Tone Search Scanning - Yaesu FT-8800R Operating Manual

Tone Search Scanning

In operating situations where you don't know the
station or stations, you can command the radio to listen to the incoming signal and scan in
search of the tone being used.
Two things must be remembered in this regard:
• You must be sure that your repeater uses the same tone type (
• Some repeaters do not pass the
transmitting on the repeater uplink (input) frequency in order to allow
to work.
Scanning
To scan for the tone in use:
1. Set the radio up for either
(see page 31) operation. In the case of
in the case of
2. Press the
3. Rotate the
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4. Press the
5. Press the
Main
or tone/code.
DCS
6. When the radio detects the correct tone or code, it will halt on that tone/code, and
audio will be allowed to pass. Press the
tone/code, then press and hold in the
setting and exit to normal operation.
1. If the Tone Scan feature does not detect a tone or code, it will continue
to scan indefinitely. When this happens, it may be that the other station is
not sending any tone. You can press the Main band
scan at any time.
2. Tone Search Scanning works either in the VFO or Memory modes.
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