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Yaesu FT-8800 Reference 

Table of Contents 

 

 

5 March 2009 

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CHANGING BANDS ................................................................ 1

 

TUNING ..................................................................................... 1

 

CHANNEL SELECTION .......................................................... 1

 

TONE ACTIVATION ................................................................ 1

 

TONE SELECTION ................................................................... 2

 

ADD MEMORIES ..................................................................... 2

 

DELETE MEMORIES ............................................................... 2

 

MEMORY BANK ASSIGNMENT ........................................... 2

 

CLEAR MEMORY BANK ASSIGNMENT ............................. 3

 

MEMORY BANK RECALL ..................................................... 3

 

SKIP A CHANNEL DURING MEMORY SCAN..................... 3

 

SCAN RESUME MODE ........................................................... 4

 

HYPER MEMORY .................................................................... 4

 

CROSS-BAND EXTENDER ..................................................... 4

 

AUTOMATIC POWER-OFF (APO) ......................................... 5

 

TIME-OUT TIMER ................................................................... 5

 

INTERNET CONNECTION FEATURE ................................... 6

 

TONE SEARCH SCANNING ................................................... 7

 

HOME Channel Memory ........................................................... 8

 

LOCK FEATURE ...................................................................... 8

 

KEYBOARD BEEPER .............................................................. 9

 

CHANNEL STEP SELECTION ................................................ 9

 

BAND LINKING ..................................................................... 10

 

AUDIO MUTING .................................................................... 10

 

RF SQUELCH .......................................................................... 11

 

REPEATER SHIFTS................................................................ 12

 

AUTOMATIC REPEATER SHIFT (ARS) ......................... 12

 

MANUAL REPEATER SHIFT ACTIVATION ................. 13

 

Changing the Default Repeater Shifts .................................. 14

 

MICROPHONE CONTROLS .................................................. 15

 

Summary of Contents for FT-8800

Page 1: ...HANNEL DURING MEMORY SCAN 3 SCAN RESUME MODE 4 HYPER MEMORY 4 CROSS BAND EXTENDER 4 AUTOMATIC POWER OFF APO 5 TIME OUT TIMER 5 INTERNET CONNECTION FEATURE 6 TONE SEARCH SCANNING 7 HOME Channel Memory...

Page 2: ...FT 8800 Reference Table of Contents Continued ii 5 March 2009 PROGRAMMING THE MICROPHONE CONTROLS 16 AVAILABLE MICROPHONE CONTROLS 17 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS 19 DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS 20 SMART SEARCH FEATUR...

Page 3: ...an active bank and band may be quickly selected by entering the channel number on the keypad Use zeros to precede channels less than 10 or 100 TONE ACTIVATION 1 Tap the SET key momentarily to enter S...

Page 4: ...ffset while in VFO mode on the Main band 2 Press SET key for 1 2 a second A memory number will begin blinking 3 Use Main DIAL to select memory channel for storage 4 Press SET key for 1 2 second to beg...

Page 5: ...and recall the bank that is involved 2 Press and hold V M key for 1 2 second 3 Press and hold SET key until you hear a beep Display will revert to lowest channel in the bank MEMORY BANK RECALL 1 Radi...

Page 6: ...en emits a long tone 2 Tap a Hyper Memory key 1 to 6 momentarily to retrieve a configuration CROSS BAND EXTENDER 1 Before enabling cross band extender operation configure both band settings as desired...

Page 7: ...w setting and exit to normal operation TIME OUT TIMER The Time Out Timer s switch to receive time may be adjusted in one minute increments for any period between 1 and 30 minutes To change the default...

Page 8: ...n the Sub band while WIRES access is enabled 2 Rotate the Main band DIAL knob while pressing and holding in the left VOL knob to select the access number ICODE 0 9 A B C D E or F corresponding to the...

Page 9: ...Menu 40 TONE F when CTCSS is selected or Menu 10 DCS COD during DCS operation 4 Press the Main band DIAL knob to enable adjustment of the selected Menu Item 5 Tap the Main band SC N key momentarily t...

Page 10: ...be stored in the special HOME channel register 4 You may repeat this process on the other operating bands 5 To recall the HOME channel just press the H M key while operating either in the VFO or MR mo...

Page 11: ...utilizing channel steps of 5 10 12 5 15 20 25 50 kHz per step any number of which may be important to your operating requirements The FT 8800R is set up at the factory with different default steps on...

Page 12: ...rmal operation As you rotate the Main band DIAL you will observe that both bands frequencies are changing together When you are done with this operating mode select OFF in step 3 above 5 Press and hol...

Page 13: ...AL knob for 1 2 second to save the new setting and exit to normal operation RF SQUELCH This feature allows you to set the squelch so that only signals exceeding a certain S meter level will open the s...

Page 14: ...FT 8800R provides a convenient Automatic Repeater Shift feature which causes the appropriate repeater shift to be automatically applied whenever you tune into the designated repeater sub bands in your...

Page 15: ...y set the direction of the repeater shift manually To do this 1 Tap the SET key momentarily to enter the Set mode 2 Rotate the Main band DIAL knob to select Menu 33 RPT MOD 3 Tap the Main band DIAL kn...

Page 16: ...arily to enter the Set mode 2 Rotate the Main band DIAL knob to select Menu 36 SHIFT 3 Tap the Main band DIAL knob momentarily then rotate the Main band DIAL knob to select the new repeater shift magn...

Page 17: ...mode press and hold second to activate Memory Bank Feature P3 key Switch between CTCSS or DCS Tone mode default P3 key Reverse Transmit and Receive frequencies K6HEW P4 key Select transmitter power L...

Page 18: ...PG P2 30 PG P3 or 31 PG P4 3 Tap the Main band DIAL knob momentarily and then rotate the Main band DIAL knob to select the function you wish to assign to the button you selected in the previous step...

Page 19: ...w un muted reception TCALL Activates 1750 Hz Tone Burst Activates 1750 Hz Tone Burst RPTR Selects Repeater Shift direction on the Main band PRI Activates the Priority feature on the Main band LOW Sele...

Page 20: ...s this button momentarily to select Repeater Shift direction on the Main band HOME Switches operation to the Home channel Activate the Priority Scanning on the Main band BAND Toggles the Main band of...

Page 21: ...cond to activate the Smart Search Feature V M key When in Memory mode press and hold for second to activate Memory Bank Feature HM key Tap momentarily to recall Home frequency memory on selected band...

Page 22: ...loading channels on which it encounters a signal strong enough to open squelch When 25 channels are loaded or when the scanner reaches the band edge the scanner will stop and the transceiver will rev...

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