Repeater Operation - Yaesu FT-450 Operation Manual

The FT-450 may be operated on 29 MHz and 50 MHz repeaters. Use this procedure to set the repeater shift
direction, and the CTCSS squelch mode & tone.
1. Press and hold the [ F ] button for one second to
enter the Menu mode. The "
pear on the display.
2. Rotate the [ DSP/SEL ] knob to select the menu
item "EXT MNU".
3. Press the [ DSP/SEL ] knob to enable adjustment of
this menu item. The "
4. Rotate the [ DSP/SEL ] knob to select "ON" to ex-
pand the menu items.
5. Press the [ DSP/SEL ] knob. The "
turns to appear continuously.
6. Rotate the [ DSP/SEL ] knob to select the menu
item "RPT".
7. Press the [ DSP/SEL ] knob to enable adjustment
of this menu item. The "
to blink.
8. Rotate the [ DSP/SEL ] knob to select the desired
repeater shift direction. Available selections are
–SHIFT, SIMPLEX, and +SHIFT.
9. Press the [ DSP/SEL ] knob. The "
turns to appear continuously.
10. Rotate the [ DSP/SEL ] knob to select the menu
item "SQL TYP".
11. Press the [ DSP/SEL ] knob to enable adjustment of
this menu item. The "
12. Rotate the [ DSP/SEL ] knob to select the desired
CTCSS mode. If you just need to send the uplink
encoding tone, select "ENC". For encode/decode
operation, choose "ENC DEC" instead.
13. Press the [ DSP/SEL ] knob. The "
turns to appear continuously.
14. Rotate the [ DSP/SEL ] knob to select the menu
item "TONE F".
15. Press the [ DSP/SEL ] knob to enable adjustment of
this menu item. The "
16. Rotate the [ DSP/SEL ] knob to select the desired
CTCSS tone to be used. A total of 50 standard
CTCSS tones are provided.
17. Press the [ DSP/SEL ] knob. The "
turns to appear continuously.
18. Press and hold the [ F ] button for one second to save
the new setting and return to normal operation.
19. Rotate the [ MAIN DIAL ] to the output frequency
(downlink) from the repeater.
20. Close the microphone's PTT switch to begin
transmission. You will observe that the frequency
has shifted to correspond to the programming you
set up in the previous steps. Speak into the mi-
crophone in a normal voice level, and release the
PTT switch to return to the receive mode.
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[ DSP/SEL ] knob
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A :
The conventional repeater shift used on 29 MHz is
100 kHz, while on the 50 MHz band the shift may
vary between 500 kHz and 1.7 MHz (or more). To
program the proper repeater shift, use Menu Item
"RPT SFT".
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PERATION
[ MAIN DIAL ] knob [ F ] button
( Hz )
F
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