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The

FT-2900E

is ideal for base station use as well as in mobile installations. The

FT-

2900E

is specifically designed to integrate into your station easily, using the information to

follow as a reference.

AC Power Supplies

Operation of the

FT-2900E

from an AC line requires a power source capable of providing

at least 11 Amps continuously at 13.8 Volts DC. The

FP-1030A

AC Power Supply is avail-

able from your Yaesu dealer to satisfy these requirements. Other well-regulated power sup-
plies may be used, as well, if they meet the above voltage and current specifications.

Use the DC power cable supplied with your transceiver for making power connections to
the power supply. Connect the

RED

power cable lead to the

POSITIVE

(

+

) power supply

terminal, and connect the

BLACK

power cable lead to the

NEGATIVE

(

–

) power supply

terminal.

Base Station Feet

The supplied Base Station Feet allow the trans-
ceiver to be tilted upward for better viewing.

To install the Base Station Feet, remove the two
screws affixing the front side of the bottom cover,
then install the Base Station Feet using these
screws.

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Summary of Contents for FT-2900E

Page 1: ...0 Walker Street Cypress CA 90630 U S A YAESU UK LTD Unit 12 Sun Valley Business Park Winnall Close Winchester Hampshire SO23 0LB U K VERTEX STANDARD HK LTD Unit 5 20 F Seaview Centre 139 141 Hoi Bun Road Kwun Tong Kowloon Hong Kong VERTEX STANDARD AUSTRALIA PTY LTD Normanby Business Park Unit 14 45 Normanby Road Notting Hill 3168 Victoria Australia ...

Page 2: ...t Tone Operation 30 DTMF Operation 32 Manual DTMF Tone Generation 32 DTMF Autodialer 32 Memory Operation 34 Memory Storage 34 Separate Transmit Frequency Memory Odd Splits 35 Memory Recall 36 Labeling Memories 37 Memory Tuning 38 Masking Memories 38 Memory Bank Operation 39 Assigning Memories to a Memory Bank 39 Memory Bank Recall 39 Removing Memories from a Memory Bank 40 Changing a Memory Bank s...

Page 3: ...witch VOL KNOB Adjusts the audio volume level POWER SWITCH Press and hold for one second LOCK SWITCH Press and hold for one second to lock all key functions except the VOL SQL knobs and PTT switch FREQUENCY DIAL KNOB Selects the operating Frequency MICROPHONE SQL KNOB Adjust to the point where the background noise is muted ...

Page 4: ...r opera tion Selects the transmitter power output level Switches the frequency control between the VFO Memory Sys tem and the Home channel PRESS AND HOLD KEY Locks out the switches and knobs except the VOL SQL knobs and PTT switch Enters the Set Menu mode Activates the Priority Channel Scanning Dual Watch fea ture Toggles the display indication between frequency and the channel s Alpha Numeric Tag...

Page 5: ...ulti function LCD display Additional features include a transmit Time Out Timer TOT Automatic Power Off APO Automatic Repeater Shift ARS plus provision for reduction of the Tx deviation in areas of high channel congestion And an RF Squelch circuit allows the owner to set the squelch to open at a programmable setting of the S Meter thus reducing guesswork in setting the squelch threshold Congratula...

Page 6: ... w o knobs Weight Approx 1 9 kg Transmitter Output Power 75 W 30 W 10 W 5 W Modulation Type Variable Reactance Maximum Deviation 5 kHz Wide 2 5 kHz Narrow Spurious Radiation Better than 60 dB Microphone Impedance 2 k Ohms Receiver Circuit Type Double Conversion Superheterodyne Ifs 21 7 MHz 450 kHz Sensitivity for 12dB SINAD Better than 0 4 μV Selectivity 6 60dB 12 kHz 28 kHz Wide 9 kHz 22 kHz Narr...

Page 7: ...s while others may be unavailable in some regions This product is designed to perform optimally when used with genuine Vertex Standard accessories Vertex Standard shall not be liable for any damage to this product and or accidents such as fire leakage or explosion of a battery pack etc caused by the malfunction of non Vertex Standard acces sories Consult your Vertex Standard dealer for details reg...

Page 8: ...ur local 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 any punctures or other evidence of damage incurred during shipping if it is necessary to return the unit for service or replacement use the original packing materials but put the entire package in...

Page 9: ...that antenna Do not install a directional antenna in any location where humans or pets may be walking in the main directional lobe of the antenna s radiation pattern In mobile installations it is preferable to mount your antenna on top of the roof of the vehicle if feasible so as to utilize the car body as a counterpoise for the antenna and raise the radiation pattern as far away from passengers a...

Page 10: ...st you with all aspects of your antenna installation requirements Use high quality 50 Ohm coaxial cable for the lead in to your FT 2900E transceiver All efforts at providing an efficient antenna system will be wasted if poor quality lossy coaxial cable is used Losses in coaxial lines increase as the frequency increases so an 8 meter long coaxial line with 1 2 dB of loss at 29 MHz may have a loss o...

Page 11: ...g 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 visually or me chanically Make sure to provide plenty of space on all sides of the transceiver so that air can flow freely around the radio s case Refer to the diagrams showing proper installation p...

Page 12: ... 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 larger insulated stranded copper wire Solder the splice connections carefully and wrap the connections thoroughly with insulating electrical tape Before connecting the cable to the transceiver verify the voltage and polarity ...

Page 13: ... Yaesu dealer to satisfy these requirements Other well regulated power sup plies may be used as well if they meet the above voltage and current specifications Use the DC power cable supplied with your transceiver for making power connections to the power supply Connect the RED power cable lead to the POSITIVE power supply terminal and connect the BLACK power cable lead to the NEGATIVE power supply...

Page 14: ...48A6J Hand Microphone to this jack PWR Key Press and hold this key for one second to toggle the transceiver s power on and off L Key This key allows operation in conjunction with the Internet Connection feature Press and hold in this key for one second to toggle the Lockout Feature on or off MHz SET Key This key allows tuning in 1 MHz steps the MHz digits will blink on the display If receiving on ...

Page 15: ... W Æ LOW3 30 W Æ HIGH 75 W To toggle the display between indication of the frequency and the channel s Alpha Numeric label press and hold in 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 this key for one second to activate the Memory Storage mode DI...

Page 16: ...SQL OFF Press this button to disable the noise and tone squelch systems P2 button S SRCH Press this button to activate the Smart Search feature P3 button C SRCH Press this button to activate the Tone Search feature P4 button T CALL Pressing this button activates T CALL 1750 Hz for repeater access You can reprogram the P1 P2 P3 and P4 buttons for other functions if de sired See page 65 for details ...

Page 17: ... ANT Coaxial Socket Connect a 144 MHz antenna to this type M SO 239 socket using 50 Ohm coaxial cable and a type M PL 259 plug Make sure the antenna is designed specifically for use on the operating frequency EXT SP Jack This 2 contact 3 5 mm mini phone jack provides receiver audio output for an optional external speaker The audio impedance is 4 Ohms and the level varies according to the setting o...

Page 18: ...ing frequency 2 To turn the transceiver off again press and hold in the PWR key for one second You can change the Opening Message DC supply voltage indication to any de sired message up to 6 characters via Set Mode Item 31 OPN MSG see page 76 for details ADJUSTING THE AUDIO VOLUME LEVEL Rotate the VOL control to adjust the receiver volume Clock wise rotation increases the audio output level ADJUST...

Page 19: ...ency entry it is possible that the channel steps are set to an incompatible value e g if you have 25 kHz steps set you cannot set a frequency of 146 520 MHz See page 19 to learn how to change the channel step size 3 Scanning From the VFO mode press the microphone s UP DWN keys momentarily to initiate scanning toward a higher or lower frequency respectively The FT 2900E will stop when it receives a...

Page 20: ...ator will appear at the upper left corner on the dis play Changing the Transmitter Power Level You can select from among a total of four transmit power levels on your FT 2900E To change the power level press the LOW A N key or the microphone s C key to select one of four power settings These power levels will be stored in memory registers at the time of memory storage see page 34 for details on Me...

Page 21: ...ed TX not possible K P K P K P K P K P Both keys and PTT switch are locked out D P D P D P D P D P Both DIAL knob and PTT switch are locked out ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL All of the above are locked out 3 Press and hold in the MHz SET key for one second to save the new setting and exit to normal operation KEYBOARD BEEPER A key button beeper provides useful audible feedback whenever a key button is presse...

Page 22: ...50 50 100 100 100 100 100 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 2900E display illumination has been specially engineered to provide high visibil ity with minimal disruption of your night vision while you are driving The brightness of the display is manually adjustable using the following procedure 1 Pr...

Page 23: ... OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF 3 Press and hold in the 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 systems Noise Squelch and RF Squelch For example 1 If the Noise Squelch SQL control is set so that signals at a level of S 3 will open the squelch but the RF Squelch Menu 42 is set to S 9 the...

Page 24: ...l operation You also may program one of the Microphone s programmable keys P1 P4 to allow quick access to the above procedure See page 65 for details on the setup of the programmable keys With repeater shift activated you can temporarily reverse the transmit and receive frequen cies by pressing the REV DW key or the microphone s B key Use this feature to display the transmit frequency without tran...

Page 25: ...F OFF OFF OFF OFF 3 Press and hold in the MHz SET key for one second to save your new setting and exit to normal operation To enable the ARS function again select ON ON ON ON ON in step 2 above CHECKING THE REPEATER UPLINK INPUT FREQUENCY It often is helpful to be able to check the uplink input frequency of a repeater to see if the calling station is within direct Simplex range To do this just pre...

Page 26: ... help keep your radio quiet until a specific call is received which may be helpful while operating in congested areas 1 You may notice a RV TN RV TN RV TN RV TN RV TN indication on the display while you rotate the DIAL knob in this step this means that the Reverse Tone Squelch system is active which mutes your FT 2900E s receiver instead of opening the squelch when it receives a call from the radi...

Page 27: ... You may use the Menu to re program one of the Microphone s programmable keys for quick access to Menu 52 TN FRQ from which you can perform the above setup pro cedure See page 65 for details on the setup of the programmable keys 3 Press the REV DW key as described in procedure 6 You can now set the transmit CTCSS frequency Rotate the DIAL knob until the desired CTCSS Tone Frequency is dis played t...

Page 28: ...AL knob to select 49 SQL TYP 49 SQL TYP 49 SQL TYP 49 SQL TYP 49 SQL TYP 2 Press the MHz SET key then rotate the DIAL knob un til DCS DCS DCS DCS DCS appears on the display this activates the DCS Encoder Decoder 3 Now press the MHz SET key momen tarily then rotate the DIAL knob to select Menu 14 DCS CD 14 DCS CD 14 DCS CD 14 DCS CD 14 DCS CD 4 Press the MHz SET key momentarily to enable the adjust...

Page 29: ...ll appear on the display 2 Press the Microphone s P3 key momentarily to start scan ning for the incoming CTCSS or DCS tone code 3 When the radio detects the correct tone or code it will halt on that tone code and audio will be allowed to pass 4 Press the Microphone s P3 key momentarily to lock in that tone code and exit to normal operation If the Tone Scan feature does not detect a tone or code it...

Page 30: ...b to select 34 PAG CDR 34 PAG CDR 34 PAG CDR 34 PAG CDR 34 PAG CDR for the Receiving CTCSS Tone Pair or 35 35 35 35 35 PAG CDT PAG CDT PAG CDT PAG CDT PAG CDT for the Transmitting CTCSS Tone Pair 3 Press the MHz SET key momentarily to enable adjust ment of this Set Mode Item 4 Rotate the DIAL knob to set the CTCSS Tone number which corresponds to the first tone of the CTCSS Tone Pair 5 Press the R...

Page 31: ...by the 100 MHz digit of the frequency display Paging Answer Back When you press the PTT switch to respond to a page call the FT 2900E transmits the Transmitting CTCSS Tone pair This tone pair will open the Code Squelch of the calling station If you prefer you can have the FT 2900E respond to page calls automatically transpond To enable this feature 1 Press and hold in the MHz SET key for one secon...

Page 32: ...for one second then rotate the DIAL knob to select 7 BELL 7 BELL 7 BELL 7 BELL 7 BELL 4 Rotate the DIAL knob to set the desired number of rings of the Bell The available choices are 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 or 8 8 8 8 8 rings CNTNUE CNTNUE CNTNUE CNTNUE CNTNUE continuous ringing or OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF 5 Press and hold in the MHz SET key for one second to save the new setting and exit to norma...

Page 33: ...ve the new setting and exit to normal operation When the Split Tone feature is activated you can see the following additional parameters following the RV TN RV TN RV TN RV TN RV TN parameter while selecting the tone mode by Set mode item 49 49 49 49 49 SQL TYP SQL TYP SQL TYP SQL TYP SQL TYP D CODE D CODE D CODE D CODE D CODE DCS Encode only the DCS icon will blink during operation T DCS T DCS T D...

Page 34: ...re available on the FT 2900E These DTMF Autodialer memories can store up to 16 digits of a telephone number for repeater autopatch or other use To load DTMF Autodialer memories use the following procedure 1 Press and hold in the MHz SET key for one second then rotate the DIAL knob to select 19 DT SET 19 DT SET 19 DT SET 19 DT SET 19 DT SET 2 Press the MHz SET key then rotate the DIAL knob to selec...

Page 35: ...MANUAL MANUAL MANUAL MANUAL MANUAL in step 2 above The speed at which the DTMF digits are sent can be changed Two speed levels are avail able Low 10 digits per second and High 20 digits per second default To toggle be tween Low and High speed use the following procedure 1 Press and hold in the MHz SET key for one second then rotate the DIAL knob to select 20 DT SPD 20 DT SPD 20 DT SPD 20 DT SPD 20...

Page 36: ...el 2 Press and hold in the D MR MW key for one second A memory number will appear in the bottom right hand corner of the display If the channel number is 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 unless the data is no longer of interest 3 Within f...

Page 37: ... the display The Odd Splits feature can store separate CTCSS DCS functions for the receive and transmit frequencies When you recall a memory channel which contains indepen dently stored CTCSS DCS information the decoder icon will appear solid and the encoder icon will blink on the display To confirm the memorized frequency code 1 Press and hold in the MHz SET key for one second to enter the Set mo...

Page 38: ... memories When using the microphone s buttons press the button momentarily to move one step up or down press and hold in the UP or DWN button for one second to begin memory scanning Memory Recall from the Microphone s Keypad While operating in the Memory Recall mode the keypad of the MH 48A6J Microphone may be used for direct recall of memory channels To do this press the Channel Number you wish t...

Page 39: ...de rotate the DIAL knob to select characters pressing the LOW A N key will move the character s entry loca tion to the right 4 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the desired number letter or symbol then press the LOW A N key to move the next character s location Move two slots if you want to put in a space Press the REV DW key if you want to backspace one slot 5 Repeat step 4 as necessary to complete ...

Page 40: ...mory channel when doing so MASKING MEMORIES There may be situations where you want to Mask memories so they are not visible during memory selection or scanning For example several memories used only in a city you visit infrequently may be stored then Masked until you visit that city at which time you can Unmask them for normal use except for Memory Channel 0 the Priority Channel and the Home Chann...

Page 41: ... channel into several Memory Banks 2 The PMS memory channels L0 U0 through L9 U9 may not be assigned to a Memory Bank Memory Bank Recall 1 Press the D MR MW key if needed to enter the Memory mode 2 Press the Microphone s key to activate the Memory Bank mode The Memory Bank number will appear on the display 3 Press the key to increment the Memory Bank b1 b1 b1 b1 b1 through b8 b8 b8 b8 b8 4 Rotate ...

Page 42: ...e MHz SET key for one second then rotate the DIAL knob to select 9 BNK NM 9 BNK NM 9 BNK NM 9 BNK NM 9 BNK NM 2 Press the MHz SET key momentarily then rotate the DIAL knob to recall the memory bank on which you wish to change a label 3 Press the A N LOW key to enable changing of the name tag 4 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the first digit of the desired label 5 Press the A N LOW key to move to th...

Page 43: ...other data just the way you do for normal memory channel storage 2 Press and hold in the D MR MW key for one second then press the REV DW key to store the displayed data into the Home channel The memory label will disappear since you are still operating in the VFO mode You may also append an alpha numeric Tag label to a Home channel as described previously be sure to recall the Home channel first ...

Page 44: ... of operators may be using the radio for first time and ultimate simplicity of channel selection is desired To place the radio into the Memory Only mode turn it off Now press and hold in the D MR MW key while turning the radio on The VFO and Home Channel will now be disabled To return to normal operation repeat the above power on procedure The FT 2900E s scanning capability provides the operator w...

Page 45: ...41 FT 2900E OPERATING MANUAL MEMORY OPERATION NOTE ...

Page 46: ...ered memory channel respectively Scanning pauses when a signal opens the squelch and the decimal point on the display will blink You can choose one of three scan resume modes described later To halt the scan manually 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 micropho...

Page 47: ... resume In the 3SEC 3SEC 3SEC 3SEC 3SEC 5SEC 5SEC 5SEC 5SEC 5SEC 10SEC 10SEC 10SEC 10SEC 10SEC mode the scanner will halt for the selected resume time after which scanning will resume whether or not the other station is still transmitting The default scan stop mode is BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY To change the scan resume mode use the following procedure 1 Press and hold in the MHz SET key for one sec...

Page 48: ...o select 47 SKIP 47 SKIP 47 SKIP 47 SKIP 47 SKIP 4 Press the MHz SET key then rotate the DIAL knob so as to select SKIP SKIP SKIP SKIP SKIP The current Memory Channel will now be ignored during scanning The ONLY ONLY ONLY ONLY ONLY selection is used for Preferential Memory Scan described in the next sec tion 5 Press and hold in the MHz SET key for one second to save the new setting and exit to nor...

Page 49: ...y 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 the MHz SET key for one second then rotate the DIAL knob to select 47 SKIP 47 SKIP 47 SKIP 47 SKIP 47 SKIP 4 Press the MHz SET key then rotate the DIAL knob so as to select ONLY ONLY ONLY ONLY ONLY 5 Press and hold in the MHz...

Page 50: ...NK 8 BNK LNK 8 BNK LNK 8 BNK LNK 3 Press the MHz SET key momentarily then rotate the DIAL knob to select the first Memory Bank b1 b1 b1 b1 b1 b8 b8 b8 b8 b8 you wish to sweep using Memory Bank Link Scan 4 Press the D MR MW key momentarily A SKIP icon will blink above the Memory Bank number indicating this Memory Bank will now be swept during Memory Bank Scan 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 above to append ...

Page 51: ...lize this feature use the following steps 1 Store the lower edge of the desired scanning tuning range in memory L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 and the upper edge in memory U0 U0 U0 U0 U0 or alternatively in memories L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 U1 U1 U1 U1 U1 through L9 L9 L9 L9 L9 U9 U9 U9 U9 U9 2 With any of these memories recalled press the MHz SET key momentarily to acti vate the Programmable Band Scan Limits The PMS icon ...

Page 52: ... 4 Now set the FT 2900E 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 VFO the selected memory channel or the Home channel but every five seconds the FT 2900E will check the Priority Channel for activity 6 To cancel Dual Watch operation press the D MR MW key momentarily Priority Revert Mode...

Page 53: ... Weather Alert Tone volume level to maximum regardless the VOL knob setting using Menu item 58 WX VOL 58 WX VOL 58 WX VOL 58 WX VOL 58 WX VOL See page 82 for details 1 When the Weather Alert Scan feature is engaged the Scan Resume mode will be fixed on HOLD 2 If you are just scanning the Weather Broadcast Channels the FT 2900E s receiver will remain muted indefinitely unless the Alert Tone is rece...

Page 54: ...e current band once in each direction starting on the current frequency All channels where activ ity is present will be loaded into the Smart Search memories whether or not all 31 memories are filled the search will stop after one sweep in each direction CNTNUE CNTNUE CNTNUE CNTNUE CNTNUE Continue In this mode the transceiver will make one pass in each direction as with SINGLE searching if all 31 ...

Page 55: ...e stored into the Smart Search memory bank without causing the sweep to halt 5 Depending on the mode you set for Smart Search operation SINGLE SINGLE SINGLE SINGLE SINGLE or CNTNUE CNTNUE CNTNUE CNTNUE CNTNUE the Smart Search scan will eventually terminate and the LCD will revert to Smart Search Memory Channel C C C C C 6 To recall the Smart Search memories just rotate the DIAL knob to choose from...

Page 56: ...ing to your selection in step 2 This DTMF tone is sent at the beginning of every transmission to establish or maintain the link to the local WiRES node operating in the SRG mode 4 To disable the Internet Connection feature press the key momentarily the Int notation will disappear from the display If other users report that you always have a DTMF beep at the beginning of each transmission and you a...

Page 57: ...haracter 13 If you make a mistake press the REV DW key to back space the cursor then re enter the correct letter number or symbol 14 Repeat steps 11 and 12 to program the remaining letters numbers or symbols of the desired label Atotal of six char acters may be used in the creation of a label 15 When you have finished programming the label 6 characters or less press and hold in the MHz SET key for...

Page 58: ... link then press the PTT switch momentarily to lock in the selected access number 6 Once the Internet Connection feature is activated per step 4 above you may now press the key while you are transmitting to send out the selected DTMF string to estab lish the link to the desired Internet link mode 7 To return to the WiRES mode repeat steps 1 3 above selecting SRG SRG SRG SRG SRG in step 2 INTERNET ...

Page 59: ...previously in non ARTS operation If you move out of range for more than one minute four pollings your radio will sense that no signal has been received three beeps will sound and the display will revert to OUTRNG OUTRNG OUTRNG OUTRNG OUTRNG If you move back into range your radio will again beep and the display will change back to the IN RNG IN RNG IN RNG IN RNG IN RNG indication During ARTS operat...

Page 60: ...al option of turning them off so as to alert you to the current status of ARTS operation Depending on your location and the potential annoyance associated with frequent beeps you may choose the Beep mode which best suits your needs The choices are IN RNG IN RNG IN RNG IN RNG IN RNG The beeps are issued only when the radio first confirms that you are within range but does not re confirm with beeps ...

Page 61: ...ve back to the previous letter number s slot then re select the correct letter number 7 When you have finished entering your entire callsign and it contains less than 16 charac ters press the MHz SET key momentarily to confirm the callsign if you callsign has exactly 16 characters you do not need to press the MHz SET key in this step and step 8 Press the MHz SET key momentarily again then rotate t...

Page 62: ...meric characters only Repeatedly 1An 1An 1An 1An 1An Sends five Alphabet Numeric and characters Mixed An An An An An Send Alphabet Numeric and characters Mixed Continuously in group of five 4 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the Morse speed You may select the units of the code speed between WPM Words per minute and CPM characters per minute by press ing the D MR MW key 5 Press the REV DW key to begi...

Page 63: ...to the TNC may be adjusted by using the VOL knob as with voice operation The input level to the FT 2900E from the TNC may be adjusted via Set Mode Item 27 MCGAIN 27 MCGAIN 27 MCGAIN 27 MCGAIN 27 MCGAIN see page 64 for details Be sure to turn the transceiver and TNC off before connecting the cables so as to prevent voltage spikes from possibly damaging your transceiver Remember to readjust the defa...

Page 64: ...0 0 9 9 9 9 9 A A A A A B B B B B C C C C C D D D D D E E E E E substitute for and F F F F F substitute for 5 Press the LOW A N key to move to the next digit 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to program the remaining numbers letters of the desired password 7 If you make a mistake press the REV DW key to move back to the previous digit then re select the correct number letter 8 When you have finished entering...

Page 65: ...C POWER OFF APO The Automatic Power Off APO feature will turn the radio completely off after a user defined period of PTT or key button inactivity If you do not press any front panel keys or buttons rotate the DIAL knob use the microphone s keys and buttons or transmit and so long as the transceiver is not scanning or engaged in priority monitoring the radio will shut itself off after the specifie...

Page 66: ...e MHz SET key for one second then rotate the DIAL knob to select 5 BCLO 5 BCLO 5 BCLO 5 BCLO 5 BCLO 2 Press the MHz SET key momentarily to enable adjust ment of this Set Mode Item 3 Rotate the DIAL knob to set this Set Mode Item to ON ON ON ON ON thus activating the BCLO feature 4 When you have made your selection press and hold in the MHz SET key for one second to save the new setting and exit to...

Page 67: ...o allow un muted reception WX CH WX CH WX CH WX CH WX CH Switches operation to the Weather channels bank S SRCH S SRCH S SRCH S SRCH S SRCH Engages the Smart Search operation C SRCH C SRCH C SRCH C SRCH C SRCH Engages the Tone Search Scanning feature SCAN SCAN SCAN SCAN SCAN Engages the Scan operation T CALL T CALL T CALL T CALL T CALL Activates 1750 Hz Tone Burst or one of the Set Menu items 3 Pr...

Page 68: ...rn to wide bandwidth and deviation repeat the above procedure selecting WIDE WIDE WIDE WIDE WIDE 5 kHz Deviation 15 kHz Bandwidth in step 2 above MIC GAIN SETTING At the factory a microphone gain has been programmed that should be satisfactory for the supplied MH 48A6J Microphone If you use an after market microphone or connect a TNC you may wish to set a different Mic Gain level using Set Mode it...

Page 69: ...ment is defective In certain amplifier configurations the output signal phase is inverted from the input Small signal or power amplifiers having an odd number 1 3 5 etc of amplification stages may result in inversion of a transmitted or received DCS code While under most circumstances this should not occur amplifier designs and industry stan dards take this into account if you find that your recei...

Page 70: ...RESET PUSH D ALL RESET PUSH D MR KEY MR KEY MR KEY MR KEY MR KEY notation will scroll on the display 3 Press the D MR MW key momentarily to reset all settings to their factory defaults press any other key to cancel the Reset procedure SET MODE RESETTING To reset the Set Menu mode settings to their factory defaults while leaving other settings unchanged 1 Turn the radio off 2 Press and hold in the ...

Page 71: ...n does not matter CLONE CLONE CLONE CLONE CLONE 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 D MR MW key WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT will appear on the LCD 5 Press the MHz SET key on the Source radio TX TX TX TX TX will appear on the Source radio and the data from this radio will be transferred to the other ...

Page 72: ...icates the DC Supply Voltage Setting of the DCS code Enables Disables Inverted DCS code decoding Setting of the front panel display s illumination level Enables Disables the DTMF Autodialer feature Setting of the DTMF Autodialer s TX Delay Time Loading of the DTMF Autodialer Memories Setting of the DTMF Autodialer Sending Speed Enables Disable the Band edge beeper while scanning Selects the Access...

Page 73: ...s the RF Squelch threshold level Sets the Repeater Shift direction Enables Disables the Priority Channel Revert feature Selects the Smart Search Sweep mode Sets the magnitude of the Repeater Shift Selects the Memory Scan mode Enables Disables the split CTCSS DCS coding Selects the Tone Encoder and or Decoder mode Sets the Synthesizer steps Indicats the current temperature inside the transceiver s ...

Page 74: ...k Selects the method of selection of channels for Memory Storage Programming an Alpha Numeric label for a Memory Channel Enables Disable the Band edge beeper while scan ning Selects the Memory Scan mode SCAN SETTING Selects the Scan Resume mode Selects the Memory Scan mode Select the VFO Scanner Width DTMF SETTING Enables Disables the DTMF Autodialer feature Setting of the DTMF Autodialer s TX Del...

Page 75: ... Code Adjust the microphone gain level Programs and activates the Password feature Adjusts the RF Squelch threshold level Enables Disables the Priority Channel Revert fea ture Selects the Smart Search Sweep mode Sets the Time Out Timer Enables Disables the Weather Alert feature Selects the audio output level of the Weather Alert Selects Wide 5 kHz or Narrow 2 5 kHz TX Devia tion AVAILABLE VALUES D...

Page 76: ...s sound 3 AR INT Function Selects the Polling Interval during ARTS operation Available Values 25SEC 15SEC Default 25SEC 4 ARS Function Activates Deactivates the Automatic Repeater Shift feature Available Values ON OFF Default ON 5 BCLO Function Enables Disables the Busy Channel Lock Out feature Available Values ON OFF Default OFF 6 BEEP Function Enables Disables the key beeper Available Values KY ...

Page 77: ... 15 17 20 24 30 40 WPM OFF or 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 75 85 100 120 150 200 CPM Default OFF Note To switch units between WPM and CPM just press the MHz SET key 13 DC VLT Function Indicates the DC Supply Voltage 14 DCS CD Function Setting of the DCS code Available Values 104 standard DCS codes Default 023 15 DCS RV Function Enables Disables Inverted DCS code decoding Available Values ENABLE D...

Page 78: ... 1000 ms Default 450 ms 19 DT SET Function Loading of the DTMF Autodialer Memories See page 32 for details 20 DT SPD Function Setting of the DTMF Autodialer Sending Speed Available Values 50 high speed 100 low speed ms Default 50 ms 21 EDG BEP Function Enables Disable the Band edge beeper while scanning Available Values ON OFF Default OFF 22 INT CD Function Selects the Access Numbers DTMF digits f...

Page 79: ...l Available Values 1 9 Default 5 28 MEM SCN Function Selects the Memory Scan mode Available Values TAG1 TAG2 ALL CH Default ALL CH ALL CH The scanner sweeps all Memory channels TAG1 The scanner sweeps only those Memory channels with the same first digit of the alpha numeric tag as the first channel on which scanning started TAG2 The scanner sweeps only those Memory channels with the same first and...

Page 80: ... A N key momentarily to save the first letter number and move on to the next character 4 Repeat the previous step as necessary to complete the message up to six characters 5 If you make a mistake press the DW REV key to back space the cursor now re enter the correct letter number 6 When you have entered the desired opening message press the MHz SET key mo mentarily to confirm the message then pres...

Page 81: ... S SRCH C SRCH SCAN T CALL or one of the all Set mode items except Set mode item 36 through 39 initial setting is Set mode item 16 DIMMER Default S SRCH 38 PRG P3 Function Programming the function assigned to Microphone s P3 key Available Values ARTS SQL OFF WX CH S SRCH C SRCH SCAN T CALL or one of the all Set mode items except Set mode item 36 through 39 initial setting is Set mode item 27 MCGAI...

Page 82: ...tion Enables disables the Priority Channel Revert feature Available Values ON OFF Default OFF 45 S SRCH Function Selects the Smart Search Sweep mode Available Values SINGLE CNTNUE Default SINGLE SINGLE The transceiver sweeps the current band once in each direction starting on the current frequency All channels where activity is present up to 15 in each direc tion are loaded into the Smart Search m...

Page 83: ...ncodes a CTCSS tone and Decodes a DCS code D TONE Encodes a DCS code and Decodes a CTCSS tone 49 SQL TYP Function Selects the Tone Encoder and or Decoder mode Available Values TONE TSQL DCS RV TN OFF Default OFF TONE CTCSS Encoder TSQL CTCSS Encoder Decoder DCS Digital Coded Encoder Decoder RV TN Reverse CTCSS Decoder Mutes receiver when matching tone is received Note See also Set Mode Item 48 SPL...

Page 84: ...Function Selects the VFO Scanner Width Available Values 1MHz 2MHz 5MHz ALL Default ALL 1 MHz 2 MHz 5 MHz The scanner will sweep frequencies within the selected band width ALL The scanner will sweep all frequencies 57 WX ALT Function Enables Disables the Weather Alert feature Available Values ON OFF Default OFF 58 WX VOL Function Selects the audio output level of the Weather Alert Tone Available Va...

Page 85: ...NU SELECTION DETAILS 59 W N DV Function Reduction of the Microphone Gain Deviation and receiver bandwidth Available Values WIDE 5 kHz Deviation 15 kHz Bandwidth NARROW 2 5 kHz Deviation 6 kHz Bandwidth Default WIDE 5 kHz Deviation 15 kHz Bandwidth ...

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Page 89: ...tandard EN 301 489 1 V1 6 1 EMC Standard EN 301 489 15 V1 2 1 EN 60065 2002 Safety Standard The technical documentation as required by the Conformity Assessment procedures is kept at the following address Company Yaesu UK Ltd Address Unit 12 Sun Valley Business Park Winnall Close Winchester Hampshire SO23 0LB U K Disposal of your Electronic and Electric Equipment Products with the symbol crossed o...

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