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Vertex VX-510 Operating Manual

Vhf/uhf hand-held portable land mobile transceiver
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VX- 510
VHF/UHF Hand-Held Portable
Land Mobile Transceiver
O
M
PERATING
ANUAL
YAESU MUSEN CO., LTD.
1-20-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-Ku, Tokyo 146-8649, Japan
YAESU U.S.A.
17210 Edwards Rd., Cerritos, CA 90703, U.S.A.
YAESU EUROPE B.V.
Snipweg 3, 1118DN Schiphol, The Netherlands
YAESU UK LTD.
Unit 12, Sun Valley Business Park, Winnall Trading Estate
Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LB, U.K.
YAESU GERMANY GmbH
Am Kronberger Hang 2, D-65824 Schwalbach, Germany
YAESU HK LTD.
11th Floor Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, 66 Mody Rd.,
Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong

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  • Page 1 VX- 510 VHF/UHF Hand-Held Portable Land Mobile Transceiver PERATING ANUAL YAESU MUSEN CO., LTD. 1-20-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-Ku, Tokyo 146-8649, Japan YAESU U.S.A. 17210 Edwards Rd., Cerritos, CA 90703, U.S.A. YAESU EUROPE B.V. Snipweg 3, 1118DN Schiphol, The Netherlands YAESU UK LTD. Unit 12, Sun Valley Business Park, Winnall Trading Estate Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LB, U.K.
  • Page 2 Congratulations! You now have at your fingertips a valuable communications tool - a two-way radio! Rugged, reliable and easy to use, your radio will keep you in constant touch with your colleagues for years to come, with negligible maintenance down time. Please take a few minutes to read this manual carefully.
  • Page 3 32 channels in the VHF or UHF Land Mobile Bands. Designed specifically for commercial and professional applications, the VX-510 is housed in high- strength die-cast aluminum alloy, sealed to MIL-810 C, D & E intrinsically safe (I/S) and weather-tight specifications*.
  • Page 4 VX-510 O PERATING General Frequency range (MHz): Channels: Maximum Channel Spread: Minimum Channel Spacing: Programming Channel Step: Emission Type: Supply Voltage: Current Consumption: Case Size (WxHxD): Weight (approx.): Receiver Receiver Circuit Type: Intermediate Frequencies: 12-dB SINAD Sensitivity: 20-dB Noise Quieting:...
  • Page 5 DTMF Keypad Tone Generator w/Decoder FTE-19 ANI (Auto Numbering Identification) Unit CE-21 Programming Software VPL-1 Programming Cable VTP-20 VX-Trunk II VX-Trunking Portable Logic Board CLIP-4 Belt Clip SBC-1 Swivel Belt Adaptor (Requires LCS-2) VX-510 O PERATING & O PTIONS ANUAL...

  • Page 6: Top Panel

    VX-510 O PERATING Top panel ( 1 ) VOL Control This control adjusts the volume of the receiver, and turns the radio off when rotated fully counterclockwise to the click-stop ( 2 ) S/DW Button (Scan/Dual Watch) Momentarily (< 1sec.) pressing this button turns the channel scanner on and off.
  • Page 7 VX-510 O PERATING ANUAL & C ONTROLS ONNECTORS ( 4 ) A Button Pressing and holding this button more than 2 seconds (but less than 4 seconds) also activates an assigned function (programmed by your dealer). Pressing and holding this button more than 4 seconds causes the selected channel to be assigned as the Priority Channel for use with Priority Scan- ning and Dual Watch functions (explained later).

  • Page 8: Side Panel Buttons

    VX-510 O PERATING Side Panel Buttons ‡@ ‡A ‡B ‡C ( 1 ) MON RES ( Monitor/Reset ) Button Pressing and holding this button more than 2 seconds (but less than 4 seconds) disables the tone squelch, and permits monitoring of stations transmitting on the selected channel while still keeping your receiver quiet from noise (“...
  • Page 9 VX-510 O PERATING ANUAL & C ONTROLS ONNECTORS ( 2 ) PTT ( Push-To-Talk ) button Hold this button to transmit (the “BUSY/TX” indicator glows red). ( 3 ) LAMP/LOCK button Press this button momentarily (<1 sec.) to illuminate the display for five seconds.

  • Page 10: Operation

    VX-510 O PERATING Preliminaries If the transceiver has not been used since leaving the factory, fully charge the battery using CD-8 unit (with PA-14B or C) before using it. Mount the battery on the transceiver as described and shown in the photo below.

  • Page 11: Preliminary Steps

    To quiet the radio again, press the MON RES button again momentarily. When you are done operating, be certain to turn the VOL control to the off position to conserve battery life. VX-510 O PERATION PERATING ANUAL...
  • Page 12 VX-510 O PERATING An important note about your radio ! Some of the radio/button functions discussed next will only operate in your radio if so programmed by your dealer, or after the installation of certain internal optional units. In this way, the radio’s operation can be simplified and customized specifically for the user according to net- work requirements.

  • Page 13: Priority Scanning

    PTT switch while the scanner is paused on that channel. As long as no call comes in on the priority channel, you can send and receive on the other channel: scanning will resume when you finish and the chan- nel clears. VX-510 O PERATION PERATING ANUAL...

  • Page 14: Dual Watch

    VX-510 O PERATING Dual Watch If you need to operate on a non-priority channel while still checking for calls on the priority channel, the Dual Watch feature let’s you to do this without using the scanner. When enabled, operation on any selected non-...

  • Page 15: Pre -Programmed Functions

    Note: This feature has no effect on simplex channels. Channel Group Selection The 32 available channels in the VX-510 can be organized into 2 groups with up to 16 channels in each. Pressing and holding this button more than 2 seconds (but less than 4 seconds) lets you select a group for operation.
  • Page 16 VX-510 O PERATING As mentioned before, button functions can be customized by program- ming from your Yaesu dealer to meet your communications/network re- quirements. Some features may require the purchase and installation of optional internal accessories for operation. The table below illustrates the possible Top-panel button programming combinations.
  • Page 17 H ome C h. after PTT Last-Busy Enabled Monitor D isabled A/B Button See Table VX-510 O USTOM ETTINGS Explanation Channel scanning can be disabled completely for system s not requiring this feature. In the 5-seconds mode, scanning pauses on a busy channel for 5 seconds, then resum es.

  • Page 18: Squelch Setting

    ECEIVER QUELCH ETTING The squelch setting on your VX-510 is preset at the factory, and does not normally require re-adjustment. However, in the event that this should become necessary: To adjust the squelch, use the Allen wrench to loosen the setscrew secur- ing the VOL knob, then pull off the VOL knob.
  • Page 19 VX-510 O PERATING ANUAL NSTALLING HANNEL TOPS To simplify operation and prevent selection of unprogrammed/unused channels or channel groups, tiny metal inserts or “stops” can be inserted into the top panel beneath the CH selector knob. A tiny tab protruding from beneath the skirt of the CH knob engages the stop(s) as it is turned, preventing further rotation.

  • Page 20: Understanding Radio Waves

    VX-510 O PERATING ANUAL NDERSTANDING ADIO AVES Radio waves travel from one point to another by several different means. The general term for these methods of wave travel is “propagation”. You may know that “shortwave” signals can be propagated over distances of several thousand miles by reflection off of the upper regions of the atmosphere.
  • Page 21 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the condition that this device does not cause harmful interference.

  • Page 22: Radio Communications

    Copyright 1998 Yaesu Musen Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Printed in Japan RADIO COMMUNICATIONS No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of Yaesu Musen Co., Ltd.

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