Basic Operation - Yaesu FT-50 Instruction Manual

Frequency Selection Modes
There are two frequency selection modes. These
affect the behavior of the knob and keys when tuning
or keying in frequencies, scanning coverage, and the
right half of the display.
V F O D @
Use this to tune around for clear or active channels.
As mentioned before, the knob tunes in the selected
step size (or in l-MHz steps if you press & first),
and scanning tunes in the selected step size. The
transceiver has two VFOs, A and B, which you select
by pressing "?E" (see below) when receiving on
either VFO. The display shows B or D near the top
center to indicate
the frequency is displayed in large numbers at the
left. The frequency of the other VFO is displayed in
small numbers at the right.

Basic Operation

MR (Memory Recall)
Use this to select and operate on stored memories.
There are 100 memories, each of which stores re-
peater shift, transmit power level, tone settings, and
tuning steps (for the Memory Tune mode), and can
also hold a name tag and a separate transmit fre-
quency.
Either the operating frequency or the memory name,
if assigned, is displayed in large letters at the left,
and the memory number is displayed at the right.
Each memory can be used in the Memory Tune
mode, which works like the VFO mode. Special
memory mode functions like this are described later,
but you should keep these terms in mind. Pressing
memory, and "fl switches from the memory mode
to the last-used VFO. While in the memory mode,
your previous VFO mode selections are preserved.
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