SET key then rotate the DIAL knob to set the display to one of the selections shown above 3 Press and ho...

Page 21: ...kHz 3 Press and hold in the MHz SET key for one second to save your new setting and exit to normal operation DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS The FT 2800M display illumination has been specially engineered to prov...

Page 22: ...he MHz SET key for one second to save your new setting and exit to normal operation The receiver s squelch will open based on the highest level set by the two squelch system Noise Squelch and RF Squel...

Page 23: ...lso may program one of the Microphone s programmable keys P1 P4 to allow quick access to the above procedure See page 45 for details on the setup of the programmable keys With repeater shift activated...

Page 24: ...country to which it is exported The ARS function is enabled at the factory To disable it 1 Press and hold in the MHz SET key for one second then rotate the DIAL knob to select 02 ARS 2 Press the MHz...

Page 25: ...o store the receive frequency into the selected memory 4 Next store the transmit repeater input frequency Since you are still in the VFO mode tune the transceiver to the desired transmit frequency 5 N...

Page 26: ...Tone Operation describe later 3 Rotating the DIAL knob one more click clockwise in the above step will cause TSQ to appear When TSQ appears this means that the Tone Squelch system is active which mut...

Page 27: ...res that you set the Tone Mode to DCS and that you select a Tone Code 1 Press and hold in the MHz SET key for one second then rotate the DIAL knob to select 28 SQ TYP 2 Press the MHz SET key then rota...

Page 28: ...or either CTCSS or DCS Decoder operation see the previous discus sion In the case of CTCSS TSQ will appear on the display in the case of DCS DCS will appear on the display 2 Press the Microphone s P3...

Page 29: ...ted in a Split Tone configuration to enable operation on repeaters using a mix of both CTCSS and DCS control To do this 1 Press and hold in the MHz SET key for one second then rotate the DIAL knob to...

Page 30: ...istake press the microphone s DWN key to move back to the first digit then re enter the correct num ber 6 When entry of all digits is complete press the MHz SET key 7 If you wish to store another DTMF...

Page 31: ...ired speed 50 High speed or 100 Low speed 3 Press and hold in the MHz SET key for one second to save the new setting and exit to normal operation You can also set a longer delay between the time your...

Page 32: ...blinking there currently is no data stored on that channel if the channel number is not blinking that channel is currently occupied by other frequency data and you won t want to use that channel unle...

Page 33: ...er you wish to recall then press the key For ex ample to recall Memory Channel 5 press 5 To recall Memory Channel 118 press 1 1 8 Labeling Memories You may wish to append an alpha numeric Tag label to...

Page 34: ...ory frequency press the D MR MW key momentarily The MR indicator will stop blinking 5 If you wish to store into memory a new frequency set during Memory Tuning just press and hold in the D MR MW key f...

Page 35: ...the VFO mode You may also append an alpha numeric Tag label to a Home channel as described pre viously be sure to recall the Home channel first then enter the Menu selection 00 ALPH to program the lab...

Page 36: ...lly the easiest way is to push the PTT switch on the microphone momentarily no transmission will occur while you are scanning The scan may also be halted manually by pressing the microphone s UP or DW...

Page 37: ...one second then rotate the DIAL knob to select 25 SKIP 4 Press the MHz SET key then rotate the DIAL knob so as to select SKIP The cur rent Memory Channel will now be ignored during scanning The ONLY...

Page 38: ...o the Memory Recall mode by pressing the D MR MW key repeatedly if necessary 2 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the Memory Channel which you wish to add to the Preferential Scan List 3 Press and hold in...

Page 39: ...through L9 U9 with L and U designations representing the Lower and Upper limits respectively To utilize this feature use the following steps 1 Store the lower edge of the desired scanning tuning rang...

Page 40: ...he Priority channel 4 Now set the FT 2800M for operation on another memory channel Home channel or on a VFO frequency 5 Press and hold in the REV DW key for one second The display will remain on the V...

Page 41: ...en the frequency reaches the band edge while selecting the VFO frequency manually using the DIAL knob The procedure for enabling the Band Edge Beeper during manual tuning is 1 Press and hold in the MH...

Page 42: ...ress and hold in the MHz SET key for one second then rotate the DIAL knob to select 30 S SRCH 2 Press the MHz SET key then rotate the DIAL knob to select the desired Smart Search mode see above 3 Pres...

Page 43: ...ive brochure Or send an e mail toWIRES vxstdusa com You may access other Internet Link Systems that use a DTMF string for access 1 Press and hold in the MHz SET key for one second then rotate the DIAL...

Page 44: ...to establish an Internet link 8 With the Internet link feature activated as in step 6 above press the key or microphone s P2 key to send out the DTMF tones according to your selection in step 7 to es...

Page 45: ...Setting of the optimum TX Audio level first connect the MH 48A6J to the Microphone connector and while listening on a monitor receiver transmit on the FT 2800M and press one or more of the Microphone...

Page 46: ...T key for one second to save the new setting and exit to normal operation AUTOMATIC POWER OFF The Automatic Power Off APO feature will turn the radio completely off after a user defined period of PTT...

Page 47: ...d in the previous step The available choices are DC IN Indicates the current DC supply voltage DIMR Sets the display brightness WX CH Switches operation to the Weather channels bank INTKEY Provides On...

Page 48: ...o configure for the narrower bandwidth use the following procedure 1 Press and hold in the MHz SET key for one second then rotate the DIAL knob to select 33 W N DV 2 Press the MHz SET key then rotate...

Page 49: ...Hz SET REV DW LOW A N and D MR MW keys while turning the radio on The MASRST notation will appear on the display 3 Press the D MR MW key momentarily to reset all settings to their factory defaults pre...

Page 50: ...order of switch on does not matter TX RX will appear on the displays of both radios when the Clone mode is successfully activated in this step 4 On the Destination radio press the LOW A N key R will a...

Page 51: ...e function assigned to Microphone s P2 key Programming the function assigned to Microphone s P3 key Programming the function assigned to Microphone s P4 key Selects the Primary function of the REV DW...

Page 52: ...y beeper Available Values ON OFF Default ON 04 BELL Function Selects the CTCSS DCS Bell Ringer repetitions Available Values 1 3 5 8 REPEAT or OFF Default OFF 05 CK SFT Function Shifting of the CPU clo...

Page 53: ...N OFF Default ON 13 INTNET Function Selects the Internet Connection mode Available Values WIRES LINK Default WIRES 14 LOCK Function Selects the Control Locking Lockout combination Available Values KEY...

Page 54: ...mming the function assigned to Microphone s P3 key See page 45 for details Available Values SQLOFF S SRCH TONE T SRCH T CALL RPTR DC IN DIMR WX CH INTKEY SKIP Default T SRCH 18 PRG P4 Function Program...

Page 55: ...her station s transmission the scanner will resume HOLD The scanner will halt on a signal it encounters It will not restart automatically you must manually re initiate scanning if you wish to resume 5...

Page 56: ...lues 5k 10k 12 5k 15k 20k 25k 50k 100k Hz Default USA version 5 k Hz EXT version 12 5 k Hz MENU SELECTION DETAILS DCS CODE 023 025 026 031 032 036 043 047 051 053 054 065 071 072 073 074 114 115 116 1...

Page 57: ...re filled the search will stop after one sweep in each direction CONT In this mode the transceiver will make one pass in each direction as with One Shot searching if all 31 channels are not filled aft...

Page 58: ...56 FT 2800M OPERATING MANUAL NOTE...

Page 59: ...quipment is incapable of tuning or readily being altered by the User to operate within the frequency bands allocated to the Domestic public Cellular Telecommunications Service in Part 22 WARNING MODIF...

Page 60: ...Printed in Japan Copyright 2002 VERTEX STANDARD CO LTD All rights reserved No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of VERTEX STANDARD CO LTD E H 0 1 4 N 1 0 0...

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