
MENU ITEMS
Yaesu FT-8900R Operating Manual Expanded Edition (courtesy of W5JCK)
Page 62 of 77
Item #
Menu
Function
Available Values
Default
24
MUTE
Selects the Audio Mute mode.
OFF, TX, RX,
TX/RX
OFF
b 25
NAME
Stores an Alpha-
Numeric ―Tag‖ for a memory channel.
h 26
PKT.S
Sets the transceiver’s circuitry for the Packet baud rate to
be used.
1200BPS, 9600BPS
1200BPs
h 27
PKT.B
Sets the receiving band for Packet operation.
MAIN, R-FIX, L-FIX
MAIN
28
PG P1
Programs the MH−48A6J microphone’s
P1
button.
BAND, VFO/MR,
SCAN, SQL.OFF,
TCALL, RPTR, PRI,
LOW, TONE, MHz,
REV, HOME
BAND
29
PG P2
Programs the MH−48A6J microphone’s
P2
button.
VFO/MR
30
PG P3
Programs the MH−48A6J microphone’s
P3
button.
TONE
31
PG P4
Programs the MH−48A6J microphone’s
P4
button.
LOW
32
RF SQL
Sets the RF SQL threshold level.
OFF, S-2, S-5, S-9,
S-FULL
OFF
b 33
RPT.MOD
Sets the Repeater Shift Direction.
RPT.OFF, RPT.
– ,
RPT.+
RPT.OFF
34
SCAN
Selects the Scan-Resume mode.
TIME, BUSY
TIME
b 35
SCAN M
Selects the Memory Scan mode.
MEM, MSM
MEM
b 36
SHIFT
Sets the magnitude of the Repeater Shift.
0.00
– 99.50 MHz
varies
b 37
STEP
Sets the Synthesizer steps.
5.0k, 10.0k, 12.5k,
15.0k, 20.0k, 25.0k,
50.0k
varies
38
SPCONT
Defines the audio path to an external speaker.
EXT, OFF, INT.EXT,
INT
EXT
b 39
TONE F
Sets the CTCSS Tone Frequency.
100 HZ
b 40
TONE M
Selects the Tone Encoder and/or Decoder mode.
OFF, ENC,
ENC.DEC, DCS
OFF
41
TOT
Sets the Time-Out Timer.
1
– 30 minutes, OFF
6MIN
h 42
VFO.TR
Enables/disables the VFO Tracking feature.
ON, OFF
OFF
b 43
WID.NAR
Sets the MIC Gain (and Deviation).
WIDE, NARROW
varies
44
X-RPT
Enables/disables the Cross-Band Repeater feature.
b 45
AM
Enables/disables the AM mode.
ON, OFF
OFF
h 46
AUT.AM
Selects the receiving mode.
AUTO, OFF
AUTO