Sending Messages - Yaesu FT-51R Owner's Manual

There are two choices of automatic response -
Answer-Back Page Forwarding.
and
before, the answer-back mode acknowledges a
received page by "paging back" the calling sta-
tion (just as if you manually selected their 3-digit
code and pressed the
takes a received DTMF paging string and re-
original
transmits the
versing the ID code pair as in answer-back
format), relaying the call to extend your paging
range.
You can leave your FT-51R with this mode
enabled, for instance in your vehicle, office or
other vantage point when you are temporarily
away, but will be using another transceiver and
don't want to miss any paging calls.
To enable this feature, press @)+&and
rotate the
DIAL
(as shown below).
As mentioned
Page Forwarding
PTT ).
sequence (rather than re-
appears
LOW
Toggle or
sponse mode choices, shown at the upper
right side of the display:
8
Answer-Back
-
Page Forwarding
-
- Automatic response disabled
Press the to save the entry and exit.
PTT

Sending Messages

This feature uses DTMF signaling to send
messages to a friend or any group of stations that
are set up for message reception. Yaesu FT-11R
FT-41R series transceivers can also be used with
this feature. Remember that the message feature
independent
is of DTMF Paging described pre-
viously. That is, you aren't required to first page
a station in order to send them a message.
Message Format
The FT-51R contains a bank of 10
message memory "slots", one of which is re-
served for holding your personal "ID" (name,
abbreviation, etc.). Any of the numbers, letters
or symbols from the sixty alphanumeric-charac-
ter set (shown on page 62) can be used in mes-
sage and ID text. A separate 9-slot memory bank
to step through the re-
&
outgoing