Yaesu FT-8800 Reference
Vhf/uhf dual band amateur radio transceiver
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Yaesu FT-8800 Reference
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CHANGING BANDS ................................................................ 1
TUNING ..................................................................................... 1
CHANNEL SELECTION .......................................................... 1
TONE ACTIVATION ................................................................ 1
TONE SELECTION ................................................................... 2
ADD MEMORIES ..................................................................... 2
DELETE MEMORIES ............................................................... 2
MEMORY BANK ASSIGNMENT ........................................... 2
CLEAR MEMORY BANK ASSIGNMENT ............................. 3
MEMORY BANK RECALL ..................................................... 3
SKIP A CHANNEL DURING MEMORY SCAN..................... 3
SCAN RESUME MODE ........................................................... 4
HYPER MEMORY .................................................................... 4
CROSS-BAND EXTENDER ..................................................... 4
AUTOMATIC POWER-OFF (APO) ......................................... 5
TIME-OUT TIMER ................................................................... 5
INTERNET CONNECTION FEATURE ................................... 6
TONE SEARCH SCANNING ................................................... 7
HOME Channel Memory ........................................................... 8
LOCK FEATURE ...................................................................... 8
KEYBOARD BEEPER .............................................................. 9
CHANNEL STEP SELECTION ................................................ 9
BAND LINKING ..................................................................... 10
AUDIO MUTING .................................................................... 10
RF SQUELCH .......................................................................... 11
REPEATER SHIFTS................................................................ 12
AUTOMATIC REPEATER SHIFT (ARS) ......................... 12
MANUAL REPEATER SHIFT ACTIVATION ................. 13
Changing the Default Repeater Shifts .................................. 14
MICROPHONE CONTROLS .................................................. 15
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Yaesu FT-8800 Reference Table of Contents CHANGING BANDS ..............1 TUNING ..................1 CHANNEL SELECTION ............1 TONE ACTIVATION ..............1 TONE SELECTION ..............2 ADD MEMORIES ..............2 DELETE MEMORIES ............... 2 ... - Page 2 Yaesu FT-8800 Reference Table of Contents Continued PROGRAMMING THE MICROPHONE CONTROLS ..16 AVAILABLE MICROPHONE CONTROLS ......17 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS ..........19 DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS ............20 SMART SEARCH FEATURE ..........20 5 March 2009...
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Page 3: Changing Bands
5a. Tap the “Main” DIAL or the [Set] key momentarily to enter Set Mode for Tone Selection. 5b. Press “Main” DIAL or the [Set] key for 1/2 a second to save and exit. [SET] [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] FT-8800 Reference... -
Page 4: Tone Selection
4. Tap the “Main” band [SCN] momentarily to exit MEMORY BANK ASSIGNMENT 1. Recall memory channel to be assigned to a bank. 2. Press and hold [V/M] key until ALL.MEM or current BANK appears. [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] [SET] FT-8800 Reference... -
Page 5: Clear Memory Bank Assignment
3. Tap the [SET] key momentarily to enter set mode. 4. Rotate “Main” DIAL to Menu #37 (SKP.MSM) 5. Tap the “Main” DIAL momentarily, then rotate to “SKIP" Tap the [SET] key momentarily twice to exit [SET] [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] FT-8800 Reference... -
Page 6: Scan Resume Mode
“XSTART” will appear on the display. 6. Tap the “Main” band DIAL knob momentarily again to activate the cross-band extender mode 7. To exit the cross-band extender mode, tap the [SET] key momentarily again. [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] [SET] FT-8800 Reference... -
Page 7: Automatic Power-Off (Apo)
“Main” band DIAL knob to select the desired interval (between 1 and 30 minutes), or OFF. 4. Press and hold in the “Main” band DIAL knob for 1/2 second to save the new setting and exit to normal operation. [SET] [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] FT-8800 Reference... -
Page 8: Internet Connection Feature
2. This DTMF tone is sent at the beginning of every transmission to establish or maintain the link to the remote WIRES™ repeater. 4. To disable the WIRES'™ access capability; tap the “left” VOL knob again. [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] [SET] FT-8800 Reference... -
Page 9: Tone Search Scanning
You can press the [SC N] key to halt the scan at any time. Tone Scanning works either in the VFO or Memory modes. [SET] [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] FT-8800 Reference... -
Page 10: Home Channel Memory
“Main” band DIAL knob to change the setting to “ON.” 4. Tap the [SET] key momentarily to save the new setting and exit to normal operation. 5. To unlock the panel switches and DIAL knobs, select “OFF” in step 3 above. [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] [SET] FT-8800 Reference... -
Page 11: Keyboard Beeper
“Main” band DIAL knob to select the new channel step size. 4. Press and hold in the “Main” band DIAL knob for 1/2 second to save the new setting and exit to normal operation. [SET] [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] FT-8800 Reference... -
Page 12: Band Linking
“Main” band during Dual Receive operation. To activate the Audio Mute feature: 1. Tap the [SET] key momentarily to enter the Set mode. 2. Rotate the “Main” band DIAL knob to select Menu #24 (MUTE). [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] [SET] FT-8800 Reference... -
Page 13: Rf Squelch
S-FULL). 4. Press and hold in the “Main” band DIAL knob for 1/2 second to save the new setting and exit to normal operation. 5. Finally, rotate the SQL knob fully clockwise. [SET] [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] FT-8800 Reference... -
Page 14: Repeater Shifts
“Main” band DIAL knob to change the setting to “ON” (to enable Automatic Repeater Shift). 4. Press and hold in the “Main” band DIAL knob for 1/2 second to save the new setting and exit to normal operation. [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] [SET] FT-8800 Reference... -
Page 15: Manual Repeater Shift Activation
“Main” band DIAL knob to select the desired shift among “–,” “+,” and “OFF.” 4. Press and hold in the “Main” band DIAL knob for 1/2 second to save the new setting and exit to normal operation. [SET] [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] FT-8800 Reference... -
Page 16: Changing The Default Repeater Shifts
♦♦ If you just have one “odd” split that you need to program, don’t change the “default” repeated shifts using this Menu Item! Enter the transmit and receive frequencies separately. [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] [SET] FT-8800 Reference... -
Page 17: Microphone Controls
“Alpha-numeric Tag” format. [LOCK] key: Locks out Microphone buttons except keypad and PTT switch. [LIGHT] key: Activates Microphone back lighting. [UP/DOWN] buttons: Press to tune or scan frequencies in memory on Main band DIAL. [SET] [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] FT-8800 Reference... -
Page 18: Programming The Microphone Controls
“Main” band DIAL knob to select another programmable button to modify, if desired, and repeat the above steps. 5. Press and hold in the “Main” band DIAL knob for 1/2 second to exit to normal operation. [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] [SET] FT-8800 Reference... -
Page 19: Available Microphone Controls
― TONE Activates the CTCSS or DCS operation on the “Main” band. Allows tuning in 1- Allows tuning in 10-MHz MHz step on the step on the “Main” band “Main” band VFO. VFO. [SET] [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] FT-8800 Reference... - Page 20 “Main” band between the “Left” band and “right” band. VFO/MR Switches frequency Activate the Smart Search control between the Feature when the. VFO and Memory modes on the “Main” band [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] [SET] FT-8800 Reference...
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Page 21: Front Panel Controls
“Memory Tuning” Feature. [SET] key: Tap momentarily to enter “Set Menu” mode. [SET] key: Press and hold ½ second to transfer contents of Main band VFO into Memory register. [SET] [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] FT-8800 Reference... -
Page 22: Display Brightness
You can activate Smart Search on the Main band by pressing and holding Mike key P2. You can activate Smart Search operation on the Left and Right bands at the same time [LOW] [V/M] [HM] [SCN] [SET] FT-8800 Reference...