Activating the Enhanced Paging & Code Squelch System
1. Press and hold in the [
MHz
(
SET
)] key for one second,
then rotate the
DIAL
knob to select “
32 PAGER
”.
2. Press the [
MHz
(
SET
)] key, then rotate the
DIAL
knob to
set this Menu item to “
ON
”.
3. Press and hold in the [
MHz
(
SET
)] key for one second to
save the new setting and exit to normal operation.
4. To disable the Enhanced Paging & Code Squelch, just
repeat the above procedure, rotating the
DIAL
knob to
select “
OFF
” in step 2 above.
When the Enhanced Paging & Code Squelch feature is activated, the “
P
” notation will
appear 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-2980R/E
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-2980R/E
respond to page calls automatically
(“transpond”).
To enable this feature:
1. Press and hold in the [
MHz
(
SET
)] key for one second,
then rotate the
DIAL
knob to select “
33 PAG.ABK
”.
2. Press the [
MHz
(
SET
)] key, then rotate the
DIAL
knob to
set this Menu item to “
ON
”.
3. Press and hold in the [
MHz
(
SET
)] key for one second to
save the new setting and exit to normal operation.
4. To disable the Paging Answer Back feature, just repeat
the above procedure, rotating the
DIAL
knob to select
“
OFF
” in step 2 above.
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CTCSS/DCS/EPCS Operation
FT-2980R/E Operating Manual
