Tone Squelch Feature; Setting Ctcss Tone Frequency; Searching For The Ctcss Tone Transmitted By The Other Station - Yaesu FTM-300DR Advance Manual

Tone squelch feature

The tone squelch opens the speaker audio only when a signal containing the specified
CTCSS tone is received. The receiver will be quiet while waiting for a call from a specific
station.
The Tone Squelch does not function in digital mode. Press the [D X] key to change from
Digital, to Analog FM or to AMS function.

Setting CTCSS Tone frequency

The tone may be selected from 50 frequencies (67.0 Hz to 254.1 Hz).
1. Press the [F(SETUP)] key  [FUNCTION]  [SQ-TYP].
2. Press the DIAL knob to select [TSQ].
3. Rotate the DIAL knob to select [TONE] then press the DIAL knob.
4. Rotate the DIAL knob to select the tone frequency.
5. Press the DIAL knob or the [BACK] key.
6. Press the [DISP] key or PTT switch to save the setting
and return to normal operation.
• The tone frequency setting is common with the squelch types as follows:
TN, TSQ, RTN, T-D, D-T
• The default setting is "100.0 Hz"

Searching for the CTCSS Tone transmitted by the other Station

Search and display the CTCSS tone transmitted by the other station.
• Tone search dose not function does not function in digital mode. Press the [D X] key to
change from Digital to Analog FM or the AMS function.
• To set the transceiver operation when scanning stops, press and hold the [F(SETUP)]
key  [SCAN]  [1 SCAN RESUME]. This setting is common with the scan setting, tone
search function and DCS search function.
1. Press the [F(SETUP)] key  [FUNCTION]  [SQ-TYP]
2. Press the DIAL knob to select [TSQ].
3. Rotate the DIAL knob to select [TONE] then press the DIAL knob.
4. Press and hold the microphone [UP] or [DWN] switch.
• The transceiver begins searching for a matching tone frequency.
• When a corresponding tone frequency is detected, the searching stops and the
audio is heard.
• Press the PTT switch or the [UP] or [DWN] switch to stop searching.
5. Press the DIAL knob or the [BACK] key.
6. Press the [DISP] key or the PTT switch to save the detected tone frequency and
return to normal operation.
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