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Yaesu FTA-450L Operating Manual

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  • Page 1 AIR BAND TRANSCEIVER FTA-450L Operating Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ontents Important Notice! ............1 Advanced Operation ..........25 Introduction ..............2 Dual Watch Operation ............26 Accessories and Options ..........3 Timer Mode Operation ............29 Supplied Accessories ............3 TOT Feature ............... 33 Available Options ..............3 Battery Saver during Reception ......... 33 Using the Headset Microphone ..........

  • Page 3: Important Notice

    FCC RF Exposure Compliance Requirements for Occupational Use Only: The FTA-450L has been tested and complies with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) RF exposure limits for Occupational Use/Controlled Exposure Environment. In addition, the radio complies with the following Standards and Guidelines: ...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    International Aircraft Communication Band (“COM” band: 118 to 136.975 MHz). The FTA-450L boast a 1.7” x 1.7” (43.2 x 43.2 mm) full dot matrix LCD displaying a plenty of information in a row. The FTA-450L includes NOAA weather band monitoring and 200 memory channels. The channel configurations can be easily reprogrammed in minutes using the optional PC Programming Software and your PC.

  • Page 5: Accessories And Options

    Operating Manual others may be unavailable in some regions. Consult Warranty Card your YAESU Dealer for details regarding these and any *1 Antenna gain: 2.15 dBi newly-available options. Impedance: 50 ohms Connection of any non-YAESU-approved accessory, should it cause damage, may void the Limited Warranty for the FTA-450L.

  • Page 6: Safety Precautions

    Be sure to read the safety precautions to use this product safely. Yaesu is not liable for failures and other problems caused due to misuse or use of this product by you or a third party. Also, Yaesu is not liable for damages caused through use of this product by you or a third party except in the case where ordered to pay for damages under the laws.
  • Page 7 Use a soft, dry cloth to clean the case. result. Contact the dealer from which you purchased this product or Yaesu Customer Support. If the transceiver is not being used for an extended pe- Do not use the battery pack which is externally dam- riod, turn it off and remove the battery pack for safety.
  • Page 8 A failure can result. When the battery charger is not in use, remove its power plug from the outlet. Before discarding the worn battery pack, affix tape or the like to its terminals. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 9: Controls & Connectors ( Top Panel )

    VOLUME (Inner) Knob  Turn this (inner) control clockwise to increase the    volume. DIAL Selector (Outer) Knob  This (outer) 20-position detented rotary switch tunes the operating frequency or selects the memory chan- nels. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 10: Controls & Connectors ( Front Panel )

    Controls and keys will be disabled.  Press and hold again to disable the lock feature.   COMM Key  Press this key to enter the COMM mode instantly.  Numeric Keypad  The keypad is used when setting frequencies. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 11: Controls & Connectors ( Left Side )

    Press and hold this button for 2 seconds to “open” the squelch continuously. Press this but- ton again to resume normal (quiet) monitoring. See page 19 for details. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 12: Controls & Connectors ( Right Side )

    Cigarette Lighter DC/DC Converter here. To use this jack, you must first lift the rubber cover away from the transceiver body. 1) Do not allow the FTA-450L to get wet while the rubber cover is removed. 2) Do not connect any accessory unap- proved by YAESU to supply DC power.

  • Page 13: Lcd Display ( Com Band )

    127.600 MIAMI 2 or the squelch. 119.150 This field displays the 124.250 North c h a n n e l s y o u h a v e 129.200 previously used. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 14: Before You Begin

     To remove the battery, turn the transceiver off, slide the locking plate until the “UNLOCK” appears en- tirely, lift up the end of the battery pack by pressing the battery pack latch, then pull out the battery from the radio. Battery Pack Latch FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 15: Battery Charging

     You may insert the cable plug of the SAD- any doubts about the appropriateness of the particu- 11 into the EXT DC jack located on the right lar charger or battery pack you intend to use. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 16: Alkaline Battery Tray Installation

    The supplied SBT-12 Battery Tray allows operation side of the SBT-12 down, then insert it into the bat- of the FTA-450L using six “AA” size alkaline battery cells. tery compartment.  When installing a cell, insert the (–) end first, then Note: Be sure that the rubber gasket on the SBT-12 press in the (+) end so the cell snaps into place.

  • Page 17: External Dc Power Supply Connection

    SDD-12 Cigarette Lighter DC/DC antenna in place. Converter (12 to 24 Volts) Belt Clip Installation You may mount the clip to the rear of the FTA-450L As close as possible using the supplied screws. Ferrite Core Wind the cable one turn, then snap two halves ...

  • Page 18: Headset Connection

    This could create a serious fire/burn danger, and possibly cause damage to the Lithium-ion pack.  The FTA-450L is designed to have the waterproof capability equivalent to IPX5. Do not allow the ra- dio to become submerged, and do not subject it to...

  • Page 19: Basic Operation

     A channel frequency will appear on the display. If not, press the [ COMM ] key.  The “ BUSY ” icon appears on the display when the audio signal is received on the current frequency. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 20 129.200 press the final “5” in the frequency as below: [ 1 ]  [ 1 ]  [ 8 ]  [ 2 ]  [ 7 ] . FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 21 (quiet) monitoring.  Press and hold the SQL switch to set the squelch threshold to 0 (off).  Your new setting will be saved each time you per- form either of the operations above. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 22: Accessing The 121.5 Mhz Emergency Frequency

    Accessing the 121.5 MHz Emergency Frequency Monitor Switch When listening to a very weak signal from an aircraft or The FTA-450L can quickly access the 121.500 MHz ground station, you may observe the signal disappearing emergency frequency. This function can be activated...

  • Page 23: Transmission (Com Band)

    Refer to the illustration and observe the location of the internal microphone. If you find it difficult to utilize the FTA-450L conveniently and safely while speaking directly into the microphone, we recommend the use of the SSM-10A Speaker/Micro- phone (option), or an aftermarket aviation headset with boom microphone.

  • Page 24: Operation Modes

     SETUP This mode allows certain aspects of your radio’s configuration to be customized for your personal operating conditions. When turning on the FTA-450L, the last mode you have used before turning off will automatically be entered. FTA-450L O perATing...

  • Page 25: Resetting The Radio

    1. Press the [ MENU ] key to display the MENU screen.  TIMER 2. Select “SETUP” on the You may use the FTA-450L as a countdown timer screen by pressing the or a stopwatch through this menu. [ ◄ ] or [ ► ] key, and then press the [ ENT ] ...
  • Page 26 [ ENT ] MEMORY key. COMM CONFIGURATION FACTORY 6. Select “OK?” on the CONFIGURATION screen by pressing the RESET [ ◄ ] or [ ► ] key, and FACTORY then press the [ ENT ] CANCEL key. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 27: Reception Of Weather Channel Broadcasts

    DIAL selector broadcasts, which may assist your flight planning. The 162.550 WX01 knob. 162.400 WX02 FTA-450L includes a special bank capable of storing 10 162.475 WX03 To confirm the weather weather channels, which simplifies access when you are 162.425 WX04 channel frequency se- in an unfamiliar location.

  • Page 28: Dual Watch Operation

    [ ENT ] WX03 key. WARNING Radio received Weather Alert! Press any keys You may enable or disable the alarm function when re- ceiving the weather alert signal via the COMM SETUP menu. See page 52 for details. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 29 PTT SCAN STOP [ ENT ] key. SCAN RESUME SCAN STOP TYPE DUAL WATCH FREQ. FREQUENCY STEP 5. Enter the frequency you COMM SETUP want to poll, with the DUAL WATCH FREQ. keypad. ---.--- FINISH FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 30 SCAN [ ENT ] key.  If “ON” is displayed in the right hand of “DUAL WATCH”, the FTA-450L is performing the dual watch. The display will return to the previous screen and the “ DW ” icon will be displayed, indicating the FTA- 450L is in dual watch.

  • Page 31: Timer Mode Operation

    Timer Mode Operation Using the stopwatch timer The FTA-450L both provide a “Stopwatch” timer and a 1. Press the [ MENU ] key to display the MENU screen. “Countdown” timer. These can be used for a variety of 2. Select “TIMER” on the time-keeping purposes.
  • Page 32 [ ◄ ] or [ ► ] key or change the frequency with TIMER ing, select “START” the DIAL selector knob. STOPWATCH 00:01:53 changed from “STOP” and press the [ ENT ] START RESET key again. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 33 RESET ond. To resume the count- TIMER Press the [ BACK ] key ing, select “START” COUNTDOWN to cancel the input time. 00:03:42 changed from “STOP” and press the [ ENT ] START RESET key again. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 34 KEY BEEP TIMER ALARM with the [ ◄ ] or [ ► ] key or change the frequency with BATTERY SAVE the DIAL selector knob. LOCK SELECT PTT LOCK FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 35: Tot Feature

    Battery Saver during Reception The TOT (time-out timer) shuts off the transceiver after One of the important features of the FTA-450L is its continuous transmission exceeds the programmed time. battery saver, which “puts the radio to sleep” for a time This feature prevents unintended transmission by mis- interval, periodically “waking it up”...

  • Page 36: Using The Headset Microphone

    PTT is active, will appear at the right side of the chan- switch. See also page 62 for details. nel frequency when the display returns to the COM band screen. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 37: Side Tone Control

    MIC SELECT SIDE TONE 3.0sec AF PITCH CONT. LEVEL1 LEVEL2 VOX LEVEL VOX DELAY  To change the side tone level temporarily during the monitoring, rotate the DIAL selector knob when pressing and holding the PTT switch. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 38: Lock Function

    DIMMER i n g t h e [ ◄ ] o r [ ► ] LAMP CONTRAST key, and then press the KEY BEEP [ ENT ] key. TIMER ALARM BATTERY SAVE LOCK SELECT PTT LOCK FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 39 Activating the lock feature  While the FTA-450L is locked, the controls with the DIAL selector knob and/or the keys except the  P r e s s a n d h o l d t h e PTT switch, the POWER switch, and the [ 121.5 ]...

  • Page 40: Ptt Lock Function

    The synthesizer of the FTA-450L provides the option of ing or disabling the PTT switch. utilizing 8.33/25 kHz channel steps. The FTA-450L is set up with default channel steps of Turning lock/unlock the PTT lock function 25 kHz. If you need to change the channel step incre- You may enable or disable the PTT lock function.

  • Page 41: Anl Feature

    1**.0500 MHz 1**.055 1**.050 1**.0583 MHz 1**.060 1**.0666 MHz 1**.065 1**.0750 MHz 1**.080 1**.075 1**.0833 MHz 1**.085 1**.0916 MHz 1**.090  The adjacent channel selectivity will be slightly degraded while receiving using 8.33 kHz channel steps. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 42: Memory Operation

    3. Select a group that the The FTA-450L is capable of programming up to 200 MEMORY BOOK desired channel belongs user-programmable memory channels with channel fre- GROUP to, by pressing the [ ◄ ] quency, position information, channel tag (name) up to or [ ►...
  • Page 43 Los Angeles which indicates that the titled “No Address” No Address 133.800 Los Ange FTA-450L is in the MR will appear, which asks 121.650 KLAX-TWR Do you want to make 121.750 KLAX-DEP (memory recall) mode, whether you want to a memory book? 120.950 Kansas...

  • Page 44: Instant Storage

    “PRESS [SAVE] KEY” at the bottom of the display with the [ ◄ ] or [ ► ] key, then press the [ ENT ] key to store the frequency into the memory. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 45: Maintenance Of The Memory

    2. Select “SETUP” on the screen by pressing the [ ◄ ] Name: select a setting, and or [ ► ] key, and then press the [ ENT ] key. 001MEMORY_______ Freq.:---.--- store the changes in the Group:ALL same way as the instant storage described previ- ously. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 46 EL TORO FLORIDA DELETE [ ENT ] key. GUATEMALA GROUP NAME 7. Select the item, input letters and/or numbers, select a setting, and then store the changes in the same way as the instant storage described previously. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 47 FLAG DELETE after the deletion of the press the [ ENT ] key. GP1:GROUP1 GP2:GROUP2 CHICAGO entry from the memory. DALLAS GP3:GROUP3 DETROIT GP4:GROUP4 EL TORO FLORIDA GUATEMALA HONOLULU FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 48 GROUP NAME including the entry you GP1:GROUP1 MEMORY BOOK want to change, and GROUP NAME GP2:GROUP2 then press the [ ENT ] GP1:YAESU-GP1 GP3:GROUP3 key. GP2:GROUP2 GP4:GROUP4 GP3:GROUP3 GP5:GROUP5 GP4:GROUP4 GP5:GROUP5 FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 49: Scanning Operation

    CannIng peratIon The FTA-450L allows you to scan active channels au-  When the scanner encounters a signal, the scanning tomatically in the COMM (COM band), MR, and WX pauses and the radio remains on that channel until modes. It pauses on signals received, so you can talk to the signal disappears, and the frequency indication the station(s) on the frequency received.
  • Page 50 118.000 → 162.400 → 118.025 → 162.400 → 118.050 → 162.400 ... The frequency of the last BUSY 132.400 weather channel, however, will not be displayed until ALL SCANNING the scanner encounters the 120.950 weather alert signal. 133.800 FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 51: Scanning The Specified Channels

    5. Repeat steps 1 to 4 above to mark other channels as 4. Select “SCAN MEM” on FUNCTION well. the screen by pressing SCAN MEM the [ ◄ ] or [ ► ] key, and DUAL WATCH then press the [ ENT ] SCAN key. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 52 130.800 Los Alam 127.600 MIAMI MR or WX mode screen. 129.200 Mojave  The FTA-450L operates in the same way as it dose 124.250 North 125.550 WW1FRQ when scanning all channels described in the previ- ous page, except that it searches marked frequencies only.

  • Page 53: Basic Operation

    SETUP menu by press- i n g t h e [ ◄ ] o r [ ► ] be changed until you are thoroughly familiar with the operation of the FTA-450L. key, and then press the [ ENT ] key.

  • Page 54: Maintenance Of The Memory

    EMERGENCY CALL EMERGENCY CALL See pages 43 to 46 for details. WEATHER ALERT PTT SCAN STOP SCAN RESUME SCAN STOP TYPE DUAL WATCH FREQ. FREQUENCY STEP Turning on/off the automatic noise limiter See page 39 for details. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 55 You may lock out the PTT switch during the scan opera- tion (see also page 47). COMM SETUP COMM SETUP EMERGENCY CALL PTT SCAN STOP WEATHER ALERT PTT SCAN STOP SCAN RESUME SCAN STOP TYPE DUAL WATCH FREQ. FREQUENCY STEP FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 56 FREQUENCY STEP Setting the polled frequency for dual watch See page 26 for details. Setting the frequency step for tuning See page 38 for details. Setting the time-out timer for transmission See page 33 for details. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 57: Setting Of The Operation And Configuration Of The Radio

    See page 35 for details. Setting the brightness of the display You may adjust the backlight brightness in 5 levels. CONFIGURATION CONFIGURATION DIMMER DIMMER LAMP CONTRAST KEY BEEP TIMER ALARM BATTERY SAVE LOCK SELECT PTT LOCK FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 58 CONFIGURATION DIMMER LAMP CONFIGURATION CONFIGURATION LAMP DIMMER KEY BEEP CONTRAST LAMP CONTINUOUS KEY BEEP CONTRAST TIMER ALARM 5sec KEY BEEP BATTERY SAVE TIMER ALARM 10sec LOCK SELECT BATTERY SAVE 30sec PTT LOCK LOCK SELECT PTT LOCK FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 59 CONFIGURATION ... Initializes the settings in the CONFIGURATION menu FACTORY ... Resets the radio to factory default CONFIGURATION CONFIGURATION LAMP RESET CONTRAST FUNCTION KEY BEEP MEMORY TIMER ALARM BATTERY SAVE COMM LOCK SELECT CONFIGURATION PTT LOCK FACTORY RESET FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 60: About The Radio

    Date:Dec 25.20** DELETE Deleting the stored channel − or destination GROUP NAME Editing the group name GP1:GROUP 1 GP2:GROUP 2 Yaesu Musen co., ltd GP3:GROUP 3 GP4:GROUP 4 GP5:GROUP 5 GP6:GROUP 6 GP7:GROUP 7 GP8:GROUP 8 FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 61 Tu r n i n g o n / o ff t h e V O X operation VOX LEVEL Setting the sensitivity of the LEVEL 2 VOX system VOX DELAY Setting the sensing time of 1.5 sec the VOX system FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 62 Better than 0.8 µV (for 6 dB S/N with 1 kHz, 30 % modulation) Selectivity: >8 kHz/–6 dB Adjacent CH. Selectivity: <25 kHz/–60 dB AF Output (@7.4 V): 0.8 W @ 16 Ohms, 10 % THD FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 63: Specifications

    Better than ±1 ppm (+14 ºF to + 140 ºF [–10 ºC to +60 ºC]) Modulation System: Low Level Amplitude Modulation Spurious Emission: >70 dB below carrier Int. Microphone Type: Condenser Ext. Mic. Impedance: 150 Ohms Specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation. FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...

  • Page 64: Troubleshooting For Headset Connection

    PJ-055 (accepts 0.25” phone plug) Microphone PJ-068 SCU-15 (accepts 0.206” phone plug) Headset specification requirements for SCU-15 Earphone (speaker) impedance: 8 Ω or above Microphone impedance: 150 Ω ±20% PTT pressed: Ground PTT not pressed: Open FTA-450L O perATing AnuAL...
  • Page 65 Part 15.21: Changes or modifications to this device not expressly approved by YAESU MUSEN could void the user’s authoriza- tion to operate this device.
  • Page 68 FTA-450 YETA00425...
  • Page 69 Copyright 2017 YAESU MUSEN CO., LTD. All rights reserved. No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of YAESU MUSEN CO., LTD. YAESU MUSEN CO., LTD. Tennozu Parkside Building 2-5-8 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0002 Japan YAESU USA 1701G-AO-1 6125 Phyllis Drive, Cypress, CA 90630, U.S.A.

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