Emergency Feature; Emergency Channel Operation; Emergency Automatic Id (Eai) Feature - Yaesu VX-6E Operating Manual

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The VX-6E includes an "Emergency" feature which may be useful if you have someone
monitoring on the same frequency as your transceiver's UHF "Home" channel. See page
39 for details on setting the Home channel.
The "Emergency" feature is activated by pressing and holding in the [ HM/RV ( EMG ) R/H ]
key for one second. When this is done, (A) the radio is placed on the UHF amateur band
Home channel, (B) it emits a loud "Alarm" sound (the volume is controlled by the VOL
knob), (C) it flashes the TX/BUSY indicator in white, (D) if you press the PTT switch, you
will disable the Emergency feature temporarily; you can then transmit on the UHF Home
channel, and (E) two seconds after the PTT release, the Emergency feature will resume.
To disable the "Emergency" feature, pressing and holding in the [ HM/RV ( EMG ) R/H ]
key for one second or turn the radio off by pressing the POWER switch.
Use this feature if you are out for a walk and want a quick way of alerting a family
member as to a dangerous situation. The alarm sound may discourage an attacker and
allow you to escape.
1) Be sure to arrange with a friend or family member to be monitoring on the
same frequency, as there will be no identification sent via the Emergency
alarm sound. And do not transmit the alarm tone except in a true emergency!
2) The "Emergency" feature may be changed to another function via Set Mode Item
26: EMG. S; see page 95 for details.
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The Emergency Automatic ID (EAI) feature can be used for searching for persons who
are incapacitated in disasters like earthquakes, especially search-and-rescue personnel
who may have become injured in a debris field. In such cases, if another searcher sends
out a unique command (CTCSS tone pair), the radio of the incapacitated party, who may
not be able to speak or even press the PTT switch, will automatically cause the injured
party's radio to transmit, so others may perform direction-finding and effect a rescue. The
callsign of the incapacitated person will also be transmitted, to assist the rescue team.
If an emergency group is working in a dangerous area, all members should engage the
EAI feature on their transceiver, so that others can provide assistance to a fallen team
member, if necessary.
The Emergency Automatic ID (EAI) Feature has two operating modes: (1) Interval mode
and (2) Continuous mode.
In the Interval mode, when the VX-6E receives the CTCSS tone pair which is stored in
the Receiving Pager Code Memory (configured via Set Mode Item 45:
frequency which is stored in Memory Channel "
will automatically transmit a brief (0.5 second) beep tone every 2.5 seconds until the EAI
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