Yaesu FT-5200 Manual page 14

Dual-band 2m/70cm mobile transceiver
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Terms
IftJ1e transcelYer has not been used bcfore, t..1e display
~ willlook something ILI..:.~ that tl'us:
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0 .000 ~'-!.ODO
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We wi:l cali t..1e frequency m larger digl!s at the left
side of the dtsplay pnmary, and !he frequency at the right
.. (if
any) secondary. You c an turn !he secondary display on
l
and off (only dashes displayed) by pressing the sua key.
As you might expect, dual band reception is active only
l
when t..1e secondary frequency
is
displayed.
Using the BAND button, you can select eit..1er band to
l
be displayed at the left, and we will cali this the primary
il
Ifnothing happens when you pressa button .•.
Il
the panelmay be "locked" (you norrnally usethis
to prevent accidental changes).
If
you see "LOCK"
d
displayed
in
reverse letters above the right edge of
Il
the primary frequency display, press F /W+LOCK(next
'to the PWR button) to unlock the parteL Lateryou can
m
press F/W+LOCK again if necessary to fix your set-
tings and prevent tampering.
band. The band whose frequency may be displayed at the
right wùl be called the secondary band. Transmission is
poss1ble only on the prirnary band, and it is not possible
to select the sarne band as both prirnary and secondary
simultaneously. Each display ed band has its own channel
box above and to the left of t..1e frequency, its own busy
ind1cator below left, and
1ts
own S&PO meter scale below.
Normally, t..1e selector knob, keys, buttons and SQ1.
contro! affect only the primary band anddisplay. Howev-
er, by pressing F/W+OP first so that
"ALT"
is displayed
(blinking) above the VOL. contro l, you can cause the con·
trols to act on the secondary band instead. After making
adjustrnents to the secondary band, press the SUB key to
retum contro l to the primary band.
You could, of course, just use the
BAND
button to
swhch prirnary and secondary bands and make changes
only to the primary band, but this will not work for ali
functi.ons (most notably, the secondary squelch setting).
Besides the primary and secondary band distinctions,
you need to be aware of the two channelling rnodes
provided for different types of operation:
Dia/Mode
This mode is for tunmg or scanning the band when
looking for a channel on which to operate, when you
don't know the specific frequency in advance.
In
this
mnde, the selector knob (''dial") and microphone butr.ons
each tune the band
in
the selected step stze, or in l·MH.z
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