Repeater Operation - Yaesu FTDX5000 Series Operating Manual

The FT 5000 may be utilized on 29 MHz and 50 MHz repeaters.
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1. Rotate the Main Tuning Dial knob to the output fre-
quency (downlink) from the repeater.
2. If CTCSS Tone operation is desired/needed, press and
hold in the [ AM/FM ] button for two seconds to en-
gage the CTCSS mode.
3. Within 5 seconds of pressing of the [ AM/FM ] button:
 Rotate the ( VFO-A )[ SELECT ] knob to select the
desired CTCSS mode. If you just need to send the
uplink encoding tone, select "T.ENC
decode operation, choose "T.SQL
available choices are
OFF"  "T.ENC T.ENC"  "T.SQL
OFF OFF OFF T.ENC T.ENC T.ENC
"OFF
 Rotate the ( VFO-B )[ SELECT ] knob to select the
desired CTCSS Tone to be used. A total of 50 stan-
dard CTCSS tones are provided (see the CTCSS
Tone Chart).
 Press the [ AM/FM ] button briefly, to select the de-
sired repeater shift direction. The selections are
RPT SIMP (not used on a repeater)"  "RPT +
RPT SIMP RPT SIMP
"RPT SIMP RPT SIMP
RPT –"  "RPT SIMP
RPT – RPT – RPT SIMP (not used on a repeater)". RPT SIMP RPT SIMP
"RPT – RPT – RPT SIMP
4. Press and hold in the [ AM/FM ] button for two seconds
to exit from the repeater setup mode.
5. Close the microphone PTT switch (or press the [ MOX ]
button) to begin transmission. You will observe that
the frequency has shifted to correspond with the pro-
gramming you set up in the previous steps. Speak into
the microphone in a normal voice level, and then re-
lease the PTT switch or [ MOX ] button to return to the
receive mode.
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DVICE
The conventional repeater shift used on 29 MHz is 100 kHz, while on the 50 MHz band the shift may vary between 500 kHz
and 1.7 MHz (or more). To program the proper repeater shift, use Menu items "081 F3E 28 RPT" (28 MHz) and "082 F3E
50 RPT" (50 MHz), as appropriate.
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EPEATER
T.ENC T.ENC
T.ENC T.ENC". For encode/
T.SQL T.SQL
T.SQL" instead. The T.SQL
T.SQL"  "OFF
T.SQL T.SQL T.SQL OFF OFF OFF". OFF
RPT +" 
RPT + RPT +
RPT +
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Repeater Shift Direction
Select the Repeater Shift Direction
CTCSS Mode
Select the CTCSS Mode Select the CTCSS Tone
CTCSS T
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CTCSS Tone
( Hz )
F
ONE REQUENCY
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