Table Of Contents - Yaesu FT-8900R Operating Manual

Dual band fm transceiver the w5jck expanded version

Brochure & specs (4 pages)

Operating manual (72 pages)

Technical supplement (58 pages)

Table of Contents

About this Manual ............................................................................................................................................. 5

Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 6

Front Panel Controls ..................................................................................................................................... 6

LCD Display Screen ................................................................................................................................... 10

MH−48A6J Microphone Overview ............................................................................................................ 11

Common Tasks ................................................................................................................................................ 13

Program the Microphone Buttons .............................................................................................................. 13

Select the Main Operating Band................................................................................................................. 15

Change the Frequency Band ....................................................................................................................... 16

Change the Frequency ................................................................................................................................ 17

Transmit ..................................................................................................................................................... 18

Activate the Lock Feature .......................................................................................................................... 18

Activate the Key/Button Beeper ................................................................................................................. 19

Select the Channel Step .............................................................................................................................. 19

Set the Display Brightness ......................................................................................................................... 20

Activate the Band Linking Feature............................................................................................................. 20

Select the Audio Muting Preference ........................................................................................................... 20

Set the RF Squelch Level ........................................................................................................................... 21

Activate the Time-Out Timer ..................................................................................................................... 21

Activate Automatic Power Off ................................................................................................................... 22

Set FM Bandwidth and MIC Gain.............................................................................................................. 22

Program Band Limits for VFO Mode ........................................................................................................ 23

Operate through Repeaters ............................................................................................................................ 25

Automatic Repeater Shifts .......................................................................................................................... 25

Manual Repeater Shift Activation .............................................................................................................. 25

Tone Coded Squelch ........................................................................................................................................ 27

CTCSS Tone System .................................................................................................................................. 27

DCS Tone System ...................................................................................................................................... 28

Tone Search Scanning ................................................................................................................................ 29

DCS Code Inversion ................................................................................................................................... 30

Regular Memory .............................................................................................................................................. 32

Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 32

Store a Frequency in Memory .................................................................................................................... 32

Create a Name Tag for a Memory Channel ................................................................................................ 33

Store Independent Transmit Frequencies ................................................................................................... 34

Recall a Stored Memory ............................................................................................................................. 35

Tune from a Stored Memory ...................................................................................................................... 35

Delete a Memory ........................................................................................................................................ 36

Set a HOME Channel for an Operating Band ............................................................................................ 36

Activate Memory Only Mode .................................................................................................................... 37

Hyper Memory ................................................................................................................................................ 38

Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 38

Store a Hyper Memory ............................................................................................................................... 40

Recall a Hyper Memory ............................................................................................................................. 41

Yaesu FT-8900R Operating Manual Expanded Edition (courtesy of W5JCK)

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