Operate As A Cross-Band Repeater; To Set Up Cross-Band Repeater Operation - Yaesu FT-8900R Operating Manual

Operate as a Cross-Band Repeater

FT−8900R
The can be set up to operate as a full-featured cross-band repeater via a simple
procedure. This feature is useful for emergency portable work in a remote area, and for
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cross-band linking.
However, remember these points before using the
Check the amateur radio rules and regulations for your country to ensure that this type
of operation is permitted.
Pick your frequency pair carefully, so as not to cause harmful interference to other
users. The use of cross-band repeaters has the potential to cause serious disruption of
communications circuits, and the creation of harmful interference to coordinated
repeaters is inconsiderate and may be illegal. If you are not sure of active repeater
frequencies in your area, a safe rule is to stay off of the repeater sub-bands and use the
FM simplex portion of each band. Contact your area's frequency coordinator for
guidance.
Remember that the transmit duty cycle will be much higher during repeater service, so
we recommend that the transmit power level be set to a Low setting to ensure cooler
operation.
Transceiver
CTCSS
allowing selective calling for your repeater. However, keep in mind that if the channels you
use are so busy as to motivate you toward
frequency pair on which to operate, as the potential for interference to other users is high.

To set up Cross-Band Repeater operation:

Before enabling
Cross-Band Repeater
set the squelch such that background noise is silenced.
1. Press the
2. Rotate the
3. Press the
4. Press the
To exit the
Cross-Band Repeater
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settings (Encode/Decode) may, of course, be selected for each band,
operation, configure both band settings as desired, and
momentarily to enter the
SET key
knob to select
DIAL
knob momentarily,
DIAL
knob again to activate the
DIAL
mode, Press the
Cross-Band Repeater
, you may not have chosen a good
CTCSS Decoding
mode.
Set
Menu #44 X-RPT .
XSTART will appear on the display.
Cross-Band Repeater
again.
SET key
CROSS-BAND REPEATER
mode:
mode. 0.
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