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FT-897D O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
P
ROGRAMMABLE
M
EMORY
S
CAN
(
PMS
)
O
PERATION
To limit scanning (and manual tuning) within a particular
frequency range, you can use the Programmable Memory
Scanning (PMS) feature, which utilizes 10 special-purpose
memory pairs (“
M-P1L
/
M-P1U
” through “
M-P5L
/
M-
P5U
”). The PMS feature is especially useful in helping you
to observe any operating sub-band limits which apply to your
Amateur license class.
PMS setup is simple to accomplish:
1. Store the upper and lower frequency limits of the de-
sired range into the PMS memory pair (“
M-PxL
” and
“
M-PxU
”)
2. Switch to the Memory mode by pressing the
V/M
key
once, then rotate the
DIAL
to select the Memory chan-
nel “
M-PxL
” or “
M-PxU
”.
3. Press the [
F
] key momentarily, then rotate the
MEM/
VFO CH
knob, as needed, until Multi Function Row “f”
[
ARTS
,
SRCH
,
PMS
] appears on the display.
4. Press the [
C
](
PMS
) key. The “
PMS-x
” indication will
appear at the upper left corner of the LCD, signifying
that the PMS feature is engaged. Tuning and scanning
(by pressing the [
A
](
SCN
) key on the Multi Function
Row “g” [
SCN
,
PRI
,
DW
]) are now limited within the
range between the selected PMS memory pair, keeping
operation inside this programmed range.
Example
: Limit tuning & scanning to the frequency range
144.30 - 148.00 MHz
1. Press the
V/M
key, as necessary, to recall the VFO mode.
Tune the
MEM/VFO CH
or
DIAL
knob to 144.300 MHz.
2. Press the [
F
] key momentarily, then rotate the
MEM/
VFO CH
knob, as needed, until Multi Function Row
“b” [
MW
,
SKIP
,
TAG
] appears on the display.
3. Press the [
A
](
MW
) key momentarily, then turn the
MEM/
VFO CH
knob to select memory channel “
M-P1L
.”
4. Press and hold in the [
A
](
MW
) key for one second to
write the VFO frequency into “
M-P1L
.”
5. Now, tune the
MEM/VFO CH
or
DIAL
knob to 148.000
MHz.
Press the [
A
](
MW
) key momentarily, then turn the
MEM/
VFO CH
knob to select memory channel “
M-P1U
.”
6. Press and hold the [
A
](
MW
) key for one second to write
the VFO frequency into “
M-P1U
.”
7. Press the [
F
] key momentarily, then rotate the
MEM/
VFO CH
knob one click clockwise to recall Multi Func-
tion Row “f” [
ARTS
,
SRCH
,
PMS
].
8. Press the [
C
](
PMS
) key momentarily. Tuning and scan-
ning are now limited to the 144.30 - 148.00 MHz range
until you press the
V/M
key to return to memory or VFO
operation.
S
CANNING
O
PERATION
D
UAL
W
ATCH
O
PERATION
Dual Watch is similar, in some respects, to scanning. In Dual
Watch, however, the transceiver monitors (squelched) on
the VFO-A frequency while periodically checking VFO-B
for activity (or vice-versa). A typical example might be for
you to set VFO-A to 50.110 MHz, watching for DX stations
who might call CQ on that frequency, while periodically
checking 28.885 MHz for stations reporting band openings
on 6 meters.
To activate Dual Watch:
1. Set up transmit and receive operation on VFO-A, estab-
lishing your primary monitoring frequency. Set up the
frequency to be checked periodically on VFO-B.
2. Recall VFO-A, then rotate the
SQL
control until the
background noise is just silenced.
3. Press the [
F
] key momentarily, then rotate the
MEM/
VFO CH
knob, as needed, until Multi Function Row
“g” [
SCN
,
PRI
,
DW
] appears on the display.
4. Press the [
C
](
DW
) key momentarily to activate Dual
Watch operation (the “ ” icon will
appear at the upper of the frequency
display). The transceiver will con-
tinue to monitor (squelched) on the
current (VFO-A) frequency, but every five seconds will
switch briefly to VFO-B frequency, looking for activity.
5. If a station is detected on the VFO-B frequency, the trans-
ceiver will pause on the VFO-B frequency (the decimal
point in the frequency will blink).
6. Press the [
C
](
DW
) key again to cancel Dual Watch op-
eration (the “ ” icon will disappear).
Note that pressing the PTT switch on the mi-
crophone does not cancel Dual Watch opera-
tion.
