Loading A Memory Into The Vfo; Changing The Contents Of A Memory; Masking Memories - Yaesu VX-1R Manual

Loading a Memory into the VFO
You can easily select a memory and use that fre-
quency as a starting point for VFO operation.
O
Press
~
to activate the memory mode, if necessary.
D
Press
~
or
e
to select the memory whose fre-
quency which you wish copy to the VFO.
0
Tum the Dial to switch to the VFO mode.
You can now turn the Dial to tune around the original
memorized frequency. The memory contents are un-
affected, but the previous VFO frequency on the
current band is overwritten by this action.
Changing the Contents of a Memory
You can easily replace the contents of a memory with
new data.
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With the radio in Memory mode, select the memory
to be changed using
~
or
e.
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Turn the Dial in either direction. As in the previous
procedure, the radio switches to the VFO mode,
and you can select a new frequency to be stored.
O
Enter any new CTCSS/DCS tone information
needed, and confirm that the repeater shift (if any)
is appropriate.
O
Hold
~
for l second. The memory number
changes to the highest-numbered empty memory,
so you must tum the Dial to select the original
channel number (which will be blinking).
0
Press
~
momentarily to save the new frequency
data. You are still in the VFO mode, and may
resume normal operation.
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R. F. Says: When you replace memory data,
~
any Alphanumeric Label (page 35) appended
to
that channel is erased.
Masking Memories
There may be situations where you want to "Mask"
memories so that they are not visible during memory
selection or scanning. For example, several memo-
ries used only in a city you visit infrequently may be
stored and then "Masked" until you visit that city, at
which time you can "Unmask" them for normal use.
O
Press
~·
to activate the memory mode, if necessary.
0
Hold
~
for I second, then tum the Dial to select
the memory to be masked.
D
Now press
~
momentarily. The current memory
disappears, and memory operation reverts to that
band's Home channel.
0
To unmask the hidden memory, from the Memory
mode press
·~
for I second, tum the Dial to chose
'"''
the masked memory's number, and press
,~
mo-
mentarily. The data is restored to operation.
,~,, R. F. Says: Watch out.' You can manually
~
store data over a "masked" memory, deleting
,,. previous data! Use the "next available free
memory" technique to skip over masked memories.