VX-2R O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
1
G
ENERAL
D
ESCRIPTION
The
VX-2R
is a micro-miniature multiband FM transceiver
with extensive receive frequency coverage, providing lo-
cal-area two-way amateur communications along with un-
matched monitoring capability.
The
VX-2R
’s incredibly small size allows you to take it
anywhere - hiking, skiing, or while walking around town -
and its operating flexibility brings the user many avenues
of operating enjoyment. Its incredibly tiny
FNB-82LI
Lithium-Ion Battery Pack provides up to 1½ Watts of trans-
mit power on VHF, and 1 Watt on UHF. Besides 144- and
430-MHz transceive operation, the
VX-2R
provides re-
ceive coverage of the AM (MF) and FM broadcast bands,
HF Shortwave Bands, VHF and UHF TV bands, the VHF
AM aircraft band, and a wide range of commercial and
public safety frequencies!
Additional features include a convenient access key for
Vertex Standard’s WIRES
TM
(Wide-Coverage Internet Re-
peater Enhancement System), a transmit Time-Out Timer
(TOT), Automatic Power-Off (APO), Automatic Repeater
Shift (ARS), Yaesu’s exclusive ARTS
TM
(Auto-Range Tran-
sponder System) which “beeps” the user when you move
out of communications range with another ARTS
TM
equipped station, plus provision for reduction of the TX
deviation in areas of high channel congestion. And an RF
squelch circuit allows the owner to set the squelch to open
at a programmable setting of the S-Meter, thus reducing
guesswork in setting the squelch threshold.
We appreciate your purchase of the
VX-2R
, and encour-
age you to read this manual thoroughly, so as to learn about
the many exciting features of your exciting new Yaesu
hand-held transceiver!