To Program A Repeater - Yaesu FT-65R Quick Start Manual

110.9 is a CTCSS tone frequency (in Hertz) that alerts the repeater to retransmit (repeat)
anything it hears on its input frequency with the specified sub-audible tone. This limits the
repeater to retransmitting only transmissions intended to be repeated. Any transmission on the
repeater input frequency without the specified sub-audible CTCSS Tone is ignored and not
repeated.
Now let's program our first repeater. For this example let's use the K5RWK repeater, which may be
described as follows on web pages, club web sites, repeater books, and so on.
K5RWK 147.120 + 110.0 Sometimes comments identify a city or description.

To program a repeater

1. Turn on the radio and repeatedly press the *V/M button until you reach VFO mode, as
indicated by the lack of a three-digit number on the screen.
A three-digit number is the current memory channel. Since we want VFO mode, we do not want
to display a memory channel.
2. You may need to press the #BAND key to change to the desired band.
 144−148 MHz transmits in the 2 meter band
 430−450 MHz transmits in 70 cm band (has the most repeaters because of wide bandwidth)
 WFM indicates the FM band (65−108 MHz; receive commercial radio on 88−108 MHz).
Enter [0] for the first number if the desired frequency is less than 100.
 To set alerts for the NOAA All-Hazards/weather (WX) channels, see the Yaesu FT-65R/FT-
65E Advance Manual.
3. Type in the repeater output frequency, in this case 147.120, but do not enter the decimal. Just
type: [1] [4] [7] [1] [2] [0], and confirm that it appears on the screen.
To make a correction, retype the frequency.
When you finish entering the frequency, the offset is automatically set to + 0.600 MHz, as this is
the convention in the United States. This is because by default the ARS (Automatic Repeater
Shift) function, menu option #24, defined on P. 26 of the Operating Manual is set to "on". When
a frequency is programmed into radio the appropriate repeater offset for the band is activated.
Once you have completed entry of the repeater output frequency the radio beeps once and
confirms that it selected an offset by showing a plus (+) in the upper-left corner of the screen.
4. Set the squelch type by pressing the F key, and then press the Up or Down key to get to menu
option #29.
"29 SQL TYPE" appears on the screen.
5. Press the F key to change to the current value for menu option #29, SQ TYPE. Press Up or Down
to select T-TONE, for "Transmit Tone", meaning the radio will transmit the selected tone.
6. Press the F key to save this setting in "#29 SQ TYPE".
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