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FT-450 O
PERATION
M
ANUAL
M
Y
B
ANDS
O
PERATION
The “My Bands” feature allows you to select several Amateur bands, and make
only
those bands available for
selection via the [
BAND
]/[
BAND
] buttons.
This feature can be
very
useful in a contest, where the 10/18/24 MHz band are not used, or if you do not have
antennas for some bands.
M
Y
B
ANDS
S
ETUP
1. Press and hold the [
F
] button for one second to
enter the Menu mode. The “
” icon will ap-
pear on the display.
2. Rotate the [
DSP/SEL
] knob to select the menu
item “
EXT MNU
”.
3. Press the [
DSP/SEL
] knob to enable adjustment of
this menu item. The “
” icon will be blinking.
4. Rotate the [
DSP/SEL
] knob to select “
ON
” to ex-
pand the menu items.
5. Press the [
DSP/SEL
] knob to save the new set-
ting. The “
” icon returns to appear con-
tinuously.
6. Press and hold the [
F
] button for one second to
return to normal operation.
7. Press and hold the [
F
] button for one second to
enter the Menu mode again. The “
” icon
will appear on the display.
8. Rotate the [
DSP/SEL
] knob to select the menu
item “
MY BAND
”.
9. Press the [
DSP/SEL
] knob to enable adjustment of
this menu item. The “
” icon will be blinking.
10. Press the [
BAND
]/[
BAND
] buttons to choose
a band you wish to skip (omit) from the band se-
lection loop.
11. Rotate the [
DSP/SEL
] knob to select “
OFF
”, and
then press the [
DSP/SEL
] knob.
N
OTE
The “
OFF
” selection sets the selected band to be
skipped
, while the “
ON
” selection sets the selected
band to be
included
in the band-selection list.
12. Press the [
DSP/SEL
] knob. The “
” icon re-
turns to appear continuously.
13. Repeat steps 10 through 12 to select/deselect
as many bands as you like.
N
OTE
The GEN (General Band) and the current band
cannot be skipped.
14. Press and hold the [
F
] button for one second to save
the new setting and return to normal operation.
M
Y
B
ANDS
O
PERATION
Press the [
BAND
]/[
BAND
] buttons to choose the
Amateur band on which you wish to operate. Only
those Amateur bands that have
not
been skipped will
appear as you scroll through the bands.
R
ECEIVING
[
BAND
]/[
BAND
] button
[
F
] button
[
DSP/SEL
] knob
[
BAND
]/[
BAND
] button
1.8MHz
3.5
7
10
14
18
21
24
28
50
MHz
MHz
MHz
MHz
MHz
MHz
MHz
MHz
MHz
GEN
3.5
7
14
21
28
MHz
MHz
MHz
MHz
MHz
GEN
«
BAND
BAND
3.5MHz
7MHz
14MHz
28MHz
21MHz
GEN