Basic Operation; Preliminary Steps; Operation Quick Start - Yaesu FTA-720 Operating Manual

Preliminary Steps

 Install a charged battery pack onto the transceiver,
as described previously.
 To attach the supplied antenna to the FTA-720,
grasp the base of the antenna firmly, and exert a
moderate "pinching" pressure on the base as you
press the antenna onto the radio's antenna connec-
tor. While exerting this pressure, rotate the antenna
clockwise 1/4 turnto lock the antenna in place.
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Operation Quick Start

 To turn the radio on,
press and hold in the
( PWR ) Switch for
3 seconds.
 The opening message
will appear on the dis-
play, then frequency
display will appear.
 Press the
switch the operating
band between the AIR
band and FM BC band.
 D i r e c t l y e n t e r i n g
frequencies from the
keypad is the easiest
method if you know the frequency on which you
wish to operate. Just enter the five digits of the fre-
quency to move to that frequency. However, there is
a short-cut for frequencies ending in zero - press the
key after the last non-zero digit.
For example, to set 134.35 MHz,
To set 118.000 MHz:
key to
press
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