Pre-Programmable Frequency Search - Yaesu VR-500 Operating Manual

Pre-Programmable Frequency Search

The VR-500 allows you to program up to ten band segments within which VFO Search
scanning can be limited. This allows your radio's search to be concentrated on the most
active band segments in your local area, without wasting time in unused frequency segments.
To confine your search within one of the pre-programmed segments, you must first set
Menu #12 ("[Search Mode]") to the "LIMIT" option, per the following procedure:
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Press and hold in the [FUNC] key; while holding it in, press the [ENT(SET/NAME)]
key to activate the "Set" (Menu) mode.
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Rotate the DIAL knob to select Menu #12 [Search Mode].
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Press and hold in the [FUNC] key; while holding it in, rotate
the DIAL knob to select "LIMIT" as the VFO Search mode.
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Press the [CLR(P.SET)] key to exit to the VFO mode.
The VR-500 has been pre-programmed at the factory with default band limits. These are
grouped as "Search Band Memories" per the list below.
Search Band
Memory #
0
1
2
3
4 21.0000 ~
Here is the procedure for initiating VFO Search Scanning within one of the above bands:
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Press and hold in the [FUNC] key; while holding it in, press the [3(SCH/SCN)] key;
the radio will begin VFO Search Scanning (at this point, the frequency range is unim-
portant).
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While VFO Search is active, press (momentarily) the key corresponding with the Search
Band Memory as shown above. The VFO Search will now shift to the band segment
within the Pre-Programmed Frequency Range associated with that memory number.
For example, if you press [7] after initiating VFO Search Scan-
ning, the search will be limited to the frequency range 144.0-
148.0 MHz. While VFO Search Scanning is in progress, you
may change ranges by just pressing one of the numbered keys
momentarily; the radio will jump to that range instantaneously, and will immediately
begin VFO Search Scanning inside the new range.
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Other aspects of the VFO Search feature within the pre-programmed band limits, such
as the "Resume" mode, are the same as during "regular" VFO Search Scanning.
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Press the [CLR[P.SET)] key to halt the search and return to manual tuning via the
DIAL knob.
VR-500 O
PERATING
Pre-Programmed
Frequency Range
0.5200 ~ 1.8000 MHz
1.8000 ~ 3.6000 MHz
3.6000 ~ 10.5000 MHz
10.500 ~ 21.0000 MHz
30.0000 MHz
M
ANUAL
Basic Operation
Search Band Pre-Programmed Frequency
Memory #
5 50.0000 ~
6 88.0000 ~ 108.0000 MHz
7 144.0000 ~ 148.0000 MHz
8 430.0000 ~ 450.0000 MHz
9 1240.0000 ~ 1300.0000 MHz
Range
54.0000 MHz
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