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FT-950 O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
FM M
ODE
O
PERATION
T
ONE
S
QUELCH
O
PERATION
You may also use “Tone Squelch” whereby your receiver will be kept silent until an incoming signal modulated with a
matching CTCSS tone is received. Your receiver’s squelch will then open in response to the reception of the required tone.
1. Rotate the Main tuning Dial to the output frequency
(downlink) from the repeater.
2. Press and hold in the [
AM/FM
] button for one second
to engage the CTCSS mode.
3. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial to choose “
TS
TS
TS
TS
TS
” from the
available choices of
“
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
”
Æ
“
TN
TN
TN
TN
TN
(Tone Encoder)”
Æ
“
TS
TS
TS
TS
TS
(Tone Squelch)”
Æ
“
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
”
4. Rotate the [
CLAR/VFO-B
] knob to select the desired
CTCSS Tone to be used. Fifty standard CTCSS tones
are provided (see the CTCSS Tone Chart).
5. Press and hold in the [
AM/FM
] button for one second.
A “
D
D
D
D
D
” notation on the “10 Hz” frequency digit in the
display will indicate that the Tone Decoder is engaged.
A “
T
TT
T
T
” notation on the “10 Hz” frequency digit while
transmitting will indicate that the Tone Squelch is en-
gaged.
A
DVICE
:
The Tone Squelch operation will be memorized indepen-
dently on each VFO stack of the VFO-A and VFO-B.
[MODE] Button
[CLAR/VFO-B] Knob
Main Tuning Dial Knob
[MOX] Button