Operation - Yaesu FT-818 Operating Manual

Front Panel Control & Switches
A/B
Press the
between VFO-A and VFO-B
1
on the display.
MW
Press and hold in the
2
key for 1/2 second to transfer
the contents of the VFO into a
Memory register.
STO
Press the
3
the contents of the VFO into
t h e Q M B ( Q u i c k M e m o r y
Bank) register.
RPT
Press the
the direction of the uplink
frequency shift ("–," "+," or
Simplex) during FM repeater
4

operation.

Press and hold in the
key for 1/2 second to recall
Menu #42 (for setting the shift
frequency offset).
SCN
Press the
5
scanning (in the direction of
higher frequencies).
SSM
Press the
the Spectrum Scope Monitor
feature.
6
Press and hold in the
key for 1/2 second to recall
Menu #43 (for selecting the
SSM sweep mode).
IPO
Press the
the receiver preamplifier,
thereby activating Intercept
Point Optimization for im-
proved overload characteris-
tics.
7
The IPO feature does not
function on 144/430 MHz.
12
key
key to switch Press and hold in the
key for 1/2 second to copy the
contents of VFO-A into the
VFO-B register, so that the
two VFOs' contents will be
identical.
Press the
ignate the current Memory
c h a n n e l t o b e " s k i p p e d "
during scanning.
key to store Press the
the QMB Memory.
key to select Press the
t h e t r a n s m i t a n d r e c e i v e
frequencies while working
through a repeater.
key to initiate Press the
the Priority Scan feature.
key to activate Press the
Smart Search
key to bypass Press the
the receiver front-end atten-
uator, which will reduce all
signals and noise by approxi-
mately 10 dB.
The ATT feature does not
function on 144/430 MHz.
key
A=B
Press the
Split frequency operation be-
tween VFO-A and VFO-B.
MC
key to des- Press the
the display type (Frequency
or Alpha-numeric Tag) during
Memory operation.
RCL
key to recall Press the
the Programmable Memory
Scan feature.
REV
key to reverse Press the
CTCSS or DCS operation.
Press and hold in the
key for 1/2 second to recall
Menu #48 (for selecting the
CTCSS tone frequency).
PRI
key to activate Press the
the Dual Watch system.
SCH
key to activate Press the
TM
operation. the Auto-Range Transponder
mode.
Press and hold in the
key for 1/2 second to recall
Menu #09 (for selecting the
ARTS "Beep" option).
ATT
key to engage Press the
the "Narrow" filter mode in the
CW (optional YF-122C or YF-
122CN required) mode. On
the FM mode, it also selects
the low-deviation mode re-
quired for HF FM operation
on 29 MHz.
Press and hold in the
key for 1/2 second to recall
Menu #38 (to Enable/Disable
the optional filter during instal-
lation).
FT-818 Operating Manual
key
SPL
key to activate
TAG
key to select
PMS
key to activate
TON
key to activate
DW
key to activate
ART
key to initiate
NAR
key to activate