Am Aircraft Reception; Fm Broadcast/Tv Audio Reception; Weather Broadcast Reception - Yaesu VX-5R Operating Manual

To Activate VHF or UHF TV
Audio Reception
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Press the
[BAND(SET)AR]
key repetitively until a frequency
in the VHF or UHF TV
bands appears on the LCD.
Be sure you are in the VFO
mode (press the
[VFO(DW)SC]
key if not) .
Rotate the DIAL
to select the desired station.
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Press the
[BAND(SET)AR]
key repetitively until you see
a frequency in the aeronau-
tical band .
Be sure that the
VX-5R
is set to the VFOd
moe (either Na" or "Vb" will
be visible at
the left si
AM AIRCRAFT
RECEPTION
Reception of AM signals in the
aeronautical band (108-137
MHz) is similar to that de-
scribed in the previous section.
FM BROADCAST/TV
AUDIO RECEPTION
The VX-5R
also includes provision for
reception in the FM broadcast
band, utilizing a
wide-bandwidth filter which provides
excellent fidelity .
To Activate FM Broadcast
Reception
Press the
[BAND(SET)AR]
key repetitively until a frequency
in the FM broadcast
band appears on the display.
The total frequency range
included in the "FM" band is
59-108 MHz.
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Be sure you are in the VFO
mode (press the
[VFO(DW)SC]
key if not), and that W_
FM (Wide-bandwidth FM) is
indicated as the operating
mode .
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Rotate the
DIAL
to select the desired station . The
default synthesizer steps for the
W- FM mode are 100 kHz/step .
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Operation
de of the display), and that
"AM" is shown as the operating
mode .
Rotate the
DIAL
to tune across the
aeronautical band .
You may also use the keypad to
enter frequencies directly .
Remember that frequencies
quoted by aircraft operators may
be abbreviated, and that the
"5" at the end of a fre-
quency may be dropped . Since
aeronautical channels are assigned
in 25-kHz steps,
therefore, a frequency announced
as "thirty-two, forty-two"
corresponds to an operat-
ing frequency of 132 .425
MHz.
Remember that the Wide-FMSquelch
setting maybe made independently
from the Narrow-FM setting,
using Menu #02. Seepage 61 .
VX-SR OPERATING
MANUAL
WEATHER BROADCAST RECEPTION
The
VX-5R
includes a unique feature which allows reception of weather broadcasts in the
160-MHz frequency range. Ten standard
Weather Broadcast channels are pre-loaded into
a special memory bank .
To listen to a Weather Broadcast Channel:
Operation
Press and hold in the
[0(SQL)WX]
key for one second to recall the Weather Broadcast
channels .
Turn the
DIAL
knob to select the desired Weather Broadcast channel .
if you wish to check the other channels for activity by scanning, just press
and hold the
[MR(SKP)SC]
key for one second .
To exit to normal operation, again press and hold in the
[0(SQL)WX] key for one
second . Operation will return to the VFO or Memory channel you were operating on
before you began Weather Broadcast operation .
You can also append an alpha-numeric "Tag" (label) to a Weather Broadcast
channel. Seepage 44.
VX-SR OPERATING MANUAL
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Channel Frequency Channel Frequency Channel Frequency Channel
Frequency
WX 1
162.550 MHz WX 4 162.425 MHz
WX 7 162.525 MHz
WX 10 163.275 MHz
WX 2 162.400 MHz
WX 5 162.450 MHz
WX 8 161 .650 MHz
WX 3 162.475 MHz
WX 6 162.500 MHz
WX 9 161.775 MHz