Frequency & Step Selection - Yaesu FT-51R Owner's Manual

Some user help messages appear as soon as a
key is pressed (such as entering a frequency di-
rectly), while others only appear with 2nd-level
functions (@@+ selected key) or set-mode func-
tions These are covered in detail
later, but you should be aware of them now.
Frequency Step Selection
You can select a new frequency from a VFO,
or by tuning a memory. For now, we suggest
using the VFO mode.
ber displayed, press
mode. You can enter a new frequency directly by
the numeric keys, or by tuning with the
knob or and
on page 37 if the keys or
Direct Numeric Keypad Entry
To enter a new frequency directly, just press
the corresponding digits using the keypad.
When you press the first key, the display clears
and only the new digit appears. When you press
the last key, the display reverts to normal, show-
ing the new operating frequency to 5 digits (if
it's valid), or the original frequency (if it was not:
,
2 beeps sound).
If
see a memory num-
to switch to VFO
DIAL
See Locking the Controls
doesn't work.
DIAL
If user help is enabled,
lowed by instructions whenever a keypad digit
is pressed.
I
entry
1st digit
Example: To
operate on 440.00 MHz:
SAVE GHI SAVE GHI
If your set covers the 440- to 450-MHz range,
you should now see
operating frequency. Otherwise, you should
have heard 2 beeps, and the display should be as
before (try an in-band frequency).
A shortcut to entering even whole frequengie?
(such as 440 MHz, 445 MHz) is to use the
key trailing the
This truncates the remainder of the frequency to
zeros. The 440.00 MHz example above could
have also been entered this way:
SAVE GHI SAVE GHI
Press
31R
appears fol-
displayed as your
or 1's of MHz digit entry.