22
FT-2900R O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
R
EPEATER
O
PERATION
A
UTOMATIC
R
EPEATER
S
HIFT
The ARS (Automatic Repeater Shift) feature in this transceiver allows easy and convenient
repeater operation by automatically activating the repeater shift function whenever you
tune to a standard repeater subband. The ARS function is preset at the factory to conform to
the standards for the 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 “
4 ARS
4 ARS
4 ARS
4 ARS
4 ARS
.”
2. Press the [
MHz
(
SET
)] key, then rotate the
DIAL
knob to
change the display to “
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.
To enable the ARS function again, select “
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
” in step 2 above.
C
HECKING
THE
R
EPEATER
U
PLINK
(
I
NPUT
)
F
REQUENCY
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 press the [
REV
(
DW
)] key. You’ll notice that the display has shifted to the
repeater uplink frequency. Press the [
REV
(
DW
)] key again to cause operation 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
(
DW
)] key, the repeater offset icon will
blink.
European Version
Version A
145.1
145.5
145.6 145.8
146.0
146.4
147.0
147.6
148.0
146.6
147.4
ARS-Repeater Subbands
